Poor Hammer returns to the big screen after his Hollywood career came came crashing down around him amid numerous allegations of sexual misconduct.
Hammer will play the lead role Border cruciblea period western from director Travis Mills and producer Dallas Sonnier.
“I’ve built a career producing male indie films, like Bone Tomahawk, fight in cellblock 99, dragged across concrete, muzzle And The standoff at Sparrow Creek and worked with legendary actors such as Kurt Russell, Vince Vaughn, Mel Gibson, Jason Sudeikis, Guy Pearce, Aaron Eckhart, Don Johnson, Stephen Lang, James Badge Dale, Steve Austin and more. And now I’m excited to get to work with Armie Hammer Border crucible”, Sonnier told The Hollywood Reporter in a statement on Wednesday.
Hammer teased his return to the big screen his Instagram page with photos of themselves on the Border crucible set and a front page of the film script on the floor. His return to film comes after the great-grandson of oil tycoon Armand Hammer became a Hollywood A-lister but was forced into exile due to personal problems.
Hammer’s demise was heralded by fragments of sexually charged text messages with several women that surfaced in early 2021. That same year, a woman named Effie appeared accused him of raping her in 2017. Two other women subsequently came forward and accused Hammer of subjecting them to emotional abuse so severe that they required treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Hammer countered that the relationships were all consensual sadomasochistic arrangements, but admitted that he emotionally abused the women. After an investigation, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said declined to sue Hammer in 2023citing insufficient evidence.
As he returns to acting, Border cruciblestarring Thomas Jane, is about an ex-soldier who reluctantly teams up with bandits, a woman and her wounded husband as they navigate the dangerous Arizona frontier in the 1870s. Together they battle the harsh elements and hostile forces in a desperate bid for survival.
There’s no word on what role Hammer will play in the western that also stars Myles Clohessy, Zane Holtz, Mary Stickley and Eddie Spears. Sonnier is producing the indie film that will shoot in Arizona in November through his Bonfire Legend banner.
Hammer’s comeback includes a podcast, The Armie HammerTime Podcastunveiled earlier this week.