Jon Hamm to star in Edgar Wright's 'Baby Driver'

Actor Jon Hamm has joined the star cast of filmmaker Edgar Wright's crime thriller "Baby Driver".

The 44-year-old Emmy Award-winning actor, will play one of the villains, a former Wall Street trader turned cop killer, who is part of the gang of bank robbers, said The Hollywood Reporter.

The story revolves around a getaway driver, a near mute with an ear condition, who relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. But is forced into working for a crime boss.

Working Title and Nira Park are producing the project.