EXCLUSIVE: In the next big casting for the sequel to Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, sources tell Deadline that Edward Norton is set to join Daniel Craig in the next installment from Netflix.
Dave Bautista was also recently cast, joining Craig who is reprising the role of super sleuth Benoit Blanc.
Johnson is back to write and direct the pic and will produce with his partner Ram Bergman.
Deadline first reported in March that Netflix was closing a deal north of $400 million for the next two installments, a historic deal for streamers.
Netflix had no comment on the Norton casting.
It is also unknown who Norton will be playing in the pic.
Norton can be seen next in Anderson’s The French Dispatch, which bows this summer. »