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Chris Messina (Sharp Objects) has been tapped to star opposite Kaley Cuoco in Peacock's dark comedic thriller Based on a True Story, from Emmy-nominated The Boys executive producer Craig Rosenberg, Ozark star/executive producer Jason Bateman and his Aggregate Films as well as UCP. Written by…

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Affleck’s untitled Nike drama for Amazon Studios, Skydance Sports and Mandalay Pictures has assembled a stellar cast, with Jason Bateman (Ozark), Viola Davis (The Woman King), Chris Tucker (Rush Hour franchise), Marlon Wayans (Respect) and Chris Messina (Sharp Objects) signing on for roles, along…

EXCLUSIVE: Sophie Thatcher, who is coming off her breakout role in the hit Showtime series Yellowjackets, and Chris Messina are set to star in the 20th Century Studios adaptation of the Stephen King short story The Boogeyman, with 21 Laps producing. The film will debut on Hulu, with Rob Savage set to direct. 21 Laps' S…

Oscar winner Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea), Emmy and Grammy winner Beau Bridges (One Night in Miami…), Emmy nominees Zooey Deschanel (New Girl) and Walton Goggins (The Righteous Gemstones), Jack Dylan Grazer (We Are Who We Are), Noah Jupe (Ford v Ferrari) and Chris Messina (I Care a Lot) have signed on to star…

Allison Tolman (Fargo) J.C. MacKenzie (The Trial of the Chicago 7), Chris Bauer (True Blood), Hamish Linklater (Legion) and Chris Messina (Birds of Prey) are set for recurring roles in Starz's Watergate drama Gaslit, starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn. Based on the first season of the Slate podcast Slow Burn, Gaslit…

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Messina (Birds of Prey), Cory Michael Smith (First Man, Carol), Aida Turturro (The Sopranos), Wunmi Mosaku (Lovecraft Country) and newcomer Grace Edwards have boarded Call Jane, which is now in production in Connecticut. In the women’s rights drama, directed by Carol screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, they…

When writer-director J. Blakeson came up with the idea for I Care a Lot, he probably didn’t anticipate that upon its release it would become so ironically topical. But with the battle over Britney Spears and her conservatorship in the news again this week, as well as almost a yearlong focus on the condition of nursing…

EXCLUSIVE: LD Entertainment has greenlit the contained space thriller ISS, and is reuniting with director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, who will direct the film with Chris Messina and Pilou Asbaek starring. The two previously partnered together on Megan Leavey. The ensemble cast also includes John Gallagher Jr., Costa Ronin…

Chris Messina has been tapped as the lead in HBO Max pilot Verbatim, an anthology series from Brett Weiner (Honest Trailers), Ben Stiller's Red Hour Films, Left/Right Productions and The New York Times. Created and directed by Weiner, Verbatim is based on his New York Times Op-Docs digital series. It tackles actual…

The Secrets We Keep is exactly what its title suggests, a tense drama dealing with characters whose darkest moments are kept hidden in memories buried in the past, but not forgotten. At least that is the case for the main protagonist, Maja (Noomi Rapace), who plays a Romanian Nazi concentration camp survivor seeking…

Bleecker Street has acquired U.S. distribution rights to The Secrets We Keep, the period revenge thriller directed by The Operative‘s Yuval Adler that stars Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman and Chris Messina. The film hails from AGC Studios in partnership with Ingenious Media and Fibonacci Films. No release plan was…

EXCLUSIVE: Lacretta is set as a series regular opposite Chris Messina and Ari Graynor in FX’s single-camera comedy pilot from Atlanta and What We Do in the Shadows executive producer Paul Simms. Written by Simms, the untitled comedy is about a family surviving a widespread technological crisis. Lacretta will play…