Chris Messina (Sharp Objects) is set to star opposite Matt Bomer and Bill Pullman in the third season of USA Network’s anthology crime thriller series The Sinner.
The third installment follows Detective Harry Ambrose (Pullman) as he begins a routine investigation of a tragic car accident on the outskirts of…
EXCLUSIVE: Director Gia Coppola has added Johnny Knoxville, Chris Messina, Alexa Demie, and Colleen Camp to Mainstream, her sophomore film. Pic shoots in Los Angeles May 20. They join Andrew Garfield, Maya Hawke, Nat Wolff and Jason Schwartzman.
Coppola co-wrote the script with Tom Stuart. The drama is described as a…
EXCLUSIVE:Â Chris Messina (Argo) and Amy Seimetz (Pet Sematary) have joined previously announced stars Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) and Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad) in revenge-thriller The Secrets We Keep.
Production commences tomorrow on the film from director Yuval Adler (The Operative) and writer Ryan…
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Messina(Sharp Objects) and RJ Cyler(I’m Dying Up Here) are set as the male leads in Dark Cargo,YouTube Premium's drama pilot from Entertainment One and Canada's Counterfeit Pictures and SEVEN24 Films. Ben Stiller and Nicky Weinstock executive produce via their Red Hour Productions banner.
Written…
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Messina has joined Warner Bros/DC’s Birds of Prey in the villainous role of Victor Zsasz, a sadistic serial killer who carves a tally mark onto himself for each of his victims. Zsasz will be working in cahoots with Ewan McGregor’s lead bad guy Black Mask. Cathy Yan is directing from Christina Hodson’s…
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Messina has signed with CAA for representation. The actor, who had been with WME, starred in Hulu’s The Mindy Project and next can be seen opposite Amy Adams in HBO/Blumhouse's limited seriesSharp Objects, which premieres July 8.
His TV credits also include Aaron Sorkin's HBO series The Newsroom and…
Deadline is holding its Tribeca Film Festival portrait and video interview studio at the festival hub in NYC, opening its doors to this year’s most riveting and groundbreaking filmmakers. Guests stopping by the Deadline Studio on Day 4 included Chris Messina (Blame), Zosia Mamet (The Boy Downstairs), Ed Helms (The Clap…
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first look at Rob Spera’s dramedy The Sweet Life which is having its world premiere at next month’s Los Angeles Film Festival’s Limelight section. Chris Messina and Abigail Spencer star as Kenny and Lolita, who are each struggling with their own brand of demons. They first meet by chance in…
EXCLUSIVE:Chris Messina, Tate Donovan and Nadia Alexander are starring in Blame, a dark indie drama that marks the directorial debut of Quinn Shephard. Shephard, an actor whose credits include CBS’ Hostages last year, also co-stars in the movie and penned the screenplay.
Messina plays a substitute drama teacher whose…
Chris Messina is in negotiations to play the character of Dion Bartolo in the Dennis Lehane Prohibition-era crime drama Live By Night, which Ben Affleck is starring in, writing and directing. Messina previously starred in Affleck’s critical and commercial smash Argo, on which the Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice…
EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media Films acquired worldwide rights to Alex Of Venice, the directing debut of Chris Messina. He stars in the film with Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Don Johnson, Derek Luke, and Katie Nehra. According to Screen Media president Suzanne Blach, the pic will be released via multiplatform early next year…
