Idris Elba To Star In Upcoming Action-Thriller ‘Hammer Down’ Co-Produced By 22 Summers And Atlas

Idris Elba, Golden Globe winner and star of Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, is set to lead Hammer Down, a high-stakes action-thriller launching international sales at the American Film Market soon. Elba will co-produce the project through his company, 22 Summers, along with Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven, known for Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight trilogy, and Madison Weireter.

Directed by Simon Hatt, a former co-producer of Suicide Squad and executive producer of Guardians of the Galaxy, Hammer Down follows the story of Mac (Elba), a seasoned big-rig driver with a strict “no questions asked” approach to his cargo. The plot escalates when he’s forced to bring his teenage daughter along on a job, only to find themselves pursued by relentless criminals determined to seize the valuable cargo. As they race to evade capture, Mac and his daughter must unite to survive and prevent the dangerous cargo from falling into the wrong hands.

Elba's upcoming projects include Hijack Season 2 on Apple TV+, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, a White House thriller directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and Heads of State for Amazon. Meanwhile, Roven is set to produce Amazon’s Mercy and is working on the Cleopatra project starring Gal Gadot.