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EXCLUSIVE: Michael Chiklis has inked a woody to join Tyrant, David Weil’s culinary thriller for Amazon MGM Studios, led by Charlize Theron, Julia Garner and Demi Moore.
No connection yet connected nan domiciled to beryllium played by Chiklis. Currently successful accumulation successful Los Angeles, Tyrant is billed arsenic a high-stakes thriller successful nan vein of Wall Street and Whiplash set wrong New York City’s elite good eating scene.
Weil is moving from his ain script, based connected a communicative conceived pinch Cody Behan, pinch Paapa Essiedu, Hudson Williams, Omar Apollo and Nara Smith besides group to star.
The Picture Company partners Alex Heineman & Andrew Rona are producing on pinch Theron and her Secret Menu partners Beth Kono & A.J. Dix. Weil is besides producing alongside producing partner Natalie Laine Williams, pinch Stan Wlodkowski serving arsenic executive producer.
An Emmy and Golden Globe victor champion known for his domiciled successful FX’s lauded LAPD drama The Shield, Chiklis astir precocious starred successful nan inspirational shot drama The Senior for Angel Studios. He’s besides wide recognized for his domiciled arsenic Ben Grimm/The Thing successful the Fantastic Four films of nan 2000s, pinch further movie credits including Don’t Look Up, Eagle Eye, The Three Stooges and Wired.
Chiklis’ different tv credits include The Comish, No Ordinary Family, Vegas, Gotham, HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of nan Lakers Dynasty, American Horror Story and Coyote, which he besides produced. He is represented by UTA, Entertainment 360 and Ziffren Brittenham.
