Mads Mikkelsen to Play Death Row Chef in ‘Last Meals’ for Director Ramin Bahrani, HanWay Selling in Cannes

Mads Mikkelsen to Play Death Row Chef in ‘Last Meals’ for Director Ramin Bahrani, HanWay Selling in Cannes

Mads Mikkelsen is set to play a death row chef alongside Boyd Holbrook in “Last Meals,” which Oscar-nominee Ramin Bahrani (“The White Tiger,” “99 Homes”) is now set to direct. HanWay Films has boarded the repackaged project, first announced in 2022, and will begin selling in Cannes. UTA Independent Film Group and Sentient Entertainment will handle North American sales. The prison drama — set to start principal photography in Ireland later th…

Mads Mikkelsen & Boyd Holbrook set for Ramin Bahrani's 'Last Meals'

Mads Mikkelsen and Boyd Holbrook have been cast in writer/director Ramin Bahrani’s ‘Last Meals.’ Mikkelsen will star as Walter Karat, a former White House Chef whose fall from grace lands him in the kitchen of a maximum security prison cooking for death row inmates. Holbrook will star as Jeffrey ‘Reed’, a death row inmate who decides to go on a hunger strike. The story follows Walter, a maestro chef who ascended to the highest kitchen in the nat…

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'Last Meals': Mads Mikkelsen & Boyd Holbrook Star In Death Row Chef Prison Drama From '99 Homes' Director

Actors Mads Mikkelsen (Another Round”) and Boyd Holbrook (“A Complete Unknown”) are set to star in “Last Meals,” a new prison drama that focuses on a fallen former White House chef who prepares the last meals for death row inmates before they’re executed and a prisoner that decides to go on a hunger strike. The news hailing from Variety reveals that director Ramin Bahrani (“The White Tiger,” “99 Homes”) has been attached to helm as the film head…

Mads Mikkelson joins Rahim Bahrani’s ‘Last Meals’ - Plays a Death Row Chef

Oscar Nominee and talented filmmaker Rahim Bahrani is out there casting Mads Mikkelson for the role of the prominent role as a death row inmate chef. The Danish actor known for his roles in ‘Hannibal’, ‘The Hunt’ and other unique titles will be joining ‘The White Tiger’ director.  The film was first introduced in 2022 […]

It is only her second feature film as a director – and it should bring her the breakthrough. Berlin-based Masha Schilinski has made it to the Cannes Film Festival competition (13th to 24th May) with "Looking into the Sun", the only German to compete with filmmakers such as Richard Linklater or Wes Anderson for [...]