Mad Men’s John Slattery casts former co-star Jon Hamm and Tina Fey in dark comedy Maggie Moore(s)

Mad Men’s John Slattery casts former co-star Jon Hamm and Tina Fey in his dark comedy Maggie Moore(s)

They starred together on the hit TV series Mad Men.

And now John Slattery has tapped Jon Hamm to be the male lead in his upcoming movie Maggie Moore(s), Deadline.com reported Tuesday.

Slattery, who is directing the black comedy, has also tapped Tina Fey to star opposite Hamm as the female lead.

Slattery has tapped Tina Fey for the female lead

New roles: Jon Hamm and Tina Fey have been cast as the leads in the upcoming dark comedy Maggie Moore(s) that’s being directed by John Slattery, Deadline.com reported Tuesday

Fey and Hamm previously worked together on the comedies 30 Rock and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Slattery made his feature directorial debut with 20144’s God’s Pocket that starred the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Turturro, Richard Jenkins and Mad Men co-star Christina Hendricks.

Slattery also directed several episodes of the award-winning AMC series about the ad men of New York’s Fifth Avenue. 

Dramedy: Slattery's Maggie Moore(s) is set in a desert town 'where nothing ever happens' until two women with the same name are murdered, leaving the town's police chief to solve the mystery

Dramedy: Slattery’s Maggie Moore(s) is set in a desert town ‘where nothing ever happens’ until two women with the same name are murdered, leaving the town’s police chief to solve the mystery

Helmer: Slattery made his feature directorial debut with 2014's God's Pocket that starred the late Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Turturro

Helmer: Slattery made his feature directorial debut with 2014’s God’s Pocket that starred the late Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Turturro

Maggie Moore(s), according to Deadline.com, is set in a desert town ‘where nothing ever happens’.

Then suddenly two women with the same name  are murdered and the town’s chief of police sets out to determine what is going on.

Hamm was most recently seen in romantic drama wild Mountain Thyme opposite Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan.

Next up, he stars with Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick.

Fey, meanwhile, returns to TV screens this Sunday as she co-hosts the Golden Globes with Amy Poehler. 

Friends and co-stars: Slattery and Hamm, of course, starred together in the award-winning TV series Mad Men (pictured in 2007)

Friends and co-stars: Slattery and Hamm, of course, starred together in the award-winning TV series Mad Men (pictured in 2007)

Reunited: Hamm has also worked with Fey, on 30 Rock (pictured along with Dean Winters in 2006) and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Reunited: Hamm has also worked with Fey, on 30 Rock (pictured along with Dean Winters in 2006) and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt