‘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.”
Additional reading:
The Ringer, March 11, 2021: “Hopefully He Won’t End Up Robbing Banks Again”: The Wild Life of Nico Walker
Distractify, February 26, 2021: There's a Second Novel and a Wedding on the Horizon for 'Cherry' Author Nico Walker
The Hollywood Reporter, January 25, 2021: How the Russo Family Switched from Superheroes to America’s Opioid Crisis with ‘Cherry’
Vanity Fair, November 24, 2020: Tom Holland in the Wild and Woeful Cherry: Exclusive First Look
The New York Times, August 10, 2018: How a Young War Veteran Became a Serial Bank Robber, Then a Novelist
Harper’s Magazine, October 2018: On Becoming a Scumbag
