Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman and Noomi Rapace are determined to seek justice against a depraved child serial killer in the newly released character posters for their upcoming crime thriller, ‘Child 44.’ The posters for the politically-charged drama were unveiled by the film’s distributor, Summit Entertainment, which is set to release the movie in theaters nationwide on April 17.
The script for ‘Child 44,’ which is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Tom Rob Smith, was penned by ‘Freedomland’ scribe, Richard Price. The thriller was directed by ‘Safe House’ helmer, Daniel Espinosa, and produced by Ridley Scott. Besides Hardy, Oldman and Rapace, the drama also features Paddy Considine, Jason Clarke, Vincent Cassel and Joel Kinnaman, who previously collaborated with Espinosa on the 2010 action crime drama, ‘Easy Money.’
Summit Entertainment has released the following synopsis for ‘Child 44’:
A politically-charged serial killer thriller set in 1953 Soviet Russia, ‘Child 44’ chronicles the crisis of conscience for secret police agent Leo Demidov (Tom Hardy), who loses status, power and home when he refuses to denounce his own wife, Raisa (Noomi Rapace), as a traitor. Exiled from Moscow to a grim provincial outpost, Leo and Raisa join forces with General Mikhail Nesterov (Gary Oldman) to track down a serial killer who preys on young boys. Their quest for justice threatens a system-wide cover-up enforced by Leo’s psychopathic rival, Vasil (Joel Kinnaman), who insists “There is no crime in Paradise.”
Check out ‘Child 44’s new character posters below. For more information on the crime thriller, visit the film’s Facebook and Twitter pages.
