Edward Norton Joins 'Red Dragon'

Posted Tuesday, August 7, 2001 at 3:36 PM Central

by John Couture

Edward Norton joins Anthony Hopkins in Red Dragon the second movie to be made from the Thomas Harris book of the same name.

Norton is set to play FBI agent Will Graham, a serial killer profiler who is hot on the trail of a ruthless killer known as the "Tooth Fairy." Over the course of the investigation, he has to rely on information from Hannibal Lecter to catch the killer.

Hopkins will reprise the role of Dr. Lecter, a role that he made famous in The Silence Of The Lambs and Hannibal. Red Dragon was previously given the big screen treatment in 1986's Manhunter.