Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the comedy sequel Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 directed by Andy Fickman and starring Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez, Neal McDonough and Shirley Knight. The film’s original music is composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Over the Hedge, Bee Movie, Click, Blended, Veep). No soundtrack album has been announced. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 follows the security guard as he travels to Las Vegas to attend a Security Guard Expo with his teenage daughter and inadvertently discovers a heist. The comedy is being released by Sony Pictures. To learn more about the film, visit the official movie website.
Also opening wide is Disneynature’s documentary Monkey Kingdom directed by Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill. Walt Disney Records has released the original song It’s Our World performed by Jacquie Lee from the film earlier this week. Click here to download the track. Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek series, The Chronicles of Narnia, Kingdom of Heaven, Man on Fire, The Equalizer) has composed the film’s original score. No word yet on a release of the composer’s music. For more information about the documentary, check out our scoring assignment announcement from last year.
Neil Davidge is currently scoring the upcoming crime thriller Good People. The film marks the English language directing debut of Henrik Ruben Genz (Terribly Happy) and stars James Franco, Kate Hudson, Omar Sy, Sam Spruell and Tom Wilkinson. The movie centers on an American couple living in London who fall into severe debt renovating her family’s home and find a stack of cash in their deceased neighbor’s house. Kelly Masterson (Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, Snowpiercer), Paul Grellong and Christina Hodson wrote the script based on a novel by Marcus Sakey. Thomas Gammeltoft, Ben Forkner, Tobey Maguire, Eric Kranzler, Ed Cathell (The Paperboy) and Mark Gill (Olympus Has Fallen, Law Abiding Citizen) are producing the Millennium Films production. 
