British composer George Fenton will score his first animated feature for Walt Disney Pictures. He has been hired to provide the original music for Valiant, a WW2 adventure about a lonely pigeon who wants to become a hero in the Royal Air Force Homing Pigeon Service. The film is directed by debutant Gary Chapman and will feature the voices of stars such as Ewan McGregor, Ben Kingsley, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Everett, John Hurt, John Cleese and Tim Curry. Walt Disney Pictures will distribute the film which is produced by Vanguard Animation.
Fenton also has Mrs Henderson Presents, Bewitched and Hitch (previously known as The Last First Kiss) in the pipeline.