Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig’s New Movie Nabs The Buccaneers Breakout
Damien Chazelle is stacking the deck for his next film, adding The Buccaneers standout Mia Threapleton to an ensemble led by Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig.
Damien Chazelle just added another piece to his still-untitled next movie: Mia Threapleton is in. Yes, this is the one already headlined by Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig. The project is locked up tight, but here is what is actually out there right now.
What this movie is (probably) about
Official plot details are still MIA, but people close to the production say it is set inside a prison and rumored to channel that gritty 1970s New Hollywood energy. Take that as informed speculation until someone on the record spells it out.
Who is in it so far
- Mia Threapleton — fresh off Apple TV+ drama The Buccaneers, which wrapped its second season, and a recent turn opposite Benicio del Toro in The Phoenician Scheme.
- Cillian Murphy — the newly minted Oscar winner for Oppenheimer.
- Daniel Craig — turning up next in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery; recent credits also include Queer.
- Michelle Williams — just won a Golden Globe for FX's Dying for Sex; five-time Oscar nominee with credits like The Fabelmans, Blue Valentine, and My Week With Marilyn; currently on stage in Anna Christie at St. Ann's Warehouse.
The audition wrinkle
Deadline says Chazelle personally oversaw the search for Threapleton's role and took his time making the call. That tracks with how he cast Diego Calva in Babylon — a very process-first approach that tends to pay off for him.
Behind the camera
Chazelle is writing and directing, and producing with Olivia Hamilton through their Wild Chickens Productions banner. Paramount Pictures is on board to distribute. He is reuniting with longtime collaborator Justin Hurwitz on the score, and cinematographer Lol Crawley has joined the team.
Timing and location
The plan, per the reporting, is to shoot in Greece starting March 2026. Long runway, but at least the calendar exists.
Still no title, no logline, and plenty of rumor — but a prison-set Chazelle film with Murphy, Craig, Williams, and now Threapleton, plus Hurwitz back on the music, is one to keep tabs on.