Back in May, it was revealed that Jon Hamm and The Call’s director Brad Anderson were attached to a political action thriller called High Wire Act. Now we know that Rosamund Pike will also be on board.
Written by Michael Clayton’s Tony Gilroy, the film is set in 1980s Beirut and finds Hamm as a former American diplomat returned to service to save an old colleague from the violent group believed to be responsible for his own family’s death. And he’ll have help from Pike, a CIA agent assigned to keep him alive and make sure the mission is a success.
There’s still no sign of when the film might kick off shooting, as it’s still listed in development and both its stars’ schedules are relatively busy. Hamm is at work on Greg Mottola’s new comedy Keeping Up With The Joneses, and is part of the sprawling cast for Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp, which hits Netflix in one batch of episodes on July 31.
Pike, meanwhile, is attached to A United Kingdom, Cédric Jimenez’s novel adaptation HHhH, romantic drama The Mountain Between Us and oceanic action thriller The Bends.