{"id":42303,"date":"2025-11-07T09:40:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/42303\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:40:22","slug":"jessica-chastain-chris-pine-charles-melton-others-lead-darling-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/42303\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Chastain, Chris Pine, Charles Melton, Others Lead ‘Darling California’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Here\u2019s a welcome shot in the arm for the market ahead of next week\u2019s AFM<\/a>. In what will be one of the few must-have projects on sale, an all-star cast has come together for the next project from writer-director Elijah Bynum\u2019s (Magazine Dreams), the dark comic crime thriller My Darling California<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tOscar winner Jessica Chastain<\/a> (Zero Dark Thirty), Oscar nominee Josh Brolin<\/a> (Weapons), Star Trek and Hell or High Water star Chris Pine<\/a>, Oscar winner Mikey Madison<\/a> (Anora), Oscar nominee Don Cheadle<\/a> (Ocean\u2019s franchise) and Gotham winner Charles Melton<\/a> (May December) will lead the buzzy movie.<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in Los Angeles, the film will chart how a single crime weaves together the lives of a TV host, his restless wife, a country music idol, two small-time crooks and an ex-con, all of whom are chasing the promise of a better life.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnton (Greenland) and 2AM (Materialists) are behind the project, with Anton and CAA Media Finance handling sales for the AFM.<\/p>\n

\n\tProducing is David Hinojosa of 2AM (Materialists). Zach Nutman of 2AM will be executive-producing. Production is scheduled to start in 2026. Anton is financing.<\/p>\n

\n\tBehind the camera, Bynum is joined by an impressive crew: Chayse Irvin (BlacKkKlansman) as DoP, editor Leslie Jones (The Master), production designer Judy Becker (The Brutalist) and costume designer Erin Benach (Drive).<\/p>\n

\n\tBynum first broke out in 2017 with A24 film Hot Summer Nights, starring Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Maika Monroe, and followed with 2023 Sundance buzz title Magazine Dreams.<\/p>\n

\n\tHinojosa said: \u201cElijah is one of the most exciting new filmmaking voices today, and My Darling California solidifies him as a major talent. Along with this stellar cast, we are thrilled to help bring his vision to life and create a true cinematic event.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnton\u2019s Sebastien Raybaud added: \u201cElijah has written something electrifying, and we are proud to support his bold and uncompromising vision. He\u2019s a filmmaker with the rare ability to marry emotional depth with cinematic scale \u2014 and My Darling California is a testament to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBynum is represented by CAA, Kaplan\/Perrone Entertainment and Myman Greenspan Fox; Chastain by CAA, Mosaic and Hansen Jacobson; Brolin by CAA and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole; Pine by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment and Gendler, Kelly & Cunningham; Madison by UTA, Authentic Talent and Literary and Sloane Offer Weber & Dern; Cheadle by UTA; and Melton by 111 Media, CAA and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Here\u2019s a welcome shot in the arm for the market ahead of next week\u2019s AFM. In what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28385,7,9,8,28386,28387,28388,28389,28390,28391,28392],"class_list":["post-42303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-afm","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-charles-melton","tag-chris-pine","tag-don-cheadle","tag-jessica-chastain","tag-josh-brolin","tag-mikey-madison","tag-my-darling-california"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}