Jon Hamm

With Ben Affleck widely reported to be about to quit his role as Batman, Jon Hamm has been quick to position himself as his successor as The Caped Crusader in the DC Extended Universe.

Warner Bros. is likely to see two of its highest profile actors exiting the DC Extended Universe, with yesterday’s widely seen reports that Henry Cavill will no longer be playing Superman and recent reports indicating that the studio was on the verge of jettisoning Affleck as Batman too.

So, with The Dark Knight needing to rise again, former ‘Mad Men’ star Hamm has suggested himself as a possible casting choice in a new interview for the In Depth series.

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The stellar cast for Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's 'Good Omens' has been fleshed out even more this week, with Amazon revealing that Jon Hamm would be joining the series in the role of the archangel Gabriel. Starring alongside David Tennant and Michael Sheen - who will be playing lead characters Crowley and Aziraphale respectively - it's clear that everything is being put into this show to ensure it's a success.

Jon Hamm seems to be the perfect choice to play archangel Gabriel

Amazon said of the character Gabriel: "He is everything that Aziraphale isn't. He's tall, good-looking, charismatic and impeccably dressed. We were fortunate that Jon Hamm was available, given that he is already all of these things without even having to act."

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Jon Hamm is set to guest star in Nickelodeon’s Spongebob Squarepants. The 44-year-old actor, who is best known for portraying Don Draper in AMC’s Mad Men, will appear in one episode on the next series of the animated show as Don Grouper.

Jon Hamm at the 67th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, September 2015.

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Last night’s Primetime Emmy Awards saw history being made as HBO drama ‘Game Of Thrones’ took home an unprecedented 12 awards and ‘How To Get Away With Murder's' Viola Davis became the first black actress to win the outstanding lead actress in a drama series award.

Viola Davis was named outstanding lead actress in a drama series.

‘Game of Throne’s’ 12 gongs is more than any other series has won in a single year at the awards show. Among the trophies picked up by the fantasy series were, outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for Peter Dinklage and outstanding directing for a drama series going to David Nutter. The show also beat ‘Mad Men’ to scoop the outstanding drama series award.

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Netflix is rumoured to have obtained the rights of Black Mirror, the dystopian drama television series created by writer Charlie Brooker. Negotiations have been ongoing since May but a deal is thought to have been reached between Netflix, Brooker and his production company, House of Tomorrow. Netflix are reportedly working on producing a number of new episodes with Brooker already writing the scripts.

Charlie Brooker with his wife Konnie Huq at the TV Bafta Awards in London, May 2015.

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Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt have announced their separation. Hamm and Westfeldt, who have been together for more than 18 years, confirmed their split in a joint statement to a U.S. media outlet on Monday (7th September).

Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt at the New York premiere of Into the Woods in New York, December 2014.

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Minions, the spin-off from the hugely popular Despicable Me films, has surpassed the earnings from the opening weekend of Despicable Me ($56.4 million) but hasn’t quite managed to beat the $142.1 million its sequel made when it was released in 2013. Both films have gone on to make huge profits. Despicable Me earned $543-million worldwide and the second film earned $970.7.

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It’s hardly surprising the opening weekend of Minions has been so success. Universal Pictures has used some fairly hard sell tactics to ensure it’s the film everyone’s talking about. With adverts everywhere online and even a seemingly swearing Minions Happy Meal toy available in McDonald’s, it’s been difficult to avoid seeing these little yellow creatures. 

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McDonald’s is adamant those Minions Happy Meal toys aren’t really swearing at children. Controversy arose this week when parents shared videos of their children’s Happy Meal toys seemingly saying ‘what the f**k. Some of the videos, uploaded on YouTube, have been watched millions of times. However, McDonald’s has no intention of recalling the toys despite widespread distaste and a number of complaints.

The Minions movie is out in cinemas now.

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For the Despicable Me prequel Minions, filmmaker Pierre Coffin had no trouble finding A-list actors to voice characters because so many are fans of the earlier films. And most are looking for the freedom offered by starring in an animated movie.

Voicing characters is much simpler than performing onscreen

Jon Hamm voices the groovy inventor Herb, married to super-villain Scarlet Overkill (who's voiced by Sandra Bullock). He loved creating an all-new character. "You're not constrained by what you look like or what haircut you're stuck with from whatever thing you just finished filming," he says. "Part of it for me was getting the artist's rendering of the character. I was like, 'Oh wow, that guy looks so cool. I wonder what he sounds like.' And then messing around with voices in your head like a crazy person, or like a child basically. You know, things I do normally in my day-to-day life, like I talk to my dog, I talk to myself. It's really fun and it's completely creative. And when you're working with people who are also incredibly collaborative too, they're just like, 'Go!' So you get to go."

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