In case you haven’t heard, Hollywood is remaking a contemporary version of the 1951 sci-fi classic “The Day the Earth Stood Still”. The remake was announced a while back, and would star Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly, and would be directed by Scott Derrickson (”The Exorcism of Emily Rose”). Now Reuters reports that Jon Hamm, of the AMC TV series Mad Men, has joined the cast.

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Hamm will play a NASA official who recruits Connelly’s character for the scientific team investigating an alien’s arrival on Earth. Reeves plays the alien, who has a simple message: Live in peace or be destroyed.

Hamm is up for a Golden Globe as lead actor in a drama for his role on AMC’s “Mad Men,” which is set in the New York advertising world of the 1960s. The show also earned a nomination for drama series.

Principal photography on the remake has already begun earlier this month in Vancouver, Canada.

Jon Hamm Joins The Day the Earth Stood Still Remake

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