Lance Reddick, Steven Adams team

"The Wire" star Lance Reddick has teamed with manager-producer Steven Adams to produce Christai Prods., a production company that starts while using Danny DeVito-directed supernatural thriller "St. Sebastian's." Christai Prods. will focus on developing story-driven film and tv projects that could be "outdoors this areaInch but feature strong roles that ought to attract talent. "I'm fortunate to own labored due to a lot of great stars, authors, company company directors and producers over time. We produced Christai to collaborate using these people and take our associations to another level," Reddick mentioned. "St. Sebastian's" can be a co-production with DeVito's Jersey Films that was professional produced by Steve Bing. Reddick stars alongside William Fichtner, Constance Zimmer and Lawrence Gillard. Reddick met DeVito round the number of "It Definitely Is Sunny in Philadelphia" when Reddick guest starred a year ago. The pair hit it well and made a decision to function together round the indie pic, which recently wrapped production in La. Christai's second project will probably be "Other Animals," which "Red-colored-colored Tails" helmer Anthony Hemingway is installed on direct. Project, the wry tale of intersecting figures, together with a ageing pop star together with a hitman, will begin casting this summer season. Reddick and Adams may also be developing TV projects having a concentrate on edgier and more personal and much more personal content for cable systems. Reddick is much better recognized for starring on HBO's "Oz" and "The Wire," additionally to ABC's "Lost." He's presently a collection regular on Fox's sci-fi series "Fringe" and may soon be seen opposite Viola Davis in Fox/Walden Media's approaching drama "Won't Lower Again," skedded for release this fall. Adams can be a Peabody Award-winning producer who began his career at Paradigm and recently headed the U.S. arm of Paris-based production and vfx house BUF. His recent credits just like a vfx professional producer include "Avatar," "Thor" and Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows." Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com