Jon Hamm plays an FBI agent in the John Mankiewicz produced dramatic audio series ‘The Big Lie’. The seven-part series produced by Audible and Fresh Produce Media focuses on the making of the 1954 film Salt of the Earth during the “Red Scare” days in Tinseltown.
Salt of the Earth has the distinction of being the only film named to the Hollywood Blacklist. The film was labeled “subversive”, partly because, many blacklisted Hollywood professionals helped produce it.
“Because this was such an important story of a dark, complicated time in a divided America, I’ve always felt I owed it to Paul Jarrico and all the victims of the “Hollywood Blacklist” to get it told in the best possible way,” said Mankiewicz. “Audio was the perfect medium to bring The Big Lie to life, and Fresh Produce Media and Audible were the perfect team.”
“When John and Aaron came to me with the idea for The Big Lie, it was an automatic yes. Exploring the consequences of what happens when governments try to quiet the voices of the people – especially working people – is a theme that resonates with me deeply in 2022, so getting to both act in and Executive Produce this series was very rewarding,” said Hamm.
The series debut June 16.
