EXCLUSIVE: Normal People and Where the Crawdads Sing star Daisy Edgar-Jones is the latest star attached to Oscar winner Ron Howard’s next movie Origin Of Species, which is a hot project at the Cannes market.
The in-demand Jones is in talks to join the buzzy project which — as we told you on Sunday — already has Oscar nominee Ana De Armas (No Time To Die), Oscar nominee Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes) and Golden Globe nominee Daniel Brühl (All Quiet On The Western Front) attached and Oscar winner Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider) in talks to join.
There are likely more good names to come. Howard’s Imagine Entertainment is behind the movie with Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios financing and selling with CAA Media Finance on the Riviera.
Shoot is being lined up for Q4, 2023, in Queensland, Australia. Script comes from Noah Pink (Tetris) and producers are Imagine’s Brian Grazer and Karen Lunder.
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