Jon Hamm to Hunt a Serial Killer in Takashi Miike’s ‘Bullfrog’!

Looks like Jon Hamm is involved with mad men again, and not the TV show.

Variety reports that the actor (pictured above in Mad Men) is set to star in Takashi Miike‘s (Audition) upcoming serial killer pic, Bullfrog.

He’ll be joined by Andrew Koji (Street Fighter).

Set in a near-future Tokyo under lockdown, the film “follows a Japanese detective (Koji) and a former FBI profiler (Hamm) as they track a mysterious serial killer in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game.”

I love Hamm as an actor. Let’s hope he doesn’t croak in Bullfrog (sorry, I’m tired and it’s Friday. My jokes are going to be worse than usual).

Eric Jordan Baker penned the script.

Producers are Nathan Ross and David Styne, alongside Misako Saka.

Said Fionnuala Jamison, managing director of mk2 Films, the studio handling international sales at AFM: “Takashi Miike is one of the great provocateurs of contemporary cinema, and Bullfrog feels like a thrilling opportunity to see him at his most audacious. Eric Jordan Baker has written a razor-sharp, wickedly dark thriller, and with Jon Hamm and Andrew Koji on board, we couldn’t be more excited to bring this extraordinary project to international audiences.”

Takashi Miike continues to amaze me as a filmmaker. The Japanese director has well over one hundred productions to his name, from cult genre films like Audition and Ichi the Killer to One Missed Call and so many more. He’s a tireless, prolific filmmaker still going strong and delivering brutal pictures that get under the skin. Can’t wait to see him direct Hamm in what will likely be a sinister serial killer movie.

Production on the film is set to begin in the summer of 2027.