Morris Chestnut Lands 2 Film Roles: ‘The Hive’ with Halle Berry, ‘Kick-Ass 2’

By Stan | Published on August 15, 2012

Morris Chestnut just landed a couple of new movie roles reports Deadline. He has been set for the male lead of Sony’s The Hive, opposite Halle Berry. He plays her love interest (not a bad role), a cop, in the Brad Anderson-directed thriller that also stars Abigail Breslin. At the same time, he has landed a strong role in Kick-Ass 2, essentially playing the guardian for the young butt kicker played by Chloe Moretz.

The Hive focuses on a 911 call center: a hub of frenzied activity where desperate phone calls come in. When a call comes in from Hyden (Breslin) a kidnapped teen who is stuffed in a trunk, a veteran operator (Berry) takes the line, using her considerable skills to keep the girl calm, while trying feverishly to find the kidnapper before it’s too late.

Chestnut, a regular on last season’s FX drama American Horror story, just wrapped the Universal comedy ID Theft opposite Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy. He was last seen on screen in Think Like A Man.

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