Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the gothic fantasy movie The House with a Clock in Its Walls directed by Eli Roth and starring Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan, Collen Camp, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Vanessa Anne Williams and Sunny Suljic. The film’s original music is composed by Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, Hostel, Cabin Fever). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and click here for a video featurette about Barr’s music.
Also opening wide is the drama Life Itself written and directed by Dan Fogelman and starring Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Mandy Patinkin, Olivia Cooke, Laia Costa, Annette Bening and Antonio Banderas. Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, Kidnap, Misconduct, The Hunter’s Prayer) has composed the film’s original score. No soundtrack album has been announced. To learn more about the Amazon Studios release, which centers on a couple that lead a multi generational love story spanning both decades and continents, visit the official movie website.
Paul Cantelon is scoring the upcoming documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts. The film is directed by Susan Lacy (Spielberg) and takes a look at the life, work, activism and controversies of Academy Award-winning actress and fitness tycoon, Jane Fonda. Lacy is also producing the project with Jessica Levin and Emma Pildes. Cantelon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, W., em>Everything Is Illuminated, The Other Boleyn Girl) has previously contributed music to the Lacy-produced American Masters production Woody Allen: A Documentary.