Raye To Compose Original Music And Voice A Character For Benny Safdie’s ‘Lizard Music’ At United Artists
Raye will voice a character and compose original music for Benny Safdie’s film *Lizard Music*, a live-action and CGI adaptation of Daniel Pinkwater’s novel. Her involvement adds a prominent musician to a project whose story centres on an unusual broadcast and the friendship between a boy and an eccentric older man.
The film stars Theo Leber as the boy and Dwayne Johnson as the Chicken Man, alongside Alicia Silverstone, Regina Hall, Colman Domingo, Jeff Goldblum and Rachel McAdams. It is scheduled for a cinema release on 25 December 2027. Raye has had 21 UK Top 40 singles and won six BRIT Awards in 2024; her 2026 album *This Music May Contain Hope* won the Mercury Prize and reached No. 1 in the UK.
In short
- Raye joins *Lizard Music* as a voice actor and composer.
- Benny Safdie’s adaptation is due in cinemas on 25 December 2027.
- The story follows a boy, a mysterious lizard broadcast and the Chicken Man.
Explained simply
Lizard Music is a planned film based on Daniel Pinkwater’s novel. It follows a boy who discovers an unusual television broadcast and befriends an eccentric older man known as the Chicken Man. The film combines live action and computer-generated imagery.
Benny Safdie is directing the film, with Theo Leber playing the boy and Dwayne Johnson playing the Chicken Man. The cast also includes Alicia Silverstone, Regina Hall, Colman Domingo, Jeff Goldblum and Rachel McAdams. Raye is a British singer and songwriter whose music has reached the UK charts and won major music awards.
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