Charlie Hunnam roped in for boxing drama 'A Prayer Before Dawn'

Charlie Hunnam is going to feature in Jean-Stephane Sauvaire's Thai boxing prison thriller A Prayer Before Dawn.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor is already in training for Muay Thai sequences for the film, which portrays the true-life story of Billy Moore, who served time in Thailand's notorious Klong Prem prison and took up Muay Thai boxing to secure freedom and redemption in the ring.

HanWay Films will launch worldwide sales for 'A Prayer Before Dawn' at AFM ahead of an early 2015 shoot and exec Rita Dagher of Senorita Films, Sol Papadopoulos of the U.K.'s Hurricane Films and Roy Boulter will be the producers.