Heitor Pereira is scoring the upcoming drama Please Stand By. The film is directed by Ben Lewin (The Sessions) and stars Dakota Fanning, Toni Collette and Alice Eve. The movie follows a brilliant young woman with autism who escapes her care home and embarks on a road trip of a lifetime: to enter her script into a Hollywood competition. Michael Golamco (Grimm) has written the screenplay. Daniel Dubiecki (Up in the Air, Jennifer’s Body) and Lara Alameddine (Money Monster) are producing the project for The Allegiance Theater. Please Stand By is expected to premiere in 2017.
As previously reported, Pereira also has the animated features Despicable Me 3 and The Nut Job 2 coming up.
