**A New Addition to the Chazelle-Directed Prison Movie**
Paramount Pictures has welcomed another highly acclaimed actor to the cast of its untitled prison movie from director Damien Chazelle. The project, which has been led by Golden Globe nominee Daniel Craig (Knives Out) and Oscar winner Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) since May last year, has now added a new star to its already impressive lineup.
According to Variety, five-time Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams has officially signed on to star alongside Craig and Murphy in Chazelle's directorial comeback movie after the disappointing box office run of 2022's Babylon. Details about their characters are still under wraps, but her casting comes after her performance in FX's Dying for Sex miniseries won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Chazelle, known for his work on acclaimed movies such as Whiplash, La La Land, and First Man, will write and direct the untitled movie. He became the youngest filmmaker to win an Oscar Award for Best Director for his work on the Emma Stone-led musical drama. In addition, Chazelle is also producing the project alongside Olivia Hamilton under their Will Chickens Productions banner.
Besides the upcoming prison movie, Williams will also be seen in the thriller movie A Place in Hell with Daisy Edgar-Jones and Andrew Scott. Meanwhile, Murphy is set to reprise his iconic role as Thomas Shelby in Netflix's Peaky Blinders movie The Immortal Man. As for Craig, he recently returned as Detective Benoit Blanc in Netflix's newest Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man.
