Henry Jackman is scoring the upcoming Dreamworks Animation feature Turbo. The movie is directed by David Soren (Merry Madagascar) and follows an underdog snail who kicks into overdrive when he miraculously attains the power of super-speed. The film’s voice talent includes Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Pena, Luis Guzmán, Bill Hader, Richard Jenkins, Ken Jeong, Michelle Rodriguez, Maya Rudolph, Ben Schwartz, Kurtwood Smith, Snoop Dogg and Samuel L. Jackson. Lisa Stewart (Monsters vs Aliens) is producing the project. Jackman has previously scored Dreamworks Animation’s features Puss in Boots and Monsters vs Aliens. Turbo is set to be released on July 19, 2013 by Dreamworks and 20th Century Fox.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Jean-Michel Bernard Scoring ‘Love Punch’
Jean-Michel Bernard is scoring the upcoming romantic comedy Love Punch. The film is written and directed by Joel Hopkins and stars Emma Thompson and Pierce Brosnan as a divorced couple who have to reunite when their pension is stolen by an unscrupulous businessman. Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, Louise Bourgoin and Laurent Lafitte are co-starring. Tim Perell (Shortbus, The Rebound) and Nicola Usborne are producing for Process Media, Clement Miserez (Faces in the Crowd) is producing for Radar Films and Jean-Charles Levy (The Tall Man) is producing for Love Punch Limited. Hopkins previously collaborated with composer Dickon Hinchliffe on his last feature Last Chance Harvey starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson.
‘Mr. Morgan’s Last Love’ to Feature Music by Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer has composed the music for the upcoming drama Mr. Morgan’s Last Love. The film is helmed by German director Sandra Nettelbeck (Mostly Martha) and stars Michael Caine as a lonely American widower in Paris who learns to love life again after a chance encounter with a beautiful and vibrant young woman, played by Clémence Poésy. Justin Kirk, Jane Alexander, Anne Alvaro and Gillian Anderson are co-starring. Nettelbeck has also written the screenplay based on Françoise Dorner’s French novel La Douceur assassine. German production companies Bavaria Pictures, Kaminski Stiehm Film and Senator Film are co-producing with Scope Pictures and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, in association with France’s Elzevir Films.
Clinton Shorter Scoring ‘2 Guns’
Clinton Shorter is scoring the upcoming action thriller 2 Guns. The film is directed by Baltasar Kormakur and stars Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Bill Paxton, Edward James Olmos, Paula Patton and James Marsden. The movie follow a DEA agent and an undercover naval intelligence officer who unwittingly investigate each other as each steals mob money. Blake Masters (Brotherhood, Law & Order: LA) has written the screenplay based on Steven Grant’s graphic novel and Marc Platt (Drive, Wanted, Rachel Getting Married) is producing the project with Andrew Cosby (Eureka), Ross Richie, Norton Herrick (Very Good Girls) and Randall Emmett & George Furla. Shorter has previously collaborated with Kormakur on last year’s Contraband starring Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale.
Jeff Toyne Scoring ‘Rogue’
Jeff Toyne is scoring DIRECTV’s first original series Rogue. The drama is created by Matthew Parkhill (The Caller) and stars Thandie Newton as a morally and emotionally-conflicted undercover detective who is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s death. Marton Csokas, Ian Hart, Claudia Ferri, Joshua Sasse, Jonathan Holmes, Sarah Jeffrey, Ian Tracey, Jarod Joseph, Matthew Beard and Martin Donovan are co-starring. Brian Kirk (Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire) has directed the first episode. Nick Hamm (The Hole, Godsend, Killing Bono) is executive producing the project for Greenroom Entertainment, alongside John Morayniss and Michael Rosenberg for eOne and Steven Marrs.
Thomas Newman to Score Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’
Thomas Newman revealed at a recent event at Le Moyne and Syracuse University as part of their Film Talk Series (via The Dolphin) that he will be reteaming with Pixar on next year’s animated feature The Good Dinosaur. The movie is directed by Bob Peterson and is set in a world where the cataclysmic asteroid that changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct. Pixar and Disney Animation’s Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter and John Walker (The Incredibles) are producing the film. Peterson previously co-directed Pixar’s Up, which featured an Academy Award-winning score by Michael Giacchino. Newman has previously scored two animated films for Pixar, Finding Nemo and Wall-E, both directed by Andrew Stanton.
Brian Tyler to Score ‘Now You See Me’
Brian Tyler has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming heist thriller Now You See Me. The movie is helmed by Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk, The Transporter) and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Isla Fisher, Melanie Laurent, Woody Harrelson, Michael Kelly, Dave Franco and Common. The thriller pits an elite FBI squad in a game of cat and mouse against “The Four Horsemen,” a super-team of the world’s greatest illusionists. Boaz Yakin & Edward Ricour have written the screenplay and Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci are producing the project. Tyler has previously collaborated with Kurtzman & Orci on the feature Eagle Eye and the TV shows Hawaii Five-0 and Transformers: Prime.
Matthew Margeson Scoring ‘Kick-Ass 2’
According to the film’s new trailer, Matthew Margeson is scoring the upcoming superhero action comedy sequel Kick-Ass 2. The film is directed by Jeff Wadlow (Never Back Down, Cry Wolf) and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse who all return from the 2010 original film and are joined by Jim Carrey who portays Sal Bertolinni aka Colonel Stars and Stripes. Donald Faison, Clark Duke, John Leguizamo and Morris Chestnut are co-starring. Wadlow has also written the screenplay based on the characters from the comic book Hit-Girl by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. Matthew Vaughn who directed the first part is producing the Marv Films and Plan B production with Brad Pitt, Adam Bohling (Layer Cake), Targquin Pack and David Reid. The project will marks Margeson’s second major studio release following 2010’s Skyline. He previously served as an additional music arranger on the first Kick-Ass installment (which featured music by Henry Jackman, John Murphy, Ilan Eshkeri and Marius De Vries) and has written additional music for numerous films scored by Jackman.
Evgueni & Sacha Galperine Scoring Luc Besson’s ‘Malavita’
Evgueni and Sacha Galperine are the composers of the upcoming crime comedy Malavita. The film is directed by Luc Besson and stars Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron and John D’Leo. The movie follows a retired mafia boss who moves to a small town in France’s Normandy with his wife and daughter as part of the witness protection program. Besson has also written the screenplay based on Tonino Benacquista’s novel Badfellas and is producting the film with his wife Virginie Besson-Silla (The Lady, Revolver) for EuropaCorp, along with Ryan Kavanaugh & Tucker Tooley (The Fighter, Limitless) for Relativity Media. Martin Scorsese has recently joined the project as an executive producer.
David Sardy to Score David Ayer’s ‘Ten’
David Sardy has signed on to score the upcoming action thriller Ten. The film is directed by David Ayer (Street Kings, screenwriter of Training Day) and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the leader of an elite DEA task force that takes on the world’s deadliest drug cartels. Sam Worthington, Joe Manganiello, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard, Max Martini, Josh Holloway, Olivia Williams and Mireille Enos are co-starring. Skip Woods (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, A Good Day to Die Hard, Swordfish) has written the screenplay and Joe Roth (Oz the Great and Powerful, Alice in Wonderland), Bill Block & Paul Hanson (W., Alex Cross), Palak Patel (Snow White and the Huntsman) and Al Ruddy (Million Dollar Baby) are producing the project. Sardy (21, Zombieland, Premium Rush) has previously scored Ayer’s last directorial effort, End of Watch starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena.