Colman Domingo Joins Gus Van Sant’s ‘Dead Man Wire’ Cast

Colman Domingo could be on the verge of an Oscar nomination for his performance in Sing Sing, one of the best-reviewed movies of 2024. Coming up next is a role in Edgar Wright’s The Running Man, and after that Domingo has lined up a part in Gus Van Sant’s next film, Dead Man Wire.

Deadline reports Domingo will join Dacre Montgomery and Bill Skarsgard in Dead Man Wire. Van Sant’s first feature since 2018’s Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot, the film is based on the true story of a desperate man who took a mortgage broker hostage in 1977. Domingo will play a radio announcer the man talks to during the crime.

“This guy was just in dire straits, holding people hostage and speaking to a radio announcer,” teased Domingo. “That’s the only person he felt like he could communicate with. He’d listened to him every day and I sort of guide him not to kill people.”

Also coming up for Domingo is Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi film, and the long-awaited third season of HBO’s Euphoria. He will also be seen later this year as Joe Jackson in Antone Fuqua’s Michael.

In speaking about Spielberg’s mysterious project, Domingo said…

“I will tell you this, I finished reading the script and I bawled. I thought it was one of the most beautiful scripts about our humanity. I think it was just the most beautiful film about our humanity, and I literally cried because Steven Spielberg believes in the possibility of the human beings we could be. That’s what I’ll tell you.”