Armie Hammer aims to return to Hollywood with one of the worst directors of all time

As anyone with a social media account knows, a number of celebrities, artists, and public figures have fallen from grace recently, their reputations and careers falling under the ominous banner of “cancelled.” It has fallen. Although the term is often misused, the truth is that people who are shunned from the spotlight they once enjoyed are often very deserving of that fate, so attempts to make a comeback are highly You have to be sensitive and careful. – considered one.

The Canceled continue to make bizarre, creepy, and unwelcome mistakes over and over again, all while embarrassingly struggling to regain the reputation they’ve since lost (including Spacey, Kevin, and the annual eccentric Frank Underwood). (see video). Today, we can add Armie Hammer to the list of unfavorable actors looking to return to Hollywood by jumping into projects that are undesirable in any capacity, let alone for a disgraced celebrity. According to Variety, Hammer has signed on to star in the conspicuously titled The Dark Knight (come on, what the hell are the producers trying to steal from audiences there?). , an amazing, amazing story of a fighting vigilante. crime. Even more embarrassing than the fact that this project is reminiscent of a Christopher Nolan classic is the fact that the film is written and directed by Uwe Boll, a notorious German director who is generally not enjoyed by anyone.

Of course, this combination makes a kind of morbid sense when you think about it. Boll has continued his film career largely unabated despite how despised his work has been, and Hammer’s recent comments seem to have a hostile tone towards them. . , too. Actually, it’s not all that surprising that these two would team up. The real question is whether two wrongs can become a right.

The problem is: Throughout the history of cinema, there have always been thugs, con artists, and exploitative filmmakers, the type of people who will use the most unscrupulous means possible to get a seat in the seats. The difference between the type of trash they tend to make and Boll’s work is that the former actually wants to entertain people, whereas Boll seems to have contempt for his work and his audience. . Even 2005’s Bloodrayne, a film that was supposed to sum up the 2000s genre, featured Boll lashing out at screenwriter Guinevere Turner, bringing her first draft of the script into production, and then It was hampered by having actors and others make changes to the script. According to this interview with Turner, he had a lot of freedom during filming. Add to this questionable work ethic Boll’s now-infamous act of antagonizing (if not outrightly fighting) his critics, and it becomes clear that it’s not the art that Boll is interested in. You’ll understand.

Apparently, Hammer is now more interested in Boll’s antagonistic method of making movies out of malice than anything else. The appearance in “The Dark Knight” is a strange retaliation for rumors that Hammer was actually playing Batman when George Miller was directing “Justice League.” I feel like I received it. Seriously, before the sexual misconduct allegations against Hammer surfaced in 2021, he had produced movies like The Social Network and The Man From Uncle, and he was a big fan of Hammer’s role in Batman’s legal system. There was a time when he could have been a great candidate. According to Variety, Boll is delighted to be starring in a film about a man named Sanders who “takes justice into his own hands and hunts down criminals.” He is a social media hero, even though authorities are trying to stop him.

Even if that sounds very close to the plot of Nolan’s The Dark Knight, producer Michael Roche said, “Our movie is very different from Chris Nolan’s movies, so there’s no risk of confusion.” ” he claims. Of course, that’s a big deal. Sewing through the chaos is exactly what these guys want. At least given Boll’s reputation and Hammer’s (if not obscurity) rapid descent into mediocrity, I doubt anyone will be confused about the quality of this film’s flaws when it is finally released. There’s no need to worry about that. . If it’s their intention to cause controversy or conflict, the gentlest revenge is to simply ignore their noise, rather than talking back. Don’t call it a comeback. They haven’t been here for years.