Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig’s Prison Thriller Just Locked a New Release Date
Damien Chazelle has begun rolling cameras in Greece on his untitled, prison-set project starring Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig, with fresh details on the story’s timeline and setting emerging as a release date update lands.
Damien Chazelle quietly rolled cameras on his new movie, and yep, it is the Cillian Murphy/Daniel Craig one. The production parked itself in Greece and immediately started turning real places into movie spaces. The vibe? Sweaty, contained, and very 1970s. More on that in a second.
What they are shooting right now
Multiple on-the-ground posts show a basement in a former tobacco-processing factory refitted as a jail set. One local summed up the situation pretty cleanly:
'A Hollywood movie starring Daniel Craig and Cillian Murphy is being filmed 100 meters from my door!'
The chatter from the sidewalk claims Craig is in a guard’s uniform and Murphy is the prisoner. That part has not been confirmed by the filmmakers, but it lines up with what I keep hearing: the story takes place inside a prison, and the movie is pulling stylistic energy from 1970s New Hollywood crime dramas. If you are picturing tense two-handers, cramped rooms, and a camera that loves grain and sweat, you are likely in the right neighborhood.
Cast, crew, and the machine around them
- Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig lead. Michelle Williams and Mia Threapleton co-star. Threapleton landed the role after an audition process run directly through Chazelle.
- Damien Chazelle writes, directs, and produces, working with Olivia Hamilton under their Wild Chickens Productions banner.
- Paramount Pictures is handling distribution.
- Lol Crawley is the cinematographer. Justin Hurwitz is composing the score, continuing his long run with Chazelle.
Where and how long
Production is based in western Athens with additional work set for the island of Corfu. Filming is scheduled to run through June. That tobacco factory basement isn’t a one-off gag either; it is being used for key sequences, which suggests the prison material is central, not just a prologue or flashback.
What is actually official vs. what everyone is whispering
The studio and filmmakers have not released a plot synopsis or character breakdowns. Onlookers are convinced they saw Craig as a guard and Murphy as the prisoner. One particularly confident passerby put it this way:
'Cillian is definitely playing the prisoner, JESUSCHRIST.'
File that under informed speculation until we get something on the record.
Why this one matters
It is Chazelle’s sixth feature, following Babylon. Murphy is coming in hot off his Best Actor Oscar for Oppenheimer, and Craig is mid-run with his next Benoit Blanc outing, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Pair those two in a pressure-cooker premise with Crawley behind the camera and Hurwitz on the score, and you do not have to squint hard to see what they are chasing: a lean, bruised, character-first thriller.