Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated film sequel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 directed by Cody Cameron & Kris Pearn and featuring the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Will Forte, Andy Samberg, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Terry Crews and Kristen Schaal. Mark Mothersbaugh who has previously scored the original 2009 film, as well as Hotel Transylvania for Sony Pictures Animation has composed the movie’s score. No soundtrack album has been announced yet. To learn more about the animated feature, visit the official movie website.
Also opening wide is the indie comedy Don Jon written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and starring himself, as well as Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Brie Larson and Tony Danza. Nathan Johnson (Brick, Looper, The Brothers Bloom) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album is expected to be announced soon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Also visit the composer’s official website for a video featuring Johnson and Jonny Rodgers performing a theme for the film on guitar. The comedy premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by Relativity Media for domestic distribution. To learn more about the film, visit the official movie website.
Aaron Zigman is reteaming with director Nick Cassavates on the upcoming romantic comedy The Other Woman. The film stars Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Kate Upton, Taylor Kinney and Nicki Minaj. The movie follows a woman who finds out that she is not her boyfriend’s primary lover and plots with the man’s wife for revenge. Melissa Stack wrote the screenplay and Julie Yorn (We Bought a Zoo, Unstoppable, Bride Wars) is producing the project through LBI Productions. Zigman has previously collaborated with Cassavetes on all of the director’s features since 2002’s John Q, including The Notebook, Alpha Dog, My Sister’s Keeper and Yellow. 