I have a good feeling about this one.
Nicholas Britell, the Award winning composer behind “Succession,” “Andor,” “Moonlight,” has been confirmed as the composer of Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly.”
Directed by Baumbach, and co‑written with Emily Mortimer, “Jay Kelly” is a comedy‑drama set to debut on Netflix in December. The film was shot on 35 mm with cinematography by Linus Sandgren.
After his $150M+ Netflix gamble, “White Noise,” failed to launch, Baumbach is giving the streaming giant the kind of project that they most desire: a romcom set in NYC and London.
“Jay Kelly” stars Sandler and Clooney as the leads. The rest of the cast includes Greta Gerwig, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson, Emily Mortimer, Isla Fisher, Jim Broadbent, and Riley Keough.
Baumbach’s films often balance humor and depth —”The Squid and the Whale” and “Frances Ha” —and they thrive on nuanced scoring. Britell’s knack for emotional layering and thematic motifs makes him an ideal match.
When Netflix first introduced “Jay Kelly,” the streamer dubbed it a “heartbreaking comedy,” though it has kept most plot details tightly under wraps. The official logline offers a cryptic tease: “Everybody knows Jay Kelly, but Jay Kelly doesn’t know himself.”