Within the motion pictures, actually anybody can get a comeback. Armie Hammer resides proof: The previous Hollywood pariah is ready to star in a brand new movie directed by German opposite-of-an-auteur Uwe Boll, a vigilante thriller with the contemporary and unique title The Darkish Knight.
The Darkish Knight doesn’t characterize a full return to glory for Hammer, as Boll — a director identified for poorly-made online game diversifications — isn’t precisely on the identical degree 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 relation to the title, govt producer Michael Roesch instructed Selection that “our film may be very completely different from Chris Nolan’s film of the identical identify, so there isn’t any hazard of confusion.” The movie begins capturing in Croatia this month. And The Darkish Knight won’t be Hammer’s first main movie function 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, by 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 and, um, cannibalism. The authorized case in opposition to Hammer has since been dropped by the Los Angeles District Lawyer’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 among the most surprising parts 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.
