Overview
- Mid-July first-look coverage in Vanity Fair and subsequent reports confirmed Tony Gilroy’s return to feature directing with Behemoth!, a Searchlight Pictures drama led by Pedro Pascal.
- Pascal plays Alex, a prodigal cellist who returns to Hollywood film scoring, and he appears in nearly every scene while portraying about 25 years of the character’s life.
- Pascal told reporters that learning to play the cello convincingly was extraordinarily difficult and required sustained, intensive training that he described as far tougher than his stunt work.
- Gilroy assembled a Behemoth! Collective of nine composers — including Michael Giacchino, James Newton Howard, Alan Silvestri, Michael Abels, Emily Bear, Henry Jackman, Nami Melumad, Brandon Roberts, and Lukas Frank — so each fictional film cue in the story has a distinct musical voice.
- The production weathered casting changes — Oscar Isaac left early and Will Arnett replaced David Harbour — and Searchlight has not set a release date while a trailer is reported as forthcoming, leaving the film positioned for a fall festival rollout that could affect awards and single-composer eligibility.