Baby Driver ( Elgort / Bernthal / Hamm / Foxx / Spacey) (August 11)

“Mad Men” star Jon Hamm is set to join Ansel Elgort and Lily James in MRC and TriStar Pictures’ “Baby Driver,” sources tell Variety. Jamie Foxx has also joined the film.

Edgar Wright is writing and directing, with Working Title principals Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan producing along with Nira Park through her Big Talk Productions.

“Baby Driver” will see a 50/50 financing split between MRC and TriStar, with TriStar handling worldwide distribution.

The story concerns a young, talented getaway driver who relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best. After being coerced into working for a crime boss, he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.

Details on Hamm’s role are being kept under wraps.

Production is expected to start later this year for a March 17, 2017, release date.

In September, Hamm won an Emmy for his lead role as Don Draper in AMC’s “Mad Men,” and was also nominated in the guest actor in a comedy category for Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” He can next be seen opposite Zach Galifianakis in Fox’s “Keeping Up With the Joneses.”

ForeverBlu wrote:Lily has been busy, since leaving Downton Abbey.

WyldeMan wrote:

ForeverBlu wrote:Lily has been busy, since leaving Downton Abbey.

Is that why you all seem to like her, Downton Abbey? I think I managed to get through two seasons of DA but have no memory of her. Her name seems to be coming up everywhere these days but I still have no idea who she is.

Tyger wrote:Watched this earlier, I liked it. Was pleasantly surprised a lot of stuff in the trailer happens early in the movie so I didn't know as much in advance as I thought.

Was a little worried at the beginning when he was singing and dancing in the car and stuff like that does continue but it wasn't bad at all except maybe that first time.

As a huge Dan the Automator fan I was really shocked and excited they played "Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)" by Handsome Boy Modeling School...Groo is the only other person here who would've dug that