Below is a first look at Damien Chazelle’s next film, which is still untitled and began production in Greece last week. Cillian Murphy, Daniel Craig, Michelle Williams, and Mia Threapleton are part of the cast.
The image, which features Murphy and Threapleton, is one of a handful of snaps that have leaked out of the Athens-based set.
Set in the ’40s, a prison warden (Craig) attempts to discipline a defiant inmate (Murphy) within a brutal correctional system. As tensions rise, their relationship evolves into a psychological duel. Williams portrays the warden’s wife. Threapleton plays the inmate’s girlfriend.
Filming is currently taking place in the basement of a former tobacco-processing factory in western Athens, which has been transformed into prison cells for the production. This phase of the shoot is expected to continue until May. Production will then move briefly, for a few weeks, to the greater Athens region and the northwestern island of Corfu.
This mid-budget prison drama is set up at Paramount. Lol Crawley (“The Brutalist”) is serving as cinematographer, while Chazelle’s longtime collaborator Justin Hurwitz is composing the score. No release date has been announced just yet.
This will be Chazelle’s first film since 2022’s “Babylon.” His other directing credits include “Whiplash,” “La La Land,” and “First Man.”
