He will also adapt the screenplay for the film, which will be produced bySaturday Night Live’sLorne Michaels.
The book chronicles the behind-the-scenes story ofChinatown, the 1974 film noir helmed byRoman Polanskithat starredJack NicholsonandFaye Dunaway.
into a proverbial web of deceit.
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Speaking ofChinatown, directorDavid Fincheris also set to co-write a pilot for a plannedChinatownprequel seriesfor Netflix.
It’s unclear if Affleck will also appear in this new film, though he commonly does.
Not to mention he’s been focused more on acting in the past few years.
Affleck’s last directorial work was 2016’sLive By Night.
Last year he was alsoreportedto star in and direct the World War II-setGhost Army.
Deadlinewas the first to report the news.
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