EXCLUSIVE: Armie Hammer has quietly left the star-studded solid of Gaslit, the Sam Esmail-produced Watergate collection for UCP, which additionally stars Julia Roberts, Sean Penn and Joel Edgerton. In keeping with sources, Hammer departed the venture a number of weeks in the past, earlier than the present controversy over alleged disturbing non-public social media messages attributed to the actor, which led to his abrupt exit from the Lionsgate Jennifer Lopez film Shotgun Marriage ceremony, introduced earlier at this time. Hammer at this time denied the allegations, calling them “bullsh*t claims.”
I hear Hammer left Gaslit, to which he received connected in February, earlier than the pandemic, as a result of a scheduling battle with one other collection, The Supply. His function in Gaslit is being recast.
Deadline reported on Dec. 1 that Hammer had signed on to star as The Godfather producer Al Ruddy within the restricted occasion collection The Supply, a marque title on the inaugural authentic content material slate of Paramount+, the scaled-up ViacomCBS streaming service which can succeed CBS All Entry this yr. The Supply relies on the Oscar-winning producer Ruddy’s by no means earlier than revealed experiences of creating the enduring 1972 Francis Coppola movie. The collection’ producer Paramount TV Studios has not responded to inquiries whether or not Hammer remains to be headlining the venture.
Gaslit is a contemporary tackle Watergate that focuses on the untold tales and forgotten characters of the scandal, from Nixon’s bumbling, opportunistic subordinates, to the deranged zealots aiding and abetting their crimes, to the tragic whistleblowers who would ultimately deliver the entire rotten enterprise crashing down.
Hammer was to play John Dean, the younger White Home Counsel torn between his ambition and his battle with whether or not he can lie to guard the President.