Chris Messina, Ari Graynor to Star in FX Comedy Pilot From Atlanta EP

RELATED STORIES Chris Messina is going back to comedy… and we just hope this one has him dancing to Aaliyah, too. The Mindy Project veteran is set to star opposite Ari Graynor (I’m Dying Up Here) in an untitled comedy pilot for FX, according to our sister site Deadline. Messina and Graynor will play the […]

Chris Messina: Alexa leads the ‘god bot’ wars because Amazon gets the most interest from developers

A little over two years ago, before Facebook Messenger or iMessage opened to third-party bots, and before the arrival of Google Assistant, conversational AI champion Chris Messina helped coin the term “conversational commerce.” Messina, who is perhaps best known as the creator of the hashtag, has since 2015 examined trends like chat apps surpassing social […]

Mindy Project: Chris Messina Returning for 'Multiple Episodes' in Final Season

Mindy-Danny fans, your happy-ish ending may be nigh. At the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour on Thursday, Mindy Project star/EP Mindy Kaling announced that Chris Messina will reprise his role as Danny for “multiple episodes” during the comedy’s 10-episode sixth and final season (premiering Tuesday, Sept. 12 on Hulu). But don’t expect the exes to ride […]

Chris Messina Hopes for Mindy Project Return: 'I Would Love to Come Back'

Get out your dorky red glasses, Mindy Project fans, because you’re gonna want to read this. Chris Messina, who played macho doctor Danny Castellano on the Fox/Hulu sitcom, tells our sister site Variety he “would love to come back” for the show’s sixth and final season. RELATEDThe Mindy Project: What the Heck Happened to This Once-Great […]

Chris Messina to Join Amy Adams in HBO's Sharp Objects Adaptation

Chris Messina has a new Project to work on. The Mindy Project star has joined Amy Adams in the cast of HBO’s upcoming eight-episode drama Sharp Objects, according to our sister site Deadline. Based on Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn’s novel, Objects stars Adams as reporter Camille Preaker, who returns to her hometown after a stint in a […]