Editing Edward Norton (section)

===2015-2021: Limited roles and voice acting===
Norton had voice-acting roles in the animated features ''[[Sausage Party]]'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103134943/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/09/01/sausage-party-is-nothing-like-as-clever-as-it-thinks-it-is--revi/|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/09/01/sausage-party-is-nothing-like-as-clever-as-it-thinks-it-is--revi/|title=Sausage Party is nothing like as clever as it thinks it is|first=Rupert|last=Hawksley|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=September 1, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 3, 2016}}</ref> and ''The Guardian Brothers''—the English-dubbed version of the Chinese animated film ''[[Little Door Gods]]'' (2017).<ref>{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919200737/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/edward-norton-bella-thorne-jim-gaffigan-join-animated-guardian-brothers-964913|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/edward-norton-bella-thorne-jim-gaffigan-join-animated-guardian-brothers-964913|title=Edward Norton, Bella Thorne, Jim Gaffigan Join Animated 'Guardian Brothers'|first=Ashley|last=Lee|date=January 17, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> He played Whit Yardsham, an estranged friend and business partner of Howard Inlet ([[Will Smith]]) in the 2016 drama ''[[Collateral Beauty]]''. The film was panned by critics for its incoherent screenplay.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/collateral_beauty|title=Collateral Beauty (2016)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|date=December 16, 2016|quote=Collateral Beauty aims for uplift but collapses in unintentional hilarity.|access-date=March 12, 2019|archive-date=May 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502002030/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/collateral_beauty|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510164805/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Collateral-Beauty-is-lousy-and-likable-10798974.php|url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Collateral-Beauty-is-lousy-and-likable-10798974.php|title='Collateral Beauty' is lousy and likable|date=December 15, 2016|work=San Francisco Chronicle|first=Mick|last=LaSale|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625214019/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2016/12/14/collateral-beauty-doesn-measure-its-cast/bLffi3RTQqrTOX5B3Czl1H/story.html|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2016/12/14/collateral-beauty-doesn-measure-its-cast/bLffi3RTQqrTOX5B3Czl1H/story.html|title='Collateral Beauty' doesn't measure up to its cast|first=Tom|last=Russo|date=December 14, 2016|work=The Boston Globe|archive-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Norton worked again with director Anderson for the 2018 [[stop motion]] film ''[[Isle of Dogs (film)|Isle of Dogs]]'', in which he voiced Rex, a member of a pack of five dogs.<ref>{{Cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325011158/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/03/22/in-isle-of-dogs-noted-pet-nemesis-wes-anderson-finally-recognizes-that-dogs-deserve-to-live/|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/03/22/in-isle-of-dogs-noted-pet-nemesis-wes-anderson-finally-recognizes-that-dogs-deserve-to-live/?utm_term=.da826b7c6d28|title=Bad things happen to pets in Wes Anderson movies|first=Sonia|last=Rao|date=March 22, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=March 25, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> Norton had announced in February 2014 that he would direct ''[[Motherless Brooklyn (film)|Motherless Brooklyn]]'', a crime drama based on the acclaimed [[Motherless Brooklyn (novel)|1999 novel]] by [[Jonathan Lethem]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=Edward Norton Will Helm Passion Project 'Motherless Brooklyn' With RatPac Funding|url=https://deadline.com/2014/02/edward-norton-will-helm-passion-project-motherless-brooklyn-with-ratpac-funding/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010000530/http://deadline.com/2014/02/edward-norton-will-helm-passion-project-motherless-brooklyn-with-ratpac-funding-686666/|archive-date=October 10, 2014|date=February 20, 2014}}</ref> Norton had wanted to work on the project since 1999 but did not begin until Brett Ratner, director of 2002's ''Red Dragon'', joined in to help production.<ref name="Indiewire">{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311044030/https://www.indiewire.com/2014/02/edward-nortons-motherless-brooklyn-finally-happening-thanks-to-brett-ratner-88819/|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/02/edward-nortons-motherless-brooklyn-finally-happening-thanks-to-brett-ratner-88819/|title=Edward Norton's 'Motherless Brooklyn' Finally Happening Thanks To Brett Ratner|first=Kevin|last=Jagernauth|work=[[Indiewire]]|date=February 20, 2014|archive-date=March 11, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref> Released in 2019, the film received mixed reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/motherless_brooklyn|title=Motherless Brooklyn (2019)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=November 2019|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date=December 25, 2019|archive-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225141858/https://rottentomatoes.com/m/motherless_brooklyn|url-status=live}}</ref>  ''[[Toronto Star]]''<nowiki/>'s Peter Howell praised Norton's direction, but thought the film was complex and too long.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Howell|first=Peter|date=October 31, 2019|title='Motherless Brooklyn' is a foot-dragging gumshoe story|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/review/2019/10/31/motherless-brooklyn-is-a-foot-dragging-gumshoe-story.html|access-date=November 16, 2020|website=thestar.com|language=en|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028062907/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/review/2019/10/31/motherless-brooklyn-is-a-foot-dragging-gumshoe-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>