After nearly a year and a half wait, Mad Men has finally returned. Don and the boys are back on TV and back at the center of water cooler conversations in offices and on the web. Yet we've seen little of January Jones, who plays the ever-mopey Betty Francis. Jones, who played the chilly Emma Frost is last year's X-Men: First Class, was absent from the show's two-hour long season premiere, and has scored few appearances since then. Now with news that she's shifted Emmy categories—from lead to supporting actress—it seems likely Jones will be spending less time on the set of Mad Men, leaving her more time to tackle film roles. Lucky us.

Deadline reports Jones has just signed on to star opposite four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris in the western Sweetwater. Set in 1886 in the thick of the New Mexico Territory, the drama centers on a young widow (Jones) who seeks revenge on the cruel sheep rancher who murdered her husband, no matter what it takes. Harris will play the local sheriff who decides help her avenge her fallen spouse.

The film will be the follow-up to writing/directing team Logan and Noah Miller's semi-autobiographical debut Touching Home, in which Harris starred as a deadbeat dad desperately struggling to reconnect to his grown sons. Though underseen, the film did draw critical praise, and clearly impressed Harris enough to want to work with the pair again. Harris, with his brooding expression and penetrating gaze, is a great fit for a western, but I have to admit, I worry about Jones.

I know she's won acclaim for her work on Mad Men, but she's left me cold. Blame the fact that Betty can be pretty annoying. Blame Jones' lifeless appearance on Saturday Night Live or her dead-eyed and dull take on ultimate ice queen Emma Frost. I just don't get her appeal. Yes, she's pretty, but set in the wild west, it's not like the Millers will be able to put her in slinky, barely-there clothes to justify her casting. Still, maybe they've seen something in her I haven't yet. As I'm intrigue by the premise and encouraged by Harris' involvement, I do hope so.

Sweetwater will begin production this July in New Mexico.

近日，據(jù)外媒報(bào)道，《廣告狂人》女星詹紐瑞·瓊斯與艾德·哈里斯將聯(lián)袂主演雙胞胎兄弟導(dǎo)演洛根·米勒（Logan Miller）和諾亞·米勒（Noah Miller）執(zhí)導(dǎo)的新片《甜蜜之水》（Sweetwater）。

影片故事以1886年新墨西哥州為背景。詹紐瑞·瓊斯飾演一位年輕寡婦，她的丈夫被一個(gè)大農(nóng)場(chǎng)主謀害，為了報(bào)仇，她冒著所有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)踏上復(fù)仇之路。艾德·哈里斯在片中將飾演一名司法長(zhǎng)官，幫助詹紐瑞達(dá)成復(fù)仇的心愿。

2008年，艾德·哈里斯曾與這對(duì)雙胞胎兄弟導(dǎo)演合作過(guò)《逐夢(mèng)奇跡》。當(dāng)時(shí)，兩兄弟為了拍攝一部自傳性電影紀(jì)念他們?cè)讵z中去世的父親，因?yàn)闆](méi)錢也沒(méi)人脈，只好到舊金山“堵”到艾德·哈里斯，并費(fèi)盡唇舌找到得獎(jiǎng)連連的工作團(tuán)隊(duì)，打造了這部關(guān)于家人之間的親情聯(lián)系與救贖的電影。

據(jù)悉，《甜蜜之水》將于7月正式開(kāi)拍。