Alex Pettyfer, Maria Bakalova, Tom Hopper & Frank Grillo Set For Kieron Hawkes Pic ‘Branded’ — Cannes Market
deadline.comAlex Pettyfer, Maria Bakalova, Tom Hopper and Frank Grillo are set to star in Branded, based on the New Yorker article “The Brand” by New York Times bestselling author David Grann.Kieron Hawkes (Power) directs from a screenplay by Alessandro Camon, whose work includes The Messenger and the upcoming The Listener.Branded tells the origin story of organized crime gangs in America’s prison system.
Pettyfer plays Taylor, a once promising football player, serving life for murdering a drug dealer. Grillo plays Carter, feared leader of the dominant white gang in San Quentin, who takes Taylor under his wing and grooms him as a future leader.
The authorities’ attempt to break down the gang by dispersing members to other prisons only psreads its influence through the entire system, and eventually to the streets.
Taylor finds himself at the center of a growing empire, earing serious money and the ability to marry and support the love of his life, Lilly (Bakalova).
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