Nicolas Cage Leads Aryan Brotherhood Crime Thriller ‘The Brand’

WHO:

Coming Soon - Nicolas Cage and Gabriel Basso are teaming up for the first time to star in a true-crime thriller.

Deadline - Nicolas Cage, Alexander Ludwig, Gabriel Basso, and Maria Bakalova are set to star in *The Brand*. Deadline describes Cage as an Oscar winner and Bakalova as an Oscar nominee; the article identifies their credits as *Longlegs*, the *Bad Boys* franchise, *The Night Agent*, and *The Apprentice*, respectively.

Screen Rant - Nicolas Cage and a star of *The Night Agent* are teaming up for a prison-thriller adaptation.

WHAT:

Coming Soon - The film is an upcoming true-crime thriller about the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang and the rise of organized crime within the U.S. prison system.

Deadline - *The Brand* is a true-crime movie based on David Grann’s investigative *New Yorker* article about the Aryan Brotherhood.

Screen Rant - The prison thriller has been in development for several years.

WHERE:

Coming Soon - The story concerns organized crime within the U.S. prison system.

WHY:

Coming Soon - The film draws on an investigation of the Aryan Brotherhood and explores the rise of organized crime within U.S. prisons.

Deadline - The movie is based on an investigative article by bestselling author and journalist David Grann; Deadline notes that his stories have served as source material.

HOW:

Coming Soon - The film is based on journalist David Grann’s investigation into the Aryan Brotherhood.

Deadline - The project adapts Grann’s investigative article in *The New Yorker*.

(UPDATED November 5, 2026 19:11 UTC)

Nicolas Cage, Gabriel Basso, Alexander Ludwig, and Maria Bakalova will star in *The Brand*. The true-crime thriller adapts David Grann’s investigation of the Aryan Brotherhood. It explores the prison gang’s role in organized crime across America’s prison system.