He's in negotiations for an action thriller
He’s currently busy wearing the Bat Suit for Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, and after he still has to slip on his director’s coat for Live By Night. But a busy schedule isn’t stopping Ben Affleck from contemplating another type of suit – that of a bean counter – for The Accountant, developing over at Warner Bros.
Originally scripted by Bill Dubuque (who contributed to Robert Downey Jr.’s upcoming drama The Judge), The Accountant sounds like it could be two hours of the actor punching numbers into a calculator, but actually follows a mild-mannered office type who uses his boring day job as a cover for his other role – as a lethal assassin. On paper, it looks a little like based-on-real-life businessman/killer tale The Iceman, though Warners will no doubt be hoping it manages to make more of an impact at the box office.
The project has floated in limbo for years, starting at WB with Mel Gibson interested, before moving on to Sony, which tried to set it up for Will Smith. It’s since come home and now Warner Bros. is hoping Warrior’s Gavin O’Connor might take on directing the film, but there’s no solid offer in place yet. But if it all falls into place, the plan is for Affleck to fit the film in between his superhero duties and his stint on the Dennis Lehane adaptation. Before any of that, he’ll be back on our screens this week in David Fincher’s Gone Girl.
from Empire News
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