Jessica Gunning rounds off the solid of Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming darkish comedy The Christophers. The actress gained an Emmy for her efficiency in Netflix’s restricted sequence Child Reindeer. The film highlights the results of getting an obsessed stalker, loosely primarily based on creator and star Richard Gadd’s real-life expertise. Gunning performed the position of Martha, the stalker.
As for The Christophers, it follows the estranged kids of a formally well-known artist who employed a forger to finish their father’s unfinished enterprise in order that they might be “found and bought after his dying,” as per the synopsis.
The director joined arms together with his long-time collaborator and scriptwriter, Ed Solomon. The duo famously labored collectively on initiatives just like the 2021 crime thriller No Sudden Transfer and the Max miniseries Full Circle. Michael Schaefer and Mike Larocca will finance the movie by Division M, whereas the previous will even function an govt producer.
Along with Gunning, the solid consists of former speak present host James Cordon, Lord of the Rings star, the legendary Ian McKellen, and Michaela Coel. The 2-time Oscar nominee McKellen has different initiatives within the lineup, together with The Critic, Hamlet, and The Good Liar.
Coel, identified for her position within the award-winning sequence I Might Destroy You and Chewing Gum, shall be subsequent seen reverse Anne Hathaway within the A24’s upcoming pop melodrama Mom Mary, directed by David Lowery.
As for Gunning, whose credit additionally embody Prime Video’s The Outlaws, Channel 4 sequence Again, and Sky Atlantic’s Fortitude, to call just a few. She was nominated on the 2025 Golden Globes award for her position within the film Satisfaction. Furthermore, the Emmy-winner wrapped the filming of The Magic Faraway Tree, an adaptation of Enid Blyton’s iconic kids’s books.
It constitutes a star-studded solid together with Dune actress Rebecca Ferguson, Superb Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield, The Crown alum Claire Foy, and Bridgerton fame Nicola Coughlan.