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‘The Brand’: Nicolas Cage, Alexander Ludwig, Gabriel Basso & Maria Bakalova To Star In Upcoming Prison Thriller

The true-crime film follows a prison gang’s rise and has attracted a cast led by Oscar winner Nicolas Cage, industry sources said.

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Add another film to Nic Cage‘s list of upcoming projects, as he’s set to star in “The Brand,” based on David Grann‘s 2004 New Yorker article of the same name. Deadline reports that Alexander Ludwig, Gabriel Basso, and Maria Bakalova will also star in the true-crime movie, with Vincent Grimshaw set to direct. The project heads to AFM later this month. Continue reading ‘The Brand’: Nicolas Cage, Alexander Ludwig, Gabriel Basso & Maria Bakalova To …

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Nicolas Cage, Alexander Ludwig, Gabrielle Basso and Maria Bakalova are joining the cast of the crime film The Brand. The project is inspired by an investigative article by journalist and writer David Gran in The New Yorker about the rise of the Aryan Brotherhood in the American prison system. The film will be directed by Vincent Grashaw, known for his work on crime and prison stories. The screenplay is by Alessandro Camon, whose film The Messeng…

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Deadline broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
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