{
  "id": 11007953,
  "title": "Daniel Zolghadri to Replace Charles Melton in Elijah Bynum’s Crime Thriller ‘My Darling California’ (EXCLUSIVE)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/daniel-zolghadri-to-replace-charles-melton-in-elijah-bynums-crime",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-30T18:35:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/daniel-zolghadri-charles-melton-my-darling-california-1236878744/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Charles Melton has dropped out of Elijah Bynum’s L.A. crime thriller “My Darling California” and “Lurker” actor Daniel Zolghadri is stepping in as his replacement, Variety can exclusively reveal. Zolghadri will play Kent, a young man “who is caught in an escalating conflict that quickly spirals beyond his control,” and “forced to confront long-buried questions” […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}