Indiewire Browse the indiewire network

Mad Men's Hamm Goes to the Movies

by Anne Thompson | August 19, 2009 2:27 AM
1 Comment

Thompson on Hollywood
As Mad Men Season 3 gets under way to huge numbers (yes!), Jon Hamm is wasting no time chasing a movie career--which was stymied by last year's labor unrest. I have high hopes for the first film, The Town, director Ben Affleck's romantic thriller set in Boston, which starts shooting in September. I'm less confident in Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch, a 50s action fantasy for Warners. Hamm has enormous potential--he could be the next George Clooney-- but has to pick right while he has the chance.

He was solid in a straight-arrow supporting role in The Day the Earth Stood Still remake, and displayed his comedy chops on Saturday NIght Live last October. Tina Fey then cast him as her attractive neighbor on 30 Rock. Here's hoping.

And here's the woman behind the Mad Men art, icons, wallpaper, make your own avatars and illustrations.

UPDATE: A new Mad Men episode turned up early on iTunes.

get email updates

More: TV, Genres, In Production, Fantasy, Comedy, Mad Men

1 Comment

  • J. Sperling Reich | August 19, 2009 11:32 AMReply

    Based on Mad Men and Saturday Night Live I think John Hamm will have a long and prosperous career. That is, if he isn't typecast playing hunky characters that lack morals. Though I suppose some actors would kill to be pigeonholed in that fashion. - J. Sperling Reich www.showbizsandbox.com

Follow Me

BLACK SUNDAY: Three Reasons for Criterion Consideration

Monthly Archives

Most "Liked"

Around The Network

the network

indiewire

categories