Hans Zimmer has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Widows. The film is directed by Steve McQueen (Shame) and stars Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Garret Dillahunt, Carrie Coom, Jacki Weaver, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson. The movies is based on the 1983 British miniseries of the same title and follows four armed robbers who are killed in a failed heist attempt, leaving their widows to finish the job. McQueen also co-wrote the screenplay with Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) and is producing the project with Iain Canning & Emile Sherman (Lion, Top of the Lake) and Arnon Milchan (The Revenant, Birdman, L.A. Confidential). Zimmer has previously collaborated with McQueen on the director’s last feature 12 Years a Slave. Widows is set to be released on November 16, 2018 by 20th Century Fox.
As previously reported, Zimmer’s upcoming projects also include X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Disney’s The Lion King remake.