Armie Hammer to star in Babak Anvari's thriller

Actor Armie Hammer poses for a photo at BOSS Menswear - Front Row at New York Fashion Week Mens' on February 7, 2018 in New York City. Pic/Getty Images/AFP

Armie Hammer will feature in a new thriller that will be produced by Annapurna Pictures. The "Call Me By Your Name" actor will play a New Orleans bartender whose life begins to unravel after he picks up a phone left behind at his bar.

The untitled film will be written and directed by Babak Anvari while Lucan Toh of Two & Two Pictures, and Christopher Kopp of AZA Films will co-produced it, reported Variety. The film will release on March 29, 2019. Hammer will be next seen in "Sorry to Bother You", which is directed by Boots Riley and also features Tessa Thompson and Lakeith Stanfield.

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