Variety is reporting that U2’s Bono and lead guitarist The Edge are in discussions to write and perform an original song and score the drama North Star. The film directed by Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father) is based on the filmmaker’s early life in Northern Ireland and tells the coming-of-age story of a 17-year-old who lives with his rough-around-the-edges father and younger brother and finds his world turned upside down when a teenage orphan moves in to live with them.
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Brian Byrne Scoring Jim Sheridan’s ‘The Secret Scripture’
Brian Byrne is currently scoring the upcoming drama The Secret Scripture. The film is directed by Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, In the Name of the Father) and stars Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave, Theo James, Eric Bana, Jack Reynor and Aiden Turner. The movie is based on Sebastian Barry’s 2008 novel of the same title and follows a 100-year-old woman who recounts her life in mental institutions in a secret memoir, is gearing up for a September shoot in Ireland. Johnny Ferguson has written the screenplay.
John Debney to Score Jim Sheridan’s Thriller ‘Dream House’
John Debney has signed on to score the upcoming thriller Dream House. The film is directed by Jim Sheridan (In America, My Left Foot) and stars Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts. The movie centers on a successful publisher who quits his job in New York City and relocates his wife and two daughters to a quaint New England town, only to discover that their perfect new home was the murder scene of a mother and her two children. Among the project’s producers are Ehren Kruger (screenwriter of The Ring), David Bobker (The Skeleton Key) and James G. Robinson & David Robinson for Morgan Creek Productions.