Welcome to Beantown, Don Draper
Boston is getting a gift courtsey of Ben Affleck, and that gift is Jon Hamm. The "Mad
Men" star is coming to the Hub to film the Affleck thriller "The Town," which is based
on local writer Chuck Hogan's novel "Prince of Thieves." Hamm will star in the
made-in-Boston bank robbery movie opposite Rebecca Hall and Affleck, who's also
directing.
As we learned from "30 Rock," Hamm is too good-looking to date (he's taken by
actress Jennifer Westfeldt anyway), but he's nice to look at, isn't he?
Bring on the Don Draper sightings -- and thank you, Ben.
Hamm has sign on as a FBI agent who becomes smitten with a female bank
employee, played by "Frost/Nixon" actress Rebecca Hall.
Affleck, playing Boston's most wanted bank robber, will star and direct in the film
following a bizarre love triangle involving a crook, a bankteller and a FBI agent.
Affleck's character will be robbing a few banks around town, including a shoot 'em up
scene at a bank in Melrose, as well as orchestrating the ultimate con job at Fenway
Park sometime in September.
Affleck, who recently wrapped filming the John Wells downsizing drama "The
Company Men," is already scouting locations for the Charlestown-based flick "The
Town," an adaptation of the blue-collar heist novel "Prince of Thieves" by Chuck
Hogan which was written for the big screen by Peter Craig and Affleck.
Boston is getting a gift courtsey of Ben Affleck, and that gift is Jon Hamm. The "Mad
Men" star is coming to the Hub to film the Affleck thriller "The Town," which is based
on local writer Chuck Hogan's novel "Prince of Thieves." Hamm will star in the
made-in-Boston bank robbery movie opposite Rebecca Hall and Affleck, who's also
directing.
As we learned from "30 Rock," Hamm is too good-looking to date (he's taken by
actress Jennifer Westfeldt anyway), but he's nice to look at, isn't he?
Bring on the Don Draper sightings -- and thank you, Ben.
Hamm has sign on as a FBI agent who becomes smitten with a female bank
employee, played by "Frost/Nixon" actress Rebecca Hall.
Affleck, playing Boston's most wanted bank robber, will star and direct in the film
following a bizarre love triangle involving a crook, a bankteller and a FBI agent.
Affleck's character will be robbing a few banks around town, including a shoot 'em up
scene at a bank in Melrose, as well as orchestrating the ultimate con job at Fenway
Park sometime in September.
Affleck, who recently wrapped filming the John Wells downsizing drama "The
Company Men," is already scouting locations for the Charlestown-based flick "The
Town," an adaptation of the blue-collar heist novel "Prince of Thieves" by Chuck
Hogan which was written for the big screen by Peter Craig and Affleck.
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Jon Hamm joins the cast of 'The Town'
by Roland Hansen
by Roland Hansen
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