‘Cherry’ Directors Negotiated Film Rights with Author While He Was in Prison

ScreenRant, January 10, 2021: ‘Cherry’ Directors Negotiated Film Rights with Author While He Was in Prison

“The Russo Brothers, directors of the upcoming crime drama Cherry, revealed that they negotiated for the rights to the book while the author, Nico Walker, was in prison. The book serves as a semi-autobiographical take on Walker's own life and stars Tom Holland as the titular character, a former Army medic who becomes addicted to opioids and begins robbing banks to pay for his addiction. Walker was arrested in April 2011 and given an eleven-year sentence, during which he penned the novel. Cherry will be the first film the Russos have directed since Avengers: Endgame.”

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