Christopher Plummer is in negotiations to join the cast of Knives Out, the all-star detective thriller from Rian Johnson, the filmmaker behind Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
The blinding high-wattage cast already includes Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Lakeith Stanfield, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette and Ana de Armas.
Media Rights Capital, the company behind such films as Baby Driver and the upcoming Mortal Engines, is producing and financing Knives Out, which is said to hearken back to the more singular vision of Johnson’s movies such as Brick and Looper.
Craig will topline as a detective tasked with solving a modern-day whodunit murder mystery. Details on who Plummer, the veteran actor whose credits range from The Sound of Music to A Beautiful Mind, would play were not revealed.
Production began this week.
Plummer last starred in the Ridley Scott drama All the Money in the World. Stepping in at the last minute for original star Kevin Spacey, the actor played billionaire J. Paul Getty in scenes reshot prior to the movie’s release. The performance earned Plummer an Oscar nomination.
He is repped by ICM Partners and the Pitt Group.
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