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WHO’S IN IT?

Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road), Emily Browning (Sucker Punch), Colin Morgan (Testament of Youth), Christopher Eccleston (28 Days Later), Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service), David Thewlis (The Theory of Everything), Aneurin Barnard (Ironclad), Paul Anderson (’71), Chazz Palminteri (Bullets over Broadway), Tara Fitzgerald (Child 44), Kevin McNally (Pirates of the Caribbean)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Brian Helgeland (A Knight’s Tale), director, writer; Tim Bevan (The Theory of Everything), Chris Clark (Calvary),  Quentin Curtis (London Boulevard), Eric Fellner (Atonement) and Brian Oliver (Black Swan), producers; Carter Burwell (Fargo), composer; Dick Pope (Mr. Turner), cinematographer; Peter McNulty (The Master), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

During the 1950s and 1960s, identical twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray (both Hardy) terrorized London with their ruthless and terrifying ways – but it would be a mixture of their own madness and troubled relationships that would ultimately lead to their downfall…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The story of the notorious Kray twins is brought to life by Oscar-winning L.A Confidential writer Brian Helgeland, as well as a duel performance by Tom Hardy as both Kray brothers.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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