‘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 heads to the Cannes Film Market.

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A logline for “Last Meals” as mentioned by the outlet:

Walter Karat (Mikkelsen), a former White House Chef, whose fall from grace lands him in the kitchen of a maximum security prison cooking for death row inmates. Jeffrey Reed (Holbrook), a death row inmate who decides to go on a hunger strike and whose constant rejection of his meals frustrates him at every turn. Their animosity reaches a boiling point until Walter confronts Reed, triggering an unexpected deeper connection — Walter starts to believe Reed is innocent. As the two bond, Walter is determined to find out the truth.

“Last Meals” is set to start filming in Ireland later this year with a screenplay by Justin Piasecki (“Relay”). HanWay Films will begin selling the drama at Cannes with UTA Independent Film Group and Sentient Entertainment overseeing North American sales.

“Every now and again, a story comes your way where instead of dissecting it to pinpoint weaknesses, you find yourself completely immersed into its characters and tone,” Mikkelsen said in an official statement announcing the project. “A story that manages to be non-judgmental and at the same time makes us feel like judges. A story full of recognizable, normal people in situations that are everything but normal. Lost dreams, hope, redemption, and great love for the unexpected. ‘Last Meals’ is such a story. Combined with a dream team of producers, actors, and Ramin at the center, I couldn’t be more thrilled to go to work.”

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This sounds like quite the exciting project, and we can’t wait to see Mikkelsen and Holbrook share tense/dramatic scenes together.