101 Films confirms production of British crime thriller “Code of Silence”

London 2nd March, 2021

101 Films, an Amcomri Entertainment Inc,in association with Picture Perfect Limited, has announced the start of principal photography for the forthcoming crime thriller Code of Silence. Stephen Moyer (True Blood, The Gifted) and Alec Newman (Greyhawk, Strike Back) are set tolead the cast with filming scheduled to commence in March 2021. 

The movie will be produced by Picture Perfect’s Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar and Jeet Thakrar alongside Michael Walker for 101 Films. The movie will be fully financed by 101 Films with Martin Andrew Lyon and Andy Taylor on board as Executive Producers. 

Written by Luke Bailey and directed by Ben Mole, the story is set in the 1960s and follows Detective Nipper Read (Moyer) who is tasked with the impossible mission of bringing the city back to the rule of law. As he faces bent cops, political backstabbing and terrified witnesses, Nipper becomes increasingly obsessed with breaking the code of silence. Everyone knows the gangsters responsible, but no one will go on the record. Nipper will push the rules, his moral compass – and his own sense of who he is – to the breaking point. The true story of the price paid by the man who caught the Great Train Robbers and the Kray twins. 

Andy Lyon, Managing Director of 101 Films commented : “Code of Silence will be the 4th movie produced by our group in the last year with 3 movies already in the can. We are excited to add Code of Silence to this slate and to be working with Lucinda and her team to bring this gripping story to the screen. 

Director Ben Mole added : “We are so pleased that Stephen Moyer has agreed to lead the cast, he is an enormous talent and will ensure we deliver a quality production for audiences around the world to enjoy”.