Armie Hammer has begun his acting comeback. According to Deadline, Hammer has been cast in a “key role” in Frontier Crucible, a Western from director Travis Mills. This marks Hammer’s first acting role in nearly three years following sexual assault allegations.
In 2021, several women accused Hammer of sexual assault. The accusations against Hammer included rape, cannibalism, and BDSM-related kinks. In 2023, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office declined to pursue criminal charges against Hammer due to insufficient evidence.
Despite the lack of criminal charges, Hammer was dropped by his talent agency, lost his publicist, and abandoned several acting projects. Hammer’s last role came in 2022’s Death on the Nile. The Kenneth Branagh project significantly reduced Hammer’s appearance in the trailers and marketing in the lead-up to the release.
Who is involved with Armie Hammer in Frontier Crucible?
Besides Hammer, Frontier Crucible stars Thomas Jane, Myles Clohessy, Eli Brown, Eddie Spears, Zane Holtz, Jonah Kagen, and Mary Stickley.
The official synopsis via Deadline reads: “Pitched as Reservoir Dogs meets Bone Tomahawk, and set in the Arizona Territory of the 1870s, the film will follow a former soldier (Clohessy) with a tragic past who is thrown into an uneasy alliance with three outlaws (led by Jane), a beautiful woman (Stickley), and her wounded husband (Brown), in an attempt to survive the elements and hostiles of the western frontier.”
Mills (The Pendragon Cycle) directs Frontier Crucible based on Harry Whittington’s 1961 novel Desert Stake-Out. David Guglielmo and Lillian Campbell will produce. Dallas Sonnier and Amanda Presmyk will executive produce for Bonfire Legend. Additional executive producers include Jane, Courtney Lauren Penn, Sefton Fincham, and Preston Poulter.
The independently financed movie begins filming next month in Monument Valley and Prescott, Arizona.
(Source: Deadline)