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John Carpenter Plans to Release Scrapped ‘Death of a Unicorn’ Score
A24’s comedy-horror movie Death of a Unicorn was released earlier this year with a very different composer attached than the one initially announced two years ago.
The film’s theatrical release features a score by Dan Romer (Luca, Beasts of No Nation) and Giousuè Greco (“Welcome to Wrexham,” Dìdi), but a recent interview with the LA Times reveals that A24 scrapped the completed Death of a Unicorn score by horror master John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies.
While Carpenter himself doesn’t elaborate on the details, the interview also notes that the filmmaker and composer owns the music rights and plans to release the score soon.
Though details regarding the release of his scrapped Death of a Unicorn have yet to be revealed.
Death of a Unicorn is a fantasy nightmare comedy from writer-director Alex Scharfman and producer Ari Aster (Midsommar, Hereditary).
A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.
Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, and Richard E. Grant star. Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani, Jessica Hynes, and Stephen Park round out the cast.
It’s a shame to learn that the project scrapped one of the most exciting parts about its announcement: a fresh Carpenter score. At least it sounds like we’ll get to hear his vision for the project soon. The comedy-horror movie underperformed at the box office but quickly became a hit for streaming, now available on HBO Max.
The Lost Boys: A New Musical officially kicked off on Broadway last month, and Deadline now reports that the show’s Broadway run has been extended into next year.
The show was originally set to run through November, but Deadline reports that The Lost Boys: A New Musical “has released a block of tickets through Sunday, March 7, 2027.”
The news comes in the wake of The Lost Boys: A New Musical becoming the most Tony-nominated musical of the season with twelve nominations including Best Musical.
Additionally, “The Lost Boys will launch a North American National Tour in Spring 2028, at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. Additional cities and tour dates will be announced later.”
The Lost Boys: A New Musical is of course an adaptation of the 1987 horror classic from director Joel Schumacher, with the cast including Ali Louis Bourzgui as lead vampire David (originally played by Kiefer Sutherland), Maria Wirries as Star (originally played by Jami Gertz), and LJ Benet as the soon-to-be-turned Michael (originally played by Jason Patric).
The horror musical’s cast also includes Shoshana Bean as Lucy Emerson, Benjamin Pajak as Sam Emerson, Paul Alexander Nolan as Max, Jennifer Duka as Alan Frog, Miguel Gil as Edgar Frog, Brian Flores as Marko, Sean Grandillo as Dwayne, and Dean Maupin as Paul.
The Lost Boys: A New Musical is Directed by Michael Arden, featuring Music and Lyrics by The Rescues, Book by David Hornsby & Chris Hoch, Story by James Jeremias & Janice Fischer, and Produced by James Carpinello, Marcus Chait & Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.
When a mother and her two teenage sons move to Santa Carla in desperate need of a fresh start, they soon uncover the darker side of this sunny coastal community. While Lucy tries to piece her family’s life back together, Michael keeps pulling away in search of belonging.
As he finds connection with a local rock band and its charismatic leader, his younger brother Sam comes face-to-face with a terrifying reality: When night falls, Michael’s new friends are even more dangerous than they first appeared.
Joel Schumacher directed the original The Lost Boys vampire movie in 1987, wherein two brothers move to a new town and discover that the area is a haven for vampires.
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