Michelle Williams is set to star alongside Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig in Damien Chazelle’s next film.
The untitled film, which is said to be set in a prison, will be written by Chazelle and directed and produced by Olivia Hamilton under her Wild Chickens Productions banner. Chazelle is aiming to make a comeback following “Babylon,” an ambitious portrayal of early Hollywood that flopped at the box office when it was released in 2022.
Williams won a Golden Globe Award last weekend for her starring role in FX’s “Dying for Sex.” Williams, a five-time Oscar nominee, has appeared in “Blue Valentine,” “The Fabelmans,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “Manchester by the Sea,” and “A Week with Marilyn.” She is currently starring in a production of Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie at St. Ann’s Warehouse.
Williams’ next film is A Place in Hell, a thriller written and directed by Fair Play’s Chloe Demont and co-starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Andrew Scott. Chazelle was at various points linked to the Evel Knievel biopic, which Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly interested in, but that has apparently been put on the back burner. Murphy recently won an Oscar for Oppenheimer, and Craig has recently appeared in Wake Up Dead Man: Knives Out Mystery and Queer.
Paramount Pictures will distribute the Chazelle film. Despite the setback of Babylon, Chazelle remains one of the most highly regarded directors working today. He won an Oscar for “La La Land” and directed the Oscar-winning “Whiplash.” He also directed the space drama “First Man.”
Mr. Williams is represented by CAA and attorney John Laviot. News of Williams’ casting was first reported by Deadline.
