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Radar Pictures announced today that Jon Hamm has signed on to star in Academy Award® nominee Tony Gilroy’s political action/thriller “High Wire Act” to be directed by Brad Anderson.
Ted Field, Gilroy and Mike Weber are producing. Schiff/Audino is casting. Good Universe is handling international sales.
Said Gilroy, “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.”
“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,” added Anderson.
“We are thrilled that such a talented group has come together on the project,” said Weber.
Set in 1980’s Beirut, 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.
