Chris Benstead is reteaming with director Guy Ritchie on the upcoming action thriller Wrath of Man. The film is co-written and directed by Ritchie (Snatch, Sherlock Holmes, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) and stars Jason Statham, Scott Eastwood, Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan, Laz Alonso and Josh Hartnett. The movie is based on the 2004 French triller Cash Truck by Nicolas Boukhrief and revolves around a mysterious character who works for an armored truck company responsible for moving hundreds of millions of dollars around Los Angeles each week.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Alex Somers Scoring Nikole Beckwith’s ‘Together Together’
Alex Somers (Captain Fantastic, Dawson City: Frozen Time, Miss Americana, Aloha, Charm City Kings) has composed the original music for the upcoming comedy Together Together. The film is written and directed by Nikole Beckwith (Stockholm, Pennsylvania) and stars Ed Helms, Patti Harrison, Tig Notaro, Julio Torres and Anna Konkle. The movie centers on an unexpected relationship that unfolds between a young loner who is hired as the surrogate for a single man in his 40s. Anthony Brandonisio (Bottled Up), Daniela Taplin Lundberg (The Kids Are All Right, Harriet) and Tim Headington (Hugo, Never Rarely Sometimes Always) are producing the project.
Tamar-kali Scoring Fisher Stevens’ ‘Palmer’
Tamar-kali (Mudbound, Shirley, The Assistant, Come Sunday, The Lie) has composed the original score for the upcoming drama Palmer. The film is directed by Fisher Stevens (Before the Flood, Stand Up Guys) and stars Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Alisha Wainwright, June Squibb and Ryder Allen. The movie revolves around a ormer high school football star who went from hometown hero to convicted felon as he returns home to Louisiana, where he moves back in with his grandmother who raised him and forms an unlikely bond with an outcast boy from a troubled home. Cheryl Guerriero (Pledge This!) wrote the screenplay.
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Martin Bourboulon’s ‘Eiffel’
Alexandre Desplat has recently been scoring the upcoming French romantic period drama Eiffel. The film is directed by Martin Bourboulon (Daddy or Mommy, Divorce French Style) and stars Emma Mackey and Romain Duris. The movie follows celebrated engineer Gustave Eiffel who is under pressure to design something for the 1889 Paris World Fair as spectacular as his recent collaboration with Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi on the Statue of Liberty, when he crosses paths with a mysterious woman from his past who inspires him to change the Paris skyline forever.
Chris Egan Scoring Laurent Zeitoun’s & Ted Ty’s ‘Fireheart’
Chris Egan (The Spanish Princess, Tiny World, Man Down) is currently recording his score for the upcoming animated feature Fireheart. The film is directed by Laurent Zeitoun & Ted Ty and features the voices of Kenneth Branagh, Olivia Cooke, Laurie Holden, William Shatner, Mara Junot, Wilex Ly and Ryan W. Garcia. The movie is set in New York in the roaring twenties and tells the story of a 16-year old young girl who dreams of being the world’s first-ever firefighter and, refusing to let others define her, heroically fights for her dream.
Marco Beltrami to Score Andy Serkis’ ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’
Marco Beltrami (A Quiet Place, Scream, The Hurt Locker, 3:10 to Yuma, World War Z, Ford v. Ferrari) has been hired to score the upcoming superhero movie Venom: Let There Be Carnage. The film is directed by Andy Serkis (Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Breathe) and stars Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Reid Scott and Naomie Harris. Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr. Banks, Fifty Shades of Grey) wrote the screenplay. Avi Arad (Iron Man, The Amazing Spider-Man), Matt Tolmach (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), Amy Pascal (Spiderman: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) and Hutch Parker (X-Men: Days of Future Past & Apocalypse) are producing the Marvel Entertainment and Tencent Pictures production.
Robin Wright’s ‘Land’ to Feature Music by Ben Sollee & Time for Three
Cellist and singer/songwriter & composer Ben Sollee has teamed up with the string trio Time for Three to score the upcoming drama Land. The film marks the directorial debut of actress Robin Wright who also stars in the movie, alongside Demián Bichir and Kim Dickens. The movie centers on a cosmopolitan lawyer who is consumed by grief after enduring a personal tragedy and feels her only escape is to disappear from her life and live completely apart from the rest of humanity. Jesse Chatham and Erin Dignam (The Yellow Handkerchief, Submergence) wrote the screenplay.
Joseph Trapanese Scoring Sion Sono’s ‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’
Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, The Raid 2, Straight Outta Compton, Project Power, Lady and the Tramp, The Greatest Showman) has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller Prisoners of the Ghostland. The film is directed by Sion Sono (Love Exposure, Antiporno) and stars Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes, Bill Moseley, Tak Sakaguchi and Yuzuka Nakaya. The movie is set in the frontier city of Samurai Town and follows a ruthless bank robber who is sprung from jail to find the missing granddaughter of a wealthy warlord. Aaron Hendry and Reza Sixo Safai wrote the screenplay.
Clint Mansell Scoring Ben Wheatley’s ‘In the Earth’
Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, Moon, The Fountain, Noah) is reuniting with Ben Wheatley on the upcoming horror movie In the Earth. The film is written and directed by Wheatley (Sightseers, Free Fire) and stars Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires and Reece Shearsmith. The movie revolves around a scientist and a park scout who venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run as a deadly virus ravages the world. Andy Starke (Possessor, In Fabric) is producing the project.
Kenji Kawai Scoring Guo Jingming’s ‘The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity’
Netflix has announced today that Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell, Ip Man, Death Note, Resident Evil: Vendetta) is the composer of the upcoming Chinese fantasy adventure The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity. The film is directed by Guo Jingming (Tiny Times) and stars Mark Chao, Allen Deng, Olivia Wang, Jessie Li and Wang Duo. The movie is based on the Japanese fantasy novel Onmyōji by Baku Yumemakura and revolves around Abe no Seimei, the most renowned yin-yang master during the Heian period, and his fantastical encounters with demons and evil spirits.