Jon Hamm to Star in the Thriller HIGH WIRE ACT
Now that Mad Men has come to an end, I guess we can expect to start seeing more of Jon Hamm up on the big screen. He has signed on to star in a political thriller called High Wire Act.
Brad Anderson, the director of films such as Session 9 and The Machinist, is set to helm the project from a script written by Tony Gilroy of The Bourne franchise.
The story is set in 1980s Beirut, and according to THR, Hamm plays “a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a former colleague from the group possibly responsible for his own family's death.”
Gilroy said in a statement:
“I'm thrilled the way the project's come together. Jon Hamm was made to play the part. I’ve been trying to work with Brad Anderson from the moment I saw Transsiberian, and every conversation we have confirms my confidence. I can't wait to see a script that means so much to me get up and running.”
Anderson added:
“Tony may have been channeling John le Carré when he wrote this, and as such it has many of the themes I love that make those stories so great — the political intrigue, the betrayals, the morally compromised characters, the reluctant heroes. And it's set in a world — war-torn Beirut — that's seldom depicted on screen."
I’m a big fan of the work that Anderson, Hamm, and Gilroy have developed, and I think they have the talent to turn this story into a great movie.