Pierre Niney, toxic guru for the black box director: the casting grows

Holt McCallany de Mindhunter joins in particular the actor of the Count of Monte-Cristo.

Guru sign it Third collaboration between Yann Gozlan and Pierre NineyAfter Black box (2021) and An ideal man (2015). Except that this time, Niney is also a producer of the film. This feature film marks the actor’s return to the big screen after his incarnation of Count of Monte-Cristo In the adaptation of Alexandre de la Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte.

For this tall comebackthe actor drastically changes register. If Count of Monte-Cristo cost about 43 million eurosPierre Niney returns to a smaller production with Guru. When he started shooting last November, he declared at the microphone of First ::

“I will attack a thriller with Yann Gozlan, with whom I have already done Black box. It will be much more intimate, much darker, desperate in certain places on current society and social networks. But I like change. ”

Pierre Niney tells us about his transformation into count of Monte-Cristo

Like the masks that Edmond Dantès carries, the actor has proven us many times that he was as well capable of adapting to comedy, drama, or thriller. Little information has been revealed about synopsis, but here is what we know: the film will tell The toxic ascent of a guru personal development. The release date is provided for the January 28, 2026.

To accompany Pierre Niney, we will find Marion Barbeaudancer and actress revealed in In body by Cédric Klapisch. His interpretation of Élise had earned him to be Named to the César for best female hope in 2023. Anthony Bajonactor rewarded for a Best actor money bear for its role in Prayer From Cédric Kahn, is also part of the project. At the start of the year, he was also playing in the Franco-Belgian film The Maldoror file by Fabrice du Welz. Finally, an American actor slips into this French cast: Holt McCallanyknown for his role as Bill Tench, FBI special agent in Mindhunter.