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‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Star Lena Hall Joins Chad Michael Murray in ‘Disconnecting Peter’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Tony winner Lena Hall has joined Chad Michael Murray in the upcoming family drama "Disconnecting Peter", written and directed by Christopher Beatty. Hall will play Elizabeth Ruck, wife to Murray's Peter Ruck, a woman trying to hold her family together as her husband's destructive behaviour threatens to tear them apart, with the story centring on the family's reckoning with a past tragedy.
Hall, known for her Tony-winning turn in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and current role in Apple TV+'s "Your Friends & Neighbors", has also appeared in "Snowpiercer" and films including "Becks" and "Honey Don't!". Murray, best known for "One Tree Hill" and last summer's "Freakier Friday", was previously confirmed for the project. Eddie Micallef and Benjamin J. Murray are producing, with Thomas J. Molica executive producing and Stephanie Holbrook overseeing casting; filming is set to begin in January 2027 in New Jersey.
In short
- Lena Hall joins Chad Michael Murray in "Disconnecting Peter"
- Hall plays Elizabeth Ruck opposite Murray's troubled Peter Ruck
- Filming begins January 2027 in New Jersey
Explained simply
"Disconnecting Peter" is an upcoming family drama written and directed by Christopher Beatty. The story follows a family confronting a past tragedy, with the husband's destructive behaviour threatening to tear them apart.
Chad Michael Murray, best known for the series "One Tree Hill" and the film "Freakier Friday", plays Peter Ruck, the husband. Lena Hall, a Tony Award winner for "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" who currently appears in Apple TV+'s "Your Friends & Neighbors", plays Elizabeth Ruck, his wife attempting to hold the family together.
Filming is scheduled to begin in January 2027 in New Jersey. The production is being overseen by producers Eddie Micallef and Benjamin J. Murray, with Thomas J. Molica as executive producer.
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