Peter Nashel is scoring the upcoming indie drama What Maisie Knew. The project reunites the composer with directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel who previously collaborated on the features The Deep End starring Tilda Swinton, Bee Season starring Richard Gere and most recently, the Joseph Gordon-Levitt starring drama Uncertainty. What Maisie Knew stars Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgard, Steve Coogan, Diana Garcia and Joel Garland. The film based on a novel by Henry James and adapted for the screen by Nancy Doyne and Carroll Cartwright (Where the Money Is) centers on 6-year old girl who is caught up in the bitter divorce of her art dealer father and her rock star mother. Daniel Crown & Daniela Taplin Lundberg (The Kids Are All Right) are producing for Red Crown Productions, along with Charles Weinstock (Fracture) and William Teitler (Jumanji, The Polar Express). No word yet on a domestic distribution deal and release date for the film
Nashel’s other credits range from the hit documentary No End in Sight to the TV shows Rubicon and Life on Mars. His other upcoming projects include the CBS drama NYC 22. The show starring Adam Goldberg, Leelee Sobieski, Stark Sands, Judy Marte and Harold “House” Moore follows six diverse NYPD rookies as they patrol the gritty streets of upper Manhattan. Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal (Meet the Parents, The Good Shepherd), Richard Price (Ransom, The Wire) and Ken Sanzel (Numbers, Blue Bloods) are executive producing and James Mangold (Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma) directed the pilot. NYC 22 is set to premiere on April 15, 2012 and the first season will be airing every Sunday night on CBS. To learn more about the series, visit the official show website.
