Crime 101's lead writer explains why his new Chris Hemsworth-fronted film is 'more of an emotional roller coaster' than his other acclaimed movies

• Crime 101 writer-director Bart Layton has revealed the biggest challenge he faced on his new film
• The Chris Hemsworth-led movie is based on a short story of the same name
• It's the first non-true crime project that Layton has worked on

Crime 101's writer-director has opened up about the biggest creative challenge he faced with approaching his new movie.

Speaking exclusively to TechRadar, Bart Layton said turning Don Winslow's short story of the same name into a two-hour feature film was daunting in and of itself. However, he also admitted that, compared to previous movies he's worked on, having the creative freedom to take Crime 101's film adaptation in a different direction to its source material was just as intimidating.

Until now, Layton's body of work had consisted of crime genre fare – that being, big- and small-screen offerings centered on stories involving criminal activity ...