Affleck behind the camera
2005-03-24 08:19
Los Angeles - Hollywood star Ben Affleck has signed up for his directorial debut.
He will direct the adaptation of the novel Gone, Baby, Gone, written by Mystic River author Dennis Lehane, reports IMDb.com.
The film will follow two private detectives in a working-class Boston, Massachusetts, neighbourhood who are hired to search for a kidnapped four-year-old girl.
Affleck, who most recently starred in Surviving Christmas, will not appear in the movie, and will start shooting in autumn.
The actor won an Oscar for co-writing 1997's Good Will Hunting with his friend Matt Damon. - Ananova.com
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