Emmy nominee Darren Criss (American Crime Story, Glee) has boarded Roland Emmerich’s WWII action film Midway, Deadline has confirmed.
Universal Pictures released a big budget epic version of the event also titled Midway in 1976, which starred Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, and Toshiro Mifune.
No details have been released yet on who Criss will be portraying.
U.S. and China theatrical distribution is already set with Lionsgate to release through its Summit Entertainment label stateside and Bona Film Group to release in Greater China.