Chris Messina Stars In ‘Primarily based On A True Story’ Peacock Thriller Collection – Deadline

Chris Messina (Sharp Objects) has been tapped to star reverse Kaley Cuoco in Peacock’s darkish comedic thriller Primarily based On a True Story, from Emmy-nominated The Boys government producer Craig Rosenberg, Ozark star/government producer Jason Bateman and his Mixture Movies in addition to UCP.

Written by Rosenberg Impressed by a weird true occasion, Primarily based On a True Story is a few realtor, a plumber and a former tennis star whose lives unexpectedly collide, exposing America’s obsession with true crime, homicide and the sluggish shut bathroom seat.

Messina will play Nathan, the washed-up tennis star husband of realtor Ava (Cuoco).

Rosenberg, who will function showrunner, government produces alongside Bateman and Michael Costigan for Mixture Movies. Roxie Rodriguez serves as co-executive producer for Mixture Movies. The sequence is produced by UCP, a division of Common Studio Group.

Messina simply wrapped Amazon’s Untitled Nike film, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, which chronicles the corporate’s longshot effort to signal Michael Jordan to be the face of the model within the mid-80s. He portrays Jordan’s unique agent, David Falk, alongside a solid together with Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Chris Tucker, & Viola Davis. He additionally just lately wrapped a number one function in twentieth Century’s The Boogeyman, produced by Shawn Levy. He additionally seems within the Focus characteristic Dreaming’ Wild, which premiered on the Venice Movie Pageant this month, and is the male lead of the indie Name Jane reverse Elizabeth Banks & Sigourney Weaver, which premiered at Sundance in 2022. In TV, the Sharp Objects and The Mindy Mission alum appeared within the third season of the USA anthology sequence The Sinner with Matt Bomer & Invoice Pullman and within the Starz restricted Gaslit with Julia Roberts & Sean Penn. He’s repped by CAA, Leisure 360 and Gendler & Kelly.