Having been set to play Batman in George Miller’s abandoned Justice League Mortal, Armie Hammer is finally set to sink his teeth into the role of The Dark Knight, although its probably not the circumstances that he’d ever anticipated.
As revealed by Variety, Hammer – who found his career derailed in 2021 after allegations of sexual misconduct, for which he was subsequently cleared of any charged – is set to take on the lead role in The Dark Knight, a vigilante thriller from cult filmmaker Uwe Boll that executive producer Michael Roesch stresses is “very different from Chris Nolan’s movie, so there is no danger of confusion.”
The Dark Knight will see Hammer playing Sanders, a man who “akes justice into his own hands as he sets out to hunt down criminals. While his crusade transforms him into a social media sensation and a hero in the eyes of the public, the local police chief sees him as a menace to society and aims to take him down.”
“The story of The Dark Knight couldn’t be a more current topic, and I’m excited to bring it to life with this excellent cast,” said Boll, the cult filmmaker behind the likes of Alone in the Dark, BloodRayne, In the Name of the King, Postal, and the recent First Shift.
“With Armie Hammer in the lead role and more great actors to be announced soon, and with an outstanding script, we are excited to build up on the great response we got for First Shift and Run, and will have another strong movie soon,” added executive producer Roesch.
Hammer will soon be seen in the Western Frontier Crucible, his first role since his cancellation and brief foray as as a timeshare salesman in the Cayman Islands. He recently spoke to the Your Mom’s Podcast about his experience, stating that: “The worm is turning, it takes time. It’s slow, but generally now the conversation when my name comes up with people in the industry is, ‘Man, that guy got fucked.’ And that feels really good. It’s really encouraging.”
