Nick Urata revealed in a recent interview with Flickreel that he will be reuniting with directors Glenn Ficarra & John Requa on the upcoming comedy Fun House (also known as The Taliban Shuffle). The film stars Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Nicholas Braun, Christopher Abbott, Sheila Vand, Stephen Peacocke, Evan Jonigkeit and Billy Bob Thornton. The movie is based on Kim Barker’s memoir The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan and recounts her years as a journalist in Afghanistan and Pakistan after arriving in the region in 2002. Robert Carlock (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) has written the screenplay. Fey is also producing the project with Lorne Michaels (Saturday Night Live, Wayne’s World, Three Amigos) and Ian Bryce (Transformers, Saving Private Ryan, Spider-Man).
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‘Focus’ Soundtrack Announced
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the caper comedy Focus. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Bruno Hovart, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Sofa Surfers, Iggy & The Stooges, Junior Kimbrough, Doris & Kelley, Barbara Lewis & more. Also included is a track from the film’s original score composed by Nick Urata (Crazy, Stupid, Love, Paddington, I Love You Phillip Morris, Ruby Sparks). The soundtrack will be released on February 24, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips below. Focus is written and directed by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa and stars Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro and Gerald McRaney. The movie follows a con man who becomes romantically involved with a novice and is thrown off his game when the former flame shows up just as he’s staging an elaborate con in Buenos Aires.
Nick Urata to Score ‘Focus’
Nick Urata has been tapped to score the upcoming caper comedy Focus. The film is written and directed by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa and stars Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Rodrigo Santoro. The movie follows a con man who becomes romantically involved with a novice and is thrown off his game when the former flame shows up just as he’s staging an elaborate con in Buenos Aires. Denise Di Novi (Edward Scissorshand, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman Returns) is producing the Warner Bros. Pictures production. Urata has previously composed the music for the directors’ I Love You Phillip Morris and also co-scored their last feature Crazy, Stupid, Love. and contributed music to their TV pilot Back in the Game.
Nick Urata Scoring ABC’s ‘Back in the Game’ Pilot
Nick Urata has composed the score for the pilot of the upcoming ABC comedy Back in the Game. The show is created by Mark and Robb Cullen (Cop Out, Las Vegas) and stars Maggie Lawson, James Caan, Lenora Crichlow, Griffin Gluck, Ben Koldyke, Kennedy Waite, J.J. Totah and Cooper Roth. The series follows a single mother who temporarily moves in with her estranged father and reluctantly starts coaching her son’s underdog little league team and is drawn back into the world of sports she vowed to leave behind. John Requa and Glenn Ficarra have directed the pilot episode and are also executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television production with Mark & Robb Cullen and Aaron Kaplan (Terra Nova). Urata has previously worked with the directors on the features I Love You Phillip Morris and Crazy, Stupid, Love.