Filming is under way on a new prison drama starring Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig. Production on the as-yet-untitled film from director Damien Chazelle began in Greece yesterday.
The film is currently shooting on location in Athens in the basement of a former tobacco-processing factory, which has been converted into prison cells.
While plot details are being kept under wraps, World of Reel shared a synopsis that reads: "A prison warden (Craig) attempts to discipline a defiant inmate (Murphy) within a brutal correctional system.
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"As tensions rise, their relationship evolves into a psychological duel. [Michelle] Williams portrays the warden’s wife. Mia Threapleton plays the inmate’s girlfriend."
According to the publication, filming in western Athens will continue until May, with production briefly moving to greater Athens before ending on Corfu.
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The Brutalist's Lol Crawley is on board as cinematographer, while Justin Hurwitz, a longtime collaborator of Chazelle, will write the score.
No release date has been confirmed yet, but with Craig and Murphy teamed up, it’s bound to generate plenty of excitement.
Taking to Instagram this week, Greek outlet iefimerida shared a picture of Murphy on set. In the caption, the publication confirmed that Michelle Williams is also set to co-star.
Meanwhile, Murphy's new Peaky Blinders movie, The Immortal Man was released on Netflix today.
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Speaking to Deadline, about his decision to reprise the role of Tommy Shelby, Murphy said: "It was pretty much from like 2019-2020 we've been talking about this and going through different versions of the script and working it and reworking and revising it."
"For me personally, I really felt that the film needed to justify its existence, because I love the ambiguity of the ending of season 6 that Tommy rode off into the sort of bucolic English hills and it was, 'What, where’s he gone? Will we ever see him again?'
"I felt that was a satisfying ending, actually, for the TV show. So therefore, if you were to make a film, it really needed to match it, and, in fact, kind of improve on it."
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