By Andreas Wiseman International Editor Narcos director Andrés Baiz will helm Scott Free and AGC thriller Panopticon, based on the Black List script by Emily Jerome.
Tom Moran and Vera Meyer will shepherd the project with Kevin Walsh producing for Scott Free alongside Jerome and AGC Studios CEO Stuart Ford and Head of Production Linda McDonough.
Ridley Scott will serve as executive producer. Production is slated to begin in fall 2020, and active casting is ongoing. The film, according to the official synopsis, will follow “rising hedge fund manager Chase who hears about a little known financial gold mine called PCC Correctional, an Arizona based private prison system that racks up huge profits.
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