If you’ve followed the news at all today, you know Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen abruptly resigned amid tension in the Trump administration over its failure to stop Central American migrants from crossing the southern border.
President Donald Trump tweeted news of Nielsen’s departure at 6:02 p.m. ET. He…
EXCLUSIVE: In the second sassy project we can reveal this morning in Cannes, Birdman star Andrea Riseborough and fast-rising Christopher Abbott (First Man) will lead Brandon Cronenberg's sophomore feature Possessor.
Cronenberg’s 2012 body-horror debut Antiviral played at festivals including Cannes, Toronto and London…
Christopher Abbott (First Man) has been tapped as the lead in Catch-22, Hulu’s high-profile limited series co-starring and directed by George Clooney. Written by Luke Davies and David Michôd based on the seminal Joseph Heller novel, Catch-22 hails from Anonymous Content and Paramount Television.
Set in Italy during…
Making a big splash at Sundance two years ago with The Eyes of My Mother, writer/director Nicolas Pesce hopes to do the same this year with Piercing, a two-hander thriller starring Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska.
The film follows Reed (Abbott), who kisses his wife (Laia Costa) and baby goodbye with the…
Director Sebastián Silva was on deck at Deadline’s Sundance Studio, along with stars Jason Mitchell and Christopher Abbott, to chat about his drama Tyrel, which follows Tyler, who joins friend on a trip to the Catskills for a weekend with several people he doesn't know. As soon as they get there, it's clear that (1)…
IFC Films has acquired domestic rights to Sweet Virginia, the Jamie M. Dagg thriller that bowed at the Tribeca Film Festival and stars Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots, Rosemarie DeWitt and Odessa Young. XYZ Films is handling international sales and will screen the film at the upcoming Cannes market.
Ben…
EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Abbott, who recurred as Charlie Dattolo on the HBO series Girls, has signed with CAA. Previously at WME, Abbott marked his film debut co-starring with Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene and starred in indie pic James White.
Among Abbott’s upcoming projects are the Jamie M. Dagg-directed…
