John David Washington & Alicia Vikander Join Born to Be Murdered

According to Deadline, John David Washington (BlackKkKlansman), Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl), Boyd Holbrook (Logan) and Vicky Krieps (The Phantom Thread) have joined the Luca Guadagnino production Born to Be Murdered.

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The film centers on a couple vacationing in Athens who fall upon a “violent conspiracy with tragic consequences.”

Much of the crew who worked with Guadagnino on his Academy-Award winning film Call Me By Your Name will join him once more, including cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom and Walter Fasano. Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Revenant) will score the film. Luca Guadagnino and Marco Morabito will produce via their Frenesy Films, along with longtime co-producer Francesco Melzi and Gabriele Moratti with their MeMo outfit which is also the lead financier.

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Washington is the star of Spike Lee’s Oscar-winning film BlacKkKlansman and the TV series Ballers. He was also recently cast in Christopher Nolan’s next film for Warner Bros. Vikander, herself an Oscar winner, recently starred in Tomb Raider, which is getting a sequel, and will begin filming The Green Knight soon.

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