Knives Out 2 Adds Leslie Odom Jr. to Ever-Growing Netflix Cast
Knives Out 2 Adds Leslie Odom Jr. to Ever-Growing Netflix Cast
Leslie Odom Jr. is the latest actor to join the ever-growing ensemble of Knives Out 2 for Netflix.
One Night In Miami) has joined Daniel Craig in the upcoming sequel, which is happening at Netflix. While Lionsgate produced the original whodunnit, director Rian Johnson decided to set up a huge deal with the streaming service for not just one, but two sequels. The first of those sequels is set to begin production soon and, as such, casting has been underway recently.
Knives Out 2 decides not to wait for it, adds Leslie Odom Jr.
Last week, inspired by the daily string of excellent
Knives Out 2 casting announcements,
The Hollywood Reporter, Johnson’s latest offer went to someone we didn’t think of: Leslie Odom Jr., fresh off of an Oscar nomination for his work in
One Night In Miami (and also he was apparently in something called
Hamilton). He’ll be joining, in reverse order of when they were announced, Kathryn Hahn, Janelle Monáe, Edward Norton, Dave Bautista, and Daniel Craig (who, as far as we know at this point, will be the only returning character from the first movie). This casting also debunks our theory that Johnson was specifically picking up people who had been in Marvel movies, as up until now Craig and Monáe were the only ones who had never met Iron Man, so that was apparently just a statistical inevitability caused by how many actors have been in Marvel movies and not a conscious decision.
King will direct the film adaptation ofÂ
Bitter Root, a series he co-created with illustrator Sanford Greene and writer Chuck Brown that s published by Portland giant Image Comics. Instantly acclaimed when it premiered in 2019,Â
Bitter Root is set in a mid-Renaissance 1920s Harlem, where a family of monster hunters has to heal intergenerational wounds or else watch the world succumb to demonic forces. King attached herself late last year, and her involvement was announced publicly on May 11. In the very earliest days of development, her name was on the list, and [her directorial debut]Â
One Night In Miami hadn t even come out yet, but there were a bunch of rumors floating around that sheâd been directing and wanted to do a feature,â Walker says. âI kept pushing. I was like, âRegina! Regina!â ⦠and we just kind of lucked out.â
WATCHMEN Star Regina King To Helm BITTER ROOT Image Comics Adaptation For Legendary
Watchmen star and
Bitter Root, an adaptation of the race-themed Image Comics horror title by, for Legendary Entertainment.
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5/11/2021
One Night in Miami, multi-time Emmy Award-winningÂ
Watchmen star Regina King has signed on to helm an adaptation of Image Comics
Bitter Root for Legendary Entertainment.
Described as Get Out meets Blade, the Eisner Award-winning comic created by David F. Walker, Sanford Greene and Chuck Brown is set during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, and focuses on a family of once-great monster hunters who must face a new evil that descends upon New York.
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