Chris Sullivan Joins Tessellation; Illinois Shoot Begins — SkimNews
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- Chris Sullivan joined Tessellation alongside Jeremy Holm, adding the This Is Us actor to writer Michael Moreci’s conspiracy thriller.
- Tessellation entered production in Central Illinois, with cameras scheduled to roll this week at Flyover Film Studios; producer Stephen Mastrocola said the film is due in theaters next year.
- Michael Moreci is making his feature directorial debut after writing the screenplay and said the film follows the tradition of The Conversation, Blow Out and The Parallax View while warning that fringe paranoia has become mainstream.
- Jeremy Holm (House of Cards, Mr. Robot) plays Anton, a disgraced puzzle champion and CIA codebreaker drawn into a conspiracy over the reason his wife had to die.
- Stephen Louis Grush and Winter Williams also join the cast, with Grush credited from The Righteous Gemstones and Williams from The Human Centipede.
- Static Films is associated with the production, with Robert Patrick Stern, Kevin Lau, Moreci and Stephen Mastrocola as producers and Aethon Books’ Damian Wassel, Jen Shelby, Rhett Bruno and Steven Beaulieu as executive producers.
Why it matters: For prospective audiences and Static Films, the material change is concrete: cameras are scheduled to roll at Flyover Film Studios this week, with a theatrical arrival next year. The four named cast members—Sullivan, Holm, Grush and Williams—also give first-time feature director Moreci a cast spanning five film and television credits, from *This Is Us* to *The Human Centipede*.
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