Actor Russell Crowe is all set to star in thriller American Son, which is based on French film A Prophet.
Andrew Onwubolu is on board to direct the movie from a screenplay by Dennis Lehane, reports a website.
American Son is about a man who, after falling under the control of a mobster (to be essayed by Crowe) while in prison, builds a crime syndicate. His aim is to take down his mentor to earn a place for his gang alongside the Italian and Russian mafias.
Paramount will now be looking for other film’s protagonists.
A Prophet, directed by Jacques Audiard, follows an Arab man (played by Tahar Rahim), who is sent to a French prison. In the prison, he becomes a mafia kingpin. “A Prophet” won the grand prix at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It was also nominated for best foreign-language film at the Oscars in 2010. (IANS)
