EXCLUSIVE: Armie Hammer, who hasn’t acted in additional than three years following 2021 sexual assault allegations, is ready to return to a movie set with western Frontier Crucible.
That is the undertaking we revealed yesterday, starring Thomas Jane (The Predator) and produced by Bone Tomahawk and Dragged Throughout Concrete producer Dallas Sonnier. Filming is because of get underway on the independently-financed movie subsequent month in Monument Valley and Prescott, Arizona.
Hammer’s A-list Hollywood profession was derailed again in 2021 when a number of ladies got here ahead with claims of abuse towards him. Hammer denied the allegations however needed to abandon a number of initiatives and was dropped by his expertise company and publicist. After an investigation into Hammer by the LA County District Legal professional and LAPD, they declined to pursue felony fees towards him, citing inadequate proof. He stays with out illustration aside from his lawyer.
On Monday, The Social Community, Lone Ranger and Name Me By Your Identify actor launched a podcast, The Armie HammerTime Podcast, in a video publish on Instagram. The primary episode consists of an interview with actor Tom Arnold.
Hammer will play one of many “key roles” in Frontier Crucible. Additionally starring might be Myles Clohessy (The Pendragon Cycle), Eli Brown (Run Cover Battle), Eddie Spears (Yellowstone) and Zane Holtz (Hunter Killer), singer/songwriter Jonah Kagen and Australian newcomer Mary Stickley.
Pitched by Sonnier as Reservoir Canines meets Bone Tomahawk, and set within the Arizona Territory of the 1870s, the movie will observe a former soldier (Clohessy) with a tragic previous who’s thrown into an uneasy alliance with three outlaws (Jane, Hammer and Kagen), a lovely lady (Stickley), and her wounded husband (Brown), in an try and survive the weather and hostiles of the western frontier.
Sonnier’s outfit Bonfire Legend is behind the movie which might be directed by Travis Mills (The Pendragon Cycle) and tailored from the 1961 western novel Desert Stake-Out by Harry Whittington. Maxime Alexandre (Shazam!) would be the cinematographer.
David Guglielmo (The Final Cease In Yuma County) and Lillian Campbell (Love Bomb) are producing with Mills. Dallas Sonnier (Bone Tomahawk) and Amanda Presmyk (Run Cover Battle) are executive-producing for Bonfire Legend alongside Jane and his producing accomplice Courtney Lauren Penn for Renegade Leisure, and Sefton Fincham (Dragged Throughout Concrete).
Preston Poulter (The Standoff At Sparrow Creek) is executive-producing and financing the image with Bonfire Legend. Guglielmo can also be dealing with casting. Savannah, Georgia, native Kagen will even present authentic songs and rating for the film.
Hammer is represented by lawyer Todd Rubenstein at Yorn Levin
