Ben Affleck

Warner Bros offers War For the Planet of the Apes director next Batman film to helm

Deadline reports that Warner Bros has offered the directing job for the Batman franchise to Matt Reeves, who directed Cloverfield and Let Me In, and who just completed War For The Planet Of The Apes over at Fox. The news comes weeks after current Bruce Wayne/Dark Knight Ben Affleck decided that directing and starring in ….

Zack Snyder’s untitled Superman vs. Batman film moved to May 2016 release

Warner Bros. announced today that the release of Zack Snyder’s untitled Superman vs. Batman film has been moved to May 6, 2016, giving filmmakers time to fully realize their vision, given the complex visual nature of the story. According to a press release, the decision was made following the shift of the start of production ….

Magnolia Pictures to distribute Terrence Malick’s next film To the Wonder

The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnolia Pictures announced today that they have a nabbed U.S. distribution deal for Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder, which bowed at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month. Starring Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams and Javier Bardem, To the Wonder reunites the acclaimed filmmaker with producers Sarah Green and Nicolas Gonda, ….

Stephen King’s The Stand adaptation gets new writer

Ben Affleck is moving forward on the viral adaptation, Stephen King’s The Stand, about survivors of a chemically weaponized super-flu, according to New York Magazine. Executive Producer Affleck has tapped screenwriter David Kajganich to pen the script after Kajganich apparently knocked Warner Bros. off their feet with another recent King adaptation – for the 1986 ….

Ben Affleck circling Joel Silver-produced action thriller Line of Sight

Ben Affleck, who’s currently prepping his thriller Argo, is already targeting his follow-up to that film. THR reports that the actor/filmmaker is in negotiations to star in, direct and produce the action film Line of Sight for Warner Bros., with Joel Silver and Andrew Rona producing. Line of Sight centers on an elite commando squad ….

Ben Affleck appearing this week for screening and discussion of The Town & Gone Baby Gone in Los Angeles

Actor and director Ben Affleck will attend a screening and discussion of his 2007 film Gone Baby Gone, and this year’s critically acclaimed The Town. In The Town, masked armed robbers hold up a bank and briefly take employee Claire (Rebecca Hall) hostage, leading the gang’s leader Doug (Ben Affleck) to insinuate himself into her ….