Snitch has been languishing in development for years with various actors and directors sniffing round it only to depart, but it’s now getting a new lease of life as Dwayne Johnson is in talks to star in the prison drama, according to THR.
Ric Roman Waugh will direct and rewrite the original script by Justin Haythe. The story, which is based on a Frontline documentary, is about a father who life is shattered when his son is sentenced to 30 years in prison on drug charges. The dad then risks his life by going undercover to try and nail a drug kingpin in order to reduce his son’s sentence.
Both Dwayne Johnson and Ric Roman Waugh are no stranger to prison dramas. Dwayne Johnson recently starred in Faster as an ex-con seeking vengeance for his 10 years in prison and his dead brother, while Ric Roman Waugh helmed Felon, which centred on a normal family man sentenced to hard time in a maximum security prison.
Shooting on Snitch will hopefully start in June.