The Dark Knight (Uwe Boll)

[Prohibida]

Armie Hammer’s comeback is picking up steam after nabbing the starring role in Uwe Boll’s latest film, “The Dark Knight.”

Hammer is set to play the crime-fighting titular character in the vigilante thriller, which is scheduled to begin principal photography in Croatia on Jan. 27.

The embattled actor, who saw his career come to a halt in 2021 following allegations of sexual misconduct, recently returned to work in Travis Mills’ forthcoming western “Frontier Crucible,” which also stars Thomas Jane and William H. Macy.

Following a lengthy probe, Los Angeles prosecutors in 2023 declined to charge the actor with any crime.

In a recent podcast interview, Hammer said that his acting career has picked up so much that he’s started to turn jobs down. “My dance card’s getting pretty full,” he said. “That first job that I turned down after four years of this shit, I mean, it was the best feeling I’ve ever had.”

In “The Dark Knight,” based on an original script by Boll, Hammer plays Sanders, who takes 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, whose recent films include the crime drama “First Shift” and the forthcoming migrant crisis thriller “Run.”

While the new film’s familiar title might conjure images of a certain caped crusader, executive producer Michael Roesch pointed out that “our movie is very different from Chris Nolan’s movie, so there is no danger of confusion.”

“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,” Roesch added.


Representatives for Hammer did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment.

“First Shift,” starring Gino Anthony Pesi and Kristen Renton, became a surprise hit on Paramount+ in December, starting at No. 2 in the charts. “Run,” starring three-time Emmy and Tony winner Amanda Plummer, James Russo, Ulrich Thomsen and Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi, is being handled internationally by UTA Independent Film Group and is currently in negotiations for a U.S. release.

“The Dark Knight” marks Boll’s 37th film. The prolific director’s list of credits includes big-budget action movies like “In the Name of the King” with Jason Statham, cult favorites “Postal” and the “Rampage” trilogy, and such socially conscious films as “Attack on Darfur” and “Assault on Wall Street.”

“The Dark Knight” is produced by Boll along with Roesch as executive producer. Boll is again working with his regular collaborators, including DP Mathias Neumann, line producer Boris Velican and editor Ethan Maniquis.

Tunnel Post in Santa Monica is handling post-production on the feature.

https://variety.com/2025/film/global...ht-1236266685/

[Cremildo]

Is starring in a Uwe Boll movie really better than retirement from acting?

Also, the movie needs a title change.

[BladeRunner2007]

[starmike]

Why is he still making movies?

[ImBlu_DaBaDee]

This movie will resurrect darthvadderrocks to the forum. No way will he stand to have Uwe Boll besmirch the name of Christ-opher Jonathan James Nolan. Boll is an hack

[BluBonnet]

[starmike]

I lol'd

[jtu128]

Armie in movie making hell while someone like Chris Brown is still getting top 40 airplay is baffling.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by ImBlu_DaBaDee

This movie will resurrect darthvadderrocks to the forum. No way will he stand to have Uwe Boll besmirch the name of Christ-opher Jonathan James Nolan. Boll is an hack

Fingers crossed.

[mwynn]

This is a Hollywood Shuffle moment.

[Hedrox]

The funny thing about this is that Boll already made this movie like 3 or 4 times before.

I haven't watched the Rampage trilogy or Assault on Wall Street, but from what I've read about them it's the same shtick: everyday guy takes matters into his own hands and turns into a one-man army, after being wronged by society or whatever.

Uwe must really get off to the whole "F*ck the System" idea.

[BudBaxter]

Yeah... not that this will get any kind of release, but I'm sure the Warner Bros. legal team will be on the phone soon about that title...

[Samus Aran]

This news right after he said he's getting so many offers now he has to turn some down. What kind of movie offers do you turn down to make an Uwe Boll movie instead?

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

This news right after he said he's getting so many offers now he has to turn some down. What kind of movie offers do you turn down to make an Uwe Boll movie instead?

I mean, knowing how slow Boll gets his movies off the ground, due to finding people willing to fund them, it's possible this was the first project Hammer said yes to, after he was cancelled. Wouldn't be surprised if Uwe specifically wanted him because of that.

[BluBonnet]

First look




Costas Mandylor Joins Cast

[KManX89]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

Costas Mandylor Joins Cast

So Mark Hoffman is willing to commit career suicide along with Stephen Dorff and Christian Slater?

I mean, what has Christian Slater done outside of TV since Alone in the Dark was a massive critical and financial flop? And who in their right mind casts Tara Reid as a scientist?

[Sawasdee1983]

The Shoot was in Croatia and it was finished last week.

The Shoot took about 2-3 weeks and Boll has now some promblems with the 25% Tax Returns promised form the Coratian Goverment, because they so no tax Returns because the movie is to violent.
Acording to Boll, they never read one Sentence of the Script or watched anything from the Shoot and he will sue them for the money.

Acording to Boll Armie Hammer did a great job, was perfect prepared and was very easy to work with.

[Hedrox]

The movie itself will not be the disaster everyone expects, when and if it eventually comes out. It it'll be like the rest of Uwe Boll's non-video game stuff, generic straight to video fodder that you would usually find in the 1$ bin at a gas station.

[KManX89]

Originally Posted by Hedrox

The movie itself will not be the disaster everyone expects, when and if it eventually comes out. It it'll be like the rest of Uwe Boll's non-video game stuff, generic straight to video fodder that you would usually find in the 1$ bin at a gas station.

You mean like Blackwoods, Sanctimony (STV Seven ripoff), and Seed? It’s fairly telling that one of his better non-game adaptations was an exploitation movie featuring

[Show spoiler]retard rape

and couldn’t even find an American distributor.

But hey, at least he’s not Daniel Farrands level of tasteless exploitative drivel. Or Tom Six (read: Tom Sick).

[DKLou]

Uwe Boll isn’t exactly a decorated film maker. So, not sure about that.

As for Hammer? From what I know they were just allegations and he wasn’t convicted of anything so therefore there is no reason his career cannot go on if he can make it work. Innocent until proven guilty. That’s the law of the land.