James Seymour Brett has been hired to score DisneyToon Studios’ upcoming feature Planes. The animated movie directed by Klay Hall draws inspiration from Disney/Pixar’s Cars and centers on a small-town crop-duster (voiced by Jon Cryer) with a fear of heights who longs to enter an epic around-the-world air race. Stacy Keach and Brad Garrett are also lending their voices for the project. Pixar’s/Walt Disney Animation Studios’ chief creative officer and Academy Award-winner John Lasseter (Toy Story, A Bug’s Life) is producing the film. Brett’s music is expected to be recorded this summer. Planes is set for a release in spring 2013.
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James Seymour Brett to Score Stephen Frears’ ‘Lay the Favorite’
James Seymour Brett is currently scoring the comedy Lay the Favorite. The film is directed by Stephen Frears and stars Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joshua Jackson, Laura Prepon and Vince Vaughn. Recording sessions for the music are scheduled to take place in early January. The movie follows a young woman as she goes from in-home stripper in Tallahassee to gambler’s assistant in Las Vegas, working for one of the most successful sports gamblers in the business. D.V. DeVincentis (High Fidelity) has written the screenplay based on Beth Raymor’s memoir. DeVincentis is also producing the independent film with Anthony Bregman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Randall Emmett & George Furla (16 Blocks) and Paul Trijbits (Jane Eyre).