Powell takes over Disney project from Zimmer

John Powell is the new composer hired to score Walt Disney Pictures’ upcoming family movie Mars Needs Moms. Originally, Hans Zimmer was attached to the film but he had to withdraw from the project due to a scheduling conflict – Zimmer is, among other things, doing the score for the animated Rango (by Pirates of the Caribbean helmer Gore Verbinski) which is due out in March 2011, just like Mars Needs Moms.

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HANS ZIMMER to score "Mars Needs new Moms!"

Composer Hans Zimmer (who claimed last year that he wouldn't be working in 2009), is once again busy with more projects.

This time, along with the recently-mentioned Scherlock Holmes, it's Mars Needs New Moms, Simon Wells new animated movie about a young boy named Milo who gains a deeper appreciation for his mom after Martians come to Earth to take her away. The movie is currently under pre-production and will come out through Walt Disney Productions and ImageMovers and Hans Zimmer will be scoring it. It will be starring Seth Green and Joan Cusack among others.