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Red Sparrow’s Matthias Schoenaerts and Mudbound’s Garrett Hedlund have both landed roles in the forthcoming mob story, The Sound of Philadelphia.

Written and directed by Jérémie Guez (A Bluebird in My Heart), Gone Girl’s Scoot McNairy has also joined the cast of the American Mob story of family and loyalty set in the violent world of the Philadelphia mob.

Adapted from the Pete Dexter book Brotherly Love, the story focuses on the events after a young girl is killed by a reckless driver and her family seek revenge.

Two decades later, Peter Flood (Schoenaerts) is still tormented by his baby sister’s death. As his cousin Michael (Hedlund) grows more powerful in the hierarchy of the family crime business, a cycle of betrayal and retribution starts.

Christine Vachon (Carol) and David Hinojosa (Beatriz at Dinner) from Killer Films, are teaming with Cheyenne Films producers Julien Madon (Macadam...

Matthias Schoenaerts, Garrett Hedlund and Scoot McNairy are set to star in mob drama The Sound of Philadelphia from the producers of Carol.

The trio will front the tale of family, friendships and loyalties betrayed in the violent world of the Philadelphia mob, which A Bluebird in My Heart helmer Jérémie Guez is directing, based on Pete Dexter’s Brotherly Love.

Protagonist Pictures is launching the feature in Cannes with Endeavor Content handling North America.

The Danish Girl’s Schoenaerts play Peter Flood, who still is reeling from his baby sister’s death and pays a high price when he seeks revenge. As he tries to distance himself from the family business, his cousin, Michael (Mudbound’s Hedlund), with whom he was raised, grows ever more powerful in the criminal hierarchy. Bonded by blood, the cousins are dragged further into a chilling cycle of betrayal and retribution.

Christine Vachon (Carol...

Matthias Schoenaerts (“The Danish Girl”), Garrett Hedlund (“Mudbound”) and Scoot McNairy (“Gone Girl”) will star in “The Sound of Philadelphia,” a story of family and loyalty set in the violent world of the Philadelphia mob.

The American crime story is adapted from the Pete Dexter book “Brotherly Love.” It is written and directed by Jérémie Guez, whose directorial debut “A Bluebird in My Heart” had its world premiere at SXSW.

The cross-generational story follows events after a young girl is killed by a reckless driver and her family seek revenge. Two decades later, Peter Flood is still tormented by his baby sister’s death. As his cousin Michael (Hedlund) grows more powerful in the hierarchy of the family crime business, a cycle of betrayal and retribution starts. Shooting gets underway in August, in Philadelphia.

Protagonist will handle international sales and present the project to buyers at the market in Cannes.

Protagonist boards project from Killer Films.

Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust And Bone), Garrett Hedlund (Mudbound) and Scoot McNairy (Argo) are lining up for The Sound Of Philadelphia, Jérémie Guez’s crime story set in the violent world of the Philadelphia mob.

Protagonist Pictures has boarded international sales ahead of Cannes. Endeavor Content is representing North America.

French writer-director Guez is plotting the project hot off the heels of his debut feature as a director, the thriller A Bluebird In My Heart, premiering at this year’s SXSW festival in Texas. He is most known as a crime novelist and screenwriter of films including Ares and Carnivores.

Matthias Schoenaerts, Garrett Hedlund and Scoot McNairy are teaming up for <em>The Sound of Philadelphia, </em>a tale of family, friendships and loyalties betrayed in the violent world of the Philadelphia mob.

Protagonist Pictures will handle international sales, with Endeavor Content handling North America.

Christine Vachon (<em>Carol</em>, <em>Beatriz at Dinner</em>, <em>Kill Your Darlings</em>) and David Hinojosa (<em>Beatriz at Dinner</em>, <em>Goat</em>, <em>Nasty Baby</em>), from powerhouse production company Killer Films, team up with Cheyenne Films producers Julien Madon (<em>Macadam Stories</em>, <em>Sk1</em>, <em>Dalida</em>, <em>A Bluebird in My Heart</em>) and Aimee Buidine (<em>A Bluebird in My Heart</em>).

In the City of Brotherly Love, eight-year-old Peter Flood helplessly watches on as his ...

Matthias Schoenaerts, Garrett Hedlund and Scoot McNairy are teaming up for The Sound of Philadelphia, a tale of family, friendships and loyalties betrayed in the violent world of the Philadelphia mob.

Protagonist Pictures will handle international sales, with Endeavor Content handling North America.

Christine Vachon (Carol, Beatriz at Dinner, Kill Your Darlings) and David Hinojosa (Beatriz at Dinner, Goat, Nasty Baby), from powerhouse production company Killer Films, team up with Cheyenne Films producers Julien Madon (Macadam Stories, Sk1, Dalida, A Bluebird in My Heart) and Aimee Buidine (A Bluebird in My Heart).

In the City of Brotherly Love, eight-year-old Peter Flood...