Within the films, actually anybody can get a comeback. Armie Hammer resides proof: The previous Hollywood pariah is about to star in a brand new movie directed by German opposite-of-an-auteur Uwe Boll, a vigilante thriller with the recent and unique title The Darkish Knight.
The Darkish Knight doesn’t signify a full return to glory for Hammer, as Boll — a director identified for poorly-made online game variations — isn’t precisely on the identical stage as David Fincher or Luca Guadagnino. Selection studies that Hammer will play “Sanders, who takes justice into his personal fingers as he units out to seek out criminals. Whereas his campaign transforms him right into a social media sensation and a hero within the eyes of the general public, the native police chief sees him as a menace to society and goals to take him down.”
In the case of the title, government producer Michael Roesch advised Selection that “our film may be very completely different from Chris Nolan’s film, so there is no such thing as a hazard of confusion.” The movie begins capturing in Croatia this month. And The Darkish Knight won’t be Hammer’s first main movie position since his fall from grace — he additionally seems within the upcoming Western Frontier Crucible, alongside William H. Macy.
Hammer dropped out of the highlight in 2021 after a social media firestorm, through which a number of ladies got here ahead in opposition to the Social Community and Name Me by Your Title star with allegations of sexual assault. The authorized case in opposition to Hammer has since been dropped by the Los Angeles District Legal professional’s workplace, and in a latest podcast look, the actor mentioned that he’s now “turning down” appearing work as a result of “my dance card’s getting fairly full.”
In 2022, the docuseries Home of Hammer dove into a number of the most surprising components to return out of the Hammer case. However Hammer now says that he’s “grateful” to have gone by the expertise — even the cannibal allegations.