Willem Dafoe to star in 'Motherless Brooklyn'

Actor Willem Dafoe has joined the cast of the film 'Motherless Brooklyn'.

Reportedly, 'The

Florida

Project' actor joins Edward Norton in the project, which is an official adaptation of the

Jonathan Lethem

novel by the same name.


Norton is also directing the film, while

Bill Migliore

and

Stuart Blumberg

will serve as the producers.

The film is set in 1954's New York where a private investigator, affected by Tourette Syndrome, witnesses the murder of his only friend and mentor, by shadowy thugs.

It will be executive produced by

Gigi Pritzker

,

Rachel Shane

and Sue Kroll.