The official trailer has just been released for Code of Silence, a new film starring True Blood star Stephen Moyer. Based on a true crime story, the film goes back to the 1960s when the streets of London were ruled by a notorious crime family, prompting a determined detective to spring into action by breaking the code of silence and restoring order to the city. You can get a sneak peek by watching the movie trailer below ahead of the release of Code of Silence on Digital and VOD outlets in the U.S. and Canada on Dec. 20.
Ben Mole directed the film using a screenplay by Luke Baily. It is produced by Jeet Thakrar and Lucina Rhodes Thakrar. Along with Moyer, the cast includes Alec Newman and Andrew Tiernan.
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The official synopsis for Code of Silence is as follows:
Stephen Moyer Did His Research to Play Nipper
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In the movie, Moyer plays Leonard “Nipper” Read, who took on the mission of taking down the Kray twins. When he was cast in the film, Moyer did his research by reading up on Nipper as much as he possibly could, calling the detective’s story “fascinating” in a FilmHounds interview. The actor was sold on the script and how the story is told from Nipper’s point of view as he was piecing things together at the time. To best get into Nipper’s head, Moyer studied up on his work.
“I was very, very well briefed on all of the cases, and the work that Nipper had done,” Moyer says. “The thing I like to do when playing a historical person is not thinking about where they were with the benefit of hindsight, trying to place yourself where they are at the time. Without knowing the outcome.”
Code of Silence will be released on Digital and VOD outlets in the United States and Canada on Dec. 20, 2022.
