Kirsten Sheridan is directing the film from a screenplay she co-wrote with Richard Barton Lewis, Nick Castle, and Jim Hart. Lewis is producing "August Rush" with Robert Greenhut, Miky Lee, Ralph Kamp and Louise Goodsill executive producing. John Mathieson is the director of photograph and Michael Shaw is onboard as the production designer.
According to a press release issued by Warner Bros, Phil Ramone will produce three of the nearly three dozen musical tracks featured in the movie. Hans Zimmer and Mark Mancina will create the movie's main theme, with Mancina also composing the score.
"August Rush" - Official Synopsis
The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and a sheltered young cellist (Keri Russell) who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger (Robin Williams), August (Freddie Highmore) uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.
Source: Warner Bros Pictures
