The only movie opening nationwide this week is the live-action/animated feature Playmobil: The Movie directed by Lino DiSalvo and starring Anya- Taylor Joy, Jim Gaffigan, Gabriel Bateman, Kenan Thompson and Daniel Radcliffe. The film’s original music is composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, The Angry Birds Movie). Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Meghan Trainor, Adam Lambert & others. Click here for the full album details.
Opening in select theaters before premiering on Amazon Prime on December 20 is the adventure drama The Aeronauts directed by Tom Harper and starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Courtenay and Himesh Patel. Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, Fury) has composed the film’s original score. Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and the end titles song Home to You performed by Sigrid. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans have signed on to score the upcoming psychological thriller The Wolf Hour. The film is written and directed by Alistair Banks Griffin (Two Gates of Sleep) and stars Naomi Watts, Jennifer Ehle, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Emory Cohen Brennan Brown and Jeremy Bobb. The movie revolves around a formerly celebrated counter-culture figure who now lives alone in her fifth floor South Bronx apartment, having all but cut herself off from the outside world during the 1977 “Summer of Sam.”