Oscar winner Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig are in negotiations to star in the next film from director Damien Chazelle, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire.
The film is untitled, and while the “La La Land” and “Whiplash” filmmaker has weighed options such as an Evel Knievel biopic, several media reports say Chazelle’s follow-up to “Babylon” is a prison drama. Leonardo DiCaprio had been circling the Knievel film, but a deal didn’t close.
Paramount Pictures is distributing the next Chazelle feature as part of his deal with the studio. Chazelle wrote and will produce the movie under his banner Wild Chickens Productions alongside Olivia Hamilton.
Deadline first reported the news.
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