The "Call Me By Your Name" actor will play a New Orleans bartender whose life begins to unravel after he picks up a phone left behind at his bar.
The untitled film will be written and directed by Babak Anvari while Lucan Toh of Two & Two Pictures, and Christopher Kopp of AZA Films will co-produced it, reported Variety.
The film will release on March 29, 2019.
Hammer will be next seen in "Sorry to Bother You", which is directed by Boots Riley and also features Tessa Thompson and Lakeith Stanfield.