Gabriel Yared: Shanghai

Gabriel Yared will continue his working relationship with Swedish director Mikael Håfström, for whom he scored 1408 last year. His new film is entitled Shanghai, is set during WW2 and revolves around an American who travels to Shanghai following the death of a good friend.
Hossein Amini (The Four Feathers) has written the screenplay and the cast includes John Cusack and Ken Watanabe. The film begins shooting in London next week and is set for a Christmas Day release. The film is being made with funding from The Weinstein Co's $285 million Asian film fund.