Old friend Matt Damon is to re-unite with Ben Affleck for a biopic of infamous criminal Whitey Bulger...
We reported yesterday that Warner wants Ben Affleck to direct the big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand, and it seems the studio wants to secure his talents further, as it has been announced that he’s to direct and star in a biopic about mobster Whitey Bulger based on a script by Terrence Winter (Boardwalk Empire). Matt Damon is lined up to play the criminal, with Casey Affleck co-starring.
Bulger was the head of Boston’s Winter Hill Gang and was captured last year after spending 15 years on the run. Bulger was also the main inspiration for Jack Nicholson’s Frank Costello in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, and is currently 82 years of age, so presumably, the film will see Damon play the mobster at a younger age, although amazing things can be done with prosthetics these days.
It’s an interesting sounding project, and will see the pair return to a Boston-set drama, although how this fits in Affleck and Damon’s schedule isn't yet clear. Affleck's attached to The Stand and Damon's currently working on Elysium with a role in Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace to follow shortly after. More news on this as we get it.
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