Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror thriller Clayface directed by James Watkins and starring Tom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Eddie Marsan, Nancy Carroll, Max Minghella and Joshua James. The film’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, Verity, All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Pressure, The Amateur, The Day of the Jackal, The Uprising, Dune: Prophecy, Adrift, A House of Dynamite). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the DC Studios production, which is being released by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Also opening nationwide is the animated feature Wildwood directed by Travis Knight and starring Carey Mulligan, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Awkwafina, Mahershala Ali, Amandla Stenberg, Angela Bassett, Jake Johnson, Charlie Day, Jemaine Clement, Tom Waits, Tantoo Cardinal, Maya Erskine and Richard E. Grant. Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Kubo and the Two Strings, Pride and Prejudice, Darkest Hour,V for Vendetta, Anna Karenina, The Boxtrolls, Paddington in Peru, Bumblebee) has composed the film’s original score. Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as The Decemberists’ original song The Better Part of Bravery (also available as a digital single) today. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the LAIKA Studios production, which is being distributed by Fathom Entertainment.
Erran Baron Cohen has signed on to score the upcoming comedy drama Just Before I Go. The film marks the directorial debut of actress Courteney Cox (Friends, Scream) and stars Seann William Scott, Kate Walsh, Olivia Thirlby, Garret Dillahunt and Kyle Gallner. The movie follows a depressed man who heads back to his hometown to right some wrongs before committing suicide. David Flebotte (Boardwalk Empire, Desperate Housewives, Will & Grace) has written the screenplay. Cox is also producing the project for her Coquette Productions company with David Arquette and Thea Mann (Cougar Town), alongside Gabriel Cowan & John Suits (Bad Milo, Static) of New Artists Alliance. 
Premiering tomorrow, June 17 is the HBO documentary Love, Marilyn written and directed by Liz Garbus. The movie visits seminal moments and relationships that shaped Marilyn Monroe’s career and tumultuous personal life and features interviews with Elizabeth Banks, Adrien Brody, Ellen Burstyn, Glenn Close, Hope Davis, Viola Davis, Jennifer Ehle, Ben Foster, Paul Giamatti, Jack Huston, Stephen Lang, Lindsay Lohan, Janet McTeer, Jeremy Piven, Oliver Platt, David Strathairn, Lili Taylor, Uma Thurman, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood. Philip Sheppard (The Tillman Story) who previously scored Garbus’ Bobby Fischer Against the World has composed the film’s original score. Love, Marilyn premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will air tomorrow night on HBO. 
