Fear the Walking Dead's Colman Domingo to direct his first feature film

Fear the Walking Dead actor Colman Domingo said goodbye to Victor Strand in the eighth and final season of the series in 2023. He was one of a short list of characters who appeared in every season of The Walking Dead spinoff. Recently, he has starred in some phenomenal titles like Rustin, The Color Purple musical, Sing Sing, and more. Deadline reports that the Sammy Davis Jr. movie Scandalous, directed by Domingo, has its cast and is ready to begin filming soon.

The film has been fast tracked by Miramax and will see Domingo's Euphoria co-star portray film star Kim Novak with David Jonsson as singer and dancer Sammy Davis Jr. According to Deadline filming will begin after Domingo and Sweeney complete the third season of HBO's Euphoria.

Sweeney will once again star and produce, as she did in the Netflix rom-com Anyone But You, with Tani Cohen and Bobby Rock, with Jon Levin exec producing from the script written by Matthew Fantaci.

The story follows the love story of Vertigo star Novak and Sammy Davis Jr., famed members of the Rat Pack. The couple met on The Steve Allen Show and after which fell hard for one another. During this time rumors where rampant and their relationship threatened both their careers, due to the racism in the US.

Watch Undead Walking for updates on Domingo's feature directorial debut, Scandalous.

What's new with Colman Domingo?

Tony and Academy Award nominee Domingo will direct and star in a biopic about the late singer, jazz pianist, and actor Nat King Cole. The film is a movie musical based on a script he co-wrote.

The stage production Lights Out: Nat King Cole, which Domingo co-wrote with director Patricia McGregor, will be featured in the spring of 2025 at New York Theater Workshop. Emmy Award nominee Dulé Hill (The West Wing, Psych) portrays Nat King Cole, and Tony nominee Daniel J. Watts (The Refuge Plays, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical) plays Sammy Davis Jr. The production debuted at the Geffen Theater in 2019.

Domingo's Edith Productions is involved in a Netflix original movie, It's What's Inside, which stars fellow Fear TWD actress Alycia Debnam-Carey. The film is a psychological thriller featuring a high-tech game played during a reunion of a small group of old college friends.

He will also star in the Michael Jackson biopic with Jackson's nephew Jaafar, who plays his late uncle. Domingo has been cast as the Jackson family patriarch, Joe. Michael is directed by Antoine Fuqua, known for his directorial debut, The Replacement Killers.

Domingo will also star in the Tina Fey/Netflix series The Four Seasons and the limited Netflix series The Madness.

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