{"id":130554,"date":"2025-11-12T02:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T02:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/130554\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T02:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T02:20:08","slug":"katheryn-winnick-gina-torres-join-my-new-friend-jim-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/130554\/","title":{"rendered":"Katheryn Winnick & Gina Torres Join ‘My New Friend Jim’ (EXCLUSIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Katheryn Winnick<\/a> (Vikings) and Gina Torres<\/a> (Suits) have signed on to star alongside Rob Lowe and Keith David in the dark comedy My New Friend Jim<\/a> from filmmaker Ash Avildsen and his Sumerian Pictures.<\/p>\n

\n\tCurrently in production in Nevada, the film follows two fathers from vastly different worlds who form an unlikely bond while searching for a runaway daughter in Reno.<\/p>\n

\n\tWinnick plays Melissa Cory, wife to Lowe\u2019s Richard. Melissa is witty, sarcastic, and sharply opinionated on the times. Though her relationship with Richard is strained, everything shifts when she becomes an accessory to his crime \u2014 an unexpected ordeal that ultimately reignites the passion in their marriage.<\/p>\n

\n\tTorres plays Dorothy Dandy, the sweet, health-conscious wife of David\u2019s Jim. Always working to diffuse tension, she becomes a source of emotional support for Melissa. However, while Dorothy is gentle in spirit, she does not back down from her polarizing husband\u2019s behavior \u2014 whether at home or in front of company. Though she and Melissa come from very different worlds, the two women forge a meaningful bond as they navigate parenting and life\u2019s many challenges.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnthony Mastromauro (The Old Man and the Gun, Finding Steve McQueen) is producing alongside Avildsen, with Paul Leighton, Angelene Tania Grode, and Lowe executive producing, and Brad LaFave on board as co-producer.<\/p>\n

\n\tWinnick is known for starring in the Emmy-winning Vikings as well as David E. Kelley\u2019s Big Sky for ABC. She also starred in and produced Sean Penn\u2019s Flag Day, with additional credits including The Marksman opposite Liam Neeson, Wander opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Aaron Eckhart, The Dark Tower alongside Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, The Art of the Steal with Kurt Russell, and Lionsgate\u2019s Stand Up Guys opposite Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin. She is represented by CAA, Alchemy Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.<\/p>\n

\n\tBest known for her portrayal of Jessica Pearson on the hit series Suits and its spinoff Pearson, Torres became the first Afro-Latina to create, star in, and produce a television series with the latter. She also starred in Netflix\u2019s The Perfect Find opposite Gabrielle Union, with additional credits including Firefly, Serenity, Alias, and Fox\u2019s 9-1-1: Lone Star. She is repped by Realm Talent, Framework Entertainment, and Schreck Rose Dapello.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Katheryn Winnick (Vikings) and Gina Torres (Suits) have signed on to star alongside Rob Lowe and Keith…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,29375,90074,90075,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-130554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-gina-torres","tag-katheryn-winnick","tag-my-new-friend-jim","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}