Benedict Cumberbatch joins Gypsy Boy

London Sep 11 (IANS) Actor Benedict Cumberbatch has been roped in to feature in the upcoming film "Gypsy Boy" based on Mikey Walsh s best-selling memoir by the same name.

Morgan Matthews will be directing the film with producers Dee Koppang O Leary and Kevin Loader working on the production which is currently slated for a summer 2018 release reports hollywoodreporter.com.

Cumberbatch will play Walsh s father Frank in the movie. The character is a man who places a golden pair of gloves on a chain around the neck of his son in the hopes that he will be able to maintain the family s fighting reputation.

As an infant however Walsh is already displaying noticeable differences to his relatives which leads to frustration and anger for his father.

"I was immediately drawn to Mikey s courageous and heart-breaking story. And his father Frank is unlike any character I ve played before. He s a complex man torn between tradition and his love for a son struggling to come to terms with an identity that s completely at odds with Frank and his culture. It s a tension that threatens to tear everyone in their family and that community apart " said Cumberbatch.

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