Colman Domingo has joined the cast of Dead Man’s Wire, an upcoming hostage thriller from director Gus Van Sant.

Per Deadline, Domingo recently wrapped his scenes on Edgar Wright’s The Running Man, where he will play the host of the world’s most dangerous game show. Richard Dawson famously played the game-show host in 1987’s The Running Man, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Domingo’s star rose in 2024 thanks to roles in film and television. Domingo headlined A24’s Sing Sing, a moving drama about a group of incarcerated men who form a theater group. For his role as Divine G, Domingo is expected to receive a nomination for Best Actor at the 2025 Oscars.

Domingo starred in Netflix’s conspiracy TV show The Madness. Released on November 28, 2024, The Madness shot up the top 10 charts to become the No. 1 show on Netflix.

Who is in the Dead Man’s Wire Cast with Colman Domingo?

Domingo joins a Dead Man’s Wire cast that includes Bill Skarsgård and Dacre Montgomery. Per the movie’s logline, “Dead Man’s Wire follows a former real estate developer who takes the mortgage banker who did him wrong hostage, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.”

Dead Man’s Wire is based on the story of Tony Kirtsis, an Indianapolis resident who held mortgage broker Richard O. Hall hostage in February 1977. Kirtsis held Hall hostage with a “dead man’s line,” a wire attached to a shotgun pointed directly at Hall’s head.

Dead Man’s Wire marks Van Sant’s first directed feature since 2018’s Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot. Austin Kolodney wrote the screenplay for Dead Man’s Wire.

Producers include Cassian Elwes, Joel David Moore, Tom Culliver, Sam Pressman, Mark Amin, Remi and Noor Alfallah, Andrea Bucko, Matt Murphie, and Paula Paizes.

Filming for Dead Man’s Wire has begun in Louisville, Kentucky.

(Source: Deadline)