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Ben Affleck to direct and star in "The Town"
From slashfilm:
Warner Bros has hired Ben Affleck to rewrite, direct and star in a big screen adaptation of the Chuck Hogan novel The Prince of Thieves. The film adaptation will be released under the title The Town. The project was originally set up with Unfaithful director Adrian Lyne. Affleck will do a rewrite on the latest screenplay draft which was co-authored by Peter Craig and Chuck Hogan. Affleck will play a career thief who falls in love with the manager of a bank he robbed. |
He did a fantastic job directing Gone Baby Gone. As a lead actor? Eh, wait and see I suppose.
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Ben Affleck to direct ... ... and star ... ... in "The Town". |
Looking forward to his next directorial effort -- was impressed with Gone...
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who knew I would be looking forward to the second Ben Affleck film
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I'm more excited about the prospect of him directing it than starring in it. But we'll see. The three sides of Ben Affleck (actor/writer/director) will merge for the first time.
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From Variety:
Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall will star with Ben Affleck in "The Town," the Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures adaptation of the Chuck Hogan novel. Affleck is directing, and playing a bank robber who becomes smitten with the teller of a bank he held up. She makes him want to go straight, but she is also the FBI's golden ticket to catching Boston's most wanted bank robber. Hamm plays the FBI agent who also becomes infatuated with the bank employee, played by Hall. |
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Affleck did a great job with Gone Baby Gone, one of my favorite movies of the past few years.
I'd be happier if he were giving the starring role to his brother though. |
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Rebecca Hall? Was Jennifer Lopez not available?
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Jon Hamm? Immediate sell.
Loved Gone Baby Gone, interested to see the next part of Affleck's new lease on a career. |
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I like how Affleck has kind of turned it around, isn't he also directing a movie about a true story a journalist is murdered or something like that?
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The awesome Jeremy Renner is also onboard!
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Originally Posted by Zen Peckinpah
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The awesome Jeremy Renner is also onboard!
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For those interested, the title of the Chuch Hogan novel this film is based on is not The Town but rather The Prince of Thieves. I'm about halfway through it and its pretty solid.
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Originally Posted by Zen Peckinpah
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The awesome Jeremy Renner is also onboard!
Nice! |
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This movie looks awesome! The casting just seems perfect. I'm glad to see Affleck back in a starring role as well, I never liked the fact that he was out of the game for a while. |
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After Inception today, this will be the film I look forward to for the rest of the year.
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Saw the trailer last night during Inception, and was sold on it.
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Looks like Affleck might actually have a career as a director
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That looks pretty darn good. Who would have thunk Affleck would find his calling as a director?
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That looks impressive. Loved the score. Anyone know if that is from something else or from the actual film?
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
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Loved the score. Anyone know if that is from something else or from the actual film?
This came out of nowhere for me as I hadn't heard of it, looks like a great cops n robbers flick. Nice to see Affleck go the directing route, I never minded his acting either, he just had a string of terrible films... |
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Affleck's really impressed me as a director in Gone Baby Gone. So I'm looking forward to this.
But why did they take a classy title like The Prince Of Thieves and switch it for something as bland as The Town? Where they afraid people would mistake it for the Kevin Costner movie Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves? |
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Jon Hamm with a gun = sold
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Jon Hamm's trilogy: A-Team, The Town, then...? ;)
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