Academy Award-nominated actor Leslie Odom Jr joins ‘Knives Out 2’

By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Academy Award-nominated actor Leslie Odom Jr is the most recent addition to the star-studded forged of the “Knives Out” sequel.

The “One Night in Miami” star joins fellow newcomers Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton and Janelle Monae within the Rian Johnson directorial.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, plot particulars are beneath wraps however the follow-up is about to shoot this summer time in Greece.

Daniel Craig, who essayed the function of grasp sleuth Benoit Blanc within the 2019 unique hit, will reprise the half within the sequel which shall be one other ensemble homicide thriller.

Netflix, which took over the franchise from MRC and Lionsgate to develop two “Knives Out” follow-ups for a large USD 450 million reportedly, had no touch upon the casting.

Johnson wrote the script, will direct, and can also be producing with Ram Bergman beneath their T-Street banner.

“Knives Out” follows a household gathering gone horribly awry, after the household patriarch’s (Christopher Plummer) loss of life leads grasp detective Benoit Blanc (Craig) to research.

The whodunnit additionally options Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, and Jaeden Martell.

Odom earned two Oscar nominations — supporting actor and unique track — for his function as ‘King of Soul’ Sam Cooke in Regina King’s directorial debut “One Night in Miami.”