John Swihart is scoring the supernatural thriller Odd Thomas. The movie directed by Stephen Sommers is based on the bestselling novel written by Dean Koontz. The film stars Anton Yelchin as a clairvoyant short-order cook who encounters a mysterious man with links to dark and threatening forces. Willem Dafoe, Patton Oswalt, Addison Timlin and Nico Tortorella are co-starring in the Fusion Films and Sommers Company production. Sommers has also written the screenplay and is producing the project with John Baldecchi (The Mexican, Conan the Barbarian) and Howard Kaplan. The director has previously worked with composers Alan Silvestri on his last three features The Mummy Returns, Van Helsing and G.I. Joe. He has also collaborated with Jerry Goldsmith (The Mummy, Deep Rising), Basil Poledouris (The Jungle Book) and Bill Conti (The Adventures of Huck Finn) earlier in his career. Odd Thomas is currently in post-production and is expected to be released later this year.
Swihart also has the comedy For a Good Time, Call… starring Ari Graynor, Lauren Miller and Justin Long coming up later this year. The movie premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it has been picked up by Focus Features for a theatrical release later this year.
