Robert Rodriguez has teamed up with composer Carl Thiel to score the 3D family movie sequel Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World. In the newest installment in the series written, directed and produced by Rodriguez, Jessica Alba plays a mother who returns to her old profession as a retired spy in order to prevent a villain bent on stopping time. The film co-stars Joel McHale, Jeremy Piven, Ricky Gervais, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Rowan Blanchard, Mason Cook, Danny Trejo and Antonio Banderas. Rodriguez has been involved in writing the music for most of his films in the last decade. The previous Spy Kids movies also featured music by such composers as Danny Elfman, John Debney, Harry Gregson-Williams and Heitor Pereira. Thiel has previously co-scored Rodriguez’s Planet Terror segment in Grindhouse and the family film Shorts in 2009.
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New projects for John Debney
John Debney has two new scoring assignments coming up. He will be scoring the thriller The Double, which marks screenwriter Michael Brandt’s (3:10 To Yuma, Wanted) directing debut. Topher Grace, Richard Gere, Stana Katic, Odette Yustman and Michael Sheen lead the film’s cast. The movie centers on a retired CIA operative who is paired with a young FBI agent to unravel the mystery of a senator’s murder, with all signs pointing to a Soviet assassin. The Double is currently being shot and produced by Hyde Park Entertainment. The movie is expected to premiere in theaters in 2011.
John Debney joining Predators
John Debney has been chosen to score the upcoming action horror movie Predators. The movie is directed by Nimrod Antal (Vacancy, Armored) and stars Topher Grace, Adrien Brody and Laurence Fishburne. Debney previously worked with writer and producer Robert Rodriguez on Sin City, the first two Spy Kids movies and The Adventures of Shark-Boy and Lava-Girl. The movie is set to open this July and follows Iron Man 2 as another high profile summer movie for the busy composer. The announcement ends speculation that Alan Silvestri might return to the franchise, as the movie is a direct sequel to the orginal Predator movie that Silvestri has scored in 1987.