Daniel Craig and Cillian Murphy to Star in Next Damien Chazelle Movie

Exclusive: Damien Chazelle’s Next Film Looks to Have It Sights Sets on Some Serious Star Power as Deadline is Hearing Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig Are In Negotiations to Star in the New, Currently Untitled Pic the Oscar-Winning Director. Chazelle Will Direct and Has Written the Script and Will Also Produce Alongside Olivia Hamilton Under their wild chickens Banner. Paramount Pictures Will Distribute the Film.

While unconfirmed, insists Say the film Will be set in a prison.

IF Deals End Up Closing for the Two Stars, Production is Expected to Start late this year. Chazelle Had Been Weighing Several Projects in Recent Months Including an Evel Knievel Pic With Leonardo Dicaprio Circling the Lead Role. That film ultimately flush allowing chaselle to pivot to his prison pic and was also developing.

Nor with any chazelle featuree, a-list talent is always circling give his track record; This case was no different, with Murphy and Craig High on the Project Following A Meeting with Chazelle.

MURPHY IS COMING OFFS OSCAR-WINNING ROLLS IN CHRISTOPER NOLAN’S Oppenheimer. He recently wrapped Production on the Peaky Binders Movie The Immortal Man at Netflix and was also recently seen in Small Things like these.

Craig was Most Recently Seen in The A24 pic Queer, Which Earned Him A Golden Globe Nomination. Next up, he is set to reprise his as benoit blanc in the upcoming Kniva Out sequel Wake Up Dead Man, Which Will Bow Later This Year on Netflix.

Craig and Murphy are repped by caa and chazelle is repped by wme.