Rami Malek And Charlie Hunnam Want To Break Free In The Papillon Trailer

Rami Malek And Charlie Hunnam Want To Break Free In The Papillon Trailer
We were able to take a first look at the new version of prison break drama Papillon last year, ahead of its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The trailer has now arrived...



Director Michael Noer aims to present a different take on a true-life tale that originally came to screens in 1973, and Prisoners writer Aaron Guzikowski worked on the script, once again based on a memoir by Henri “Papillon” Charriere. He was played in the original by Steve McQueen and here by Charlie Hunnam. It tells the story of his life as a petty criminal in 1930s France who is unjustly convicted of murder and sent packing to a penal colony that has a bad reputation for violence and corruption.

It’s there that Charriere meets the nerdy but wealthy Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman in '73, Rami Malek here), who in return for protection agrees to fund his friend’s prison escape.

With Eve Hewson, Ian Beattie and Tommy Flanagan also in the cast, the film will launch in limited release across the pond on 24 August. There's still no sign of a UK release date.

Source: https://www.empireonline.com/people...rlie-hunnam-want-break-free-papillon-trailer/