Chris Rock Returns to Directing With 'Misty Green' Trailer
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- Chris Rock released the first official trailer for 'Misty Green,' his first directorial feature since 2014's 'Top Five,' set to debut at this year's Toronto Film Festival.
- Rosalind Eleazar stars as Misty, a talented actress whose vices have derailed her career, who gets a career-reviving opportunity from a film director (Rock) with whom she has a contentious past.
- Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick, and Topher Grace round out the cast, with Rock also acting as Jordan — the film director offering Misty the role.
- A24 is distributing the film, produced by Peter Rice, Rock, James Lopez for Macro Film Studios, and Tommy Oliver for Confluential Films, with Charles D. King and Codie Elaine Oliver as executive producers.
- Rock previously directed 'Top Five' (2014), 'I Think I Love My Wife' (2007), and 'Head of State' (2003) — all comedies he also starred in.
Why it matters: Rock's first directorial feature since 2014 ends an 11-year gap from the director's chair, and the TIFF debut slot plus A24 distribution mark a serious-drama pivot for a filmmaker whose prior three directorial efforts were all comedies.
