Jon Hamm Cast in Edgar Wright's BABY DRIVER

Mad Men star Jon Hamm has joined director Edgar Wright's next film project, Baby Driver. He joins the previously-cast Ansel Elgort, Lily James, and Jamie Foxx.

Wright will write and direct the film, which centers on a "young, talented getaway driver who relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best." This character is also mute, with an ear condition that "that forces him to constantly listen to music in order to drown out the constant ringing in his ears." He's strong-armed into working for a crime boss, and he "must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom."

Elgort will play the mute driver and James will play his love interest. There are no details surrounding Hamm's character, but Foxx is supposed to be playing a crime boss (in a role once earmarked for Michael Douglas).

Production on the film is expected to start later this year, and it will be released on March 17th, 2017. As a fan of every movie Wright has made in his career, I'm really looking forward to seeing how this one turns out.

Via: Variety

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