deadline- Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are reuniting in their first real picture partnership since Good Will Hunting. The Boston guys are taking on the story of New England’s most notorious gangster, Whitey Bulger. Warner Bros will make the film, Affleck will direct, co-star and produce with Damon, who’ll play Bulger. They’ll produce under their Pearl Street Films banner. Boardwalk Empire creator and writer Terence Winter is penning the script. Casey Affleck, who also starred in Good Will Hunting and Gone Baby Gone, will play a supporting role as well.
This sounds like a great idea. Affleck has become a pretty good director. Especially with movies about Boston's criminal underworld. And with Terence Winter writing the script, its probably going to be pretty awesome. I'm sure some people are wondering why Affleck and Damon don't just write the script themselves, they won an Oscar for Good Will Hunting after all, the only movie they ever wrote. I'm not really surprised, because I bet they never actually wrote Good Will Hunting in the first place. Think about it. If they won an Oscar for the first thing they ever wrote, why wouldn't they try it again? I know that they both became big stars right after winning the Oscar, and Matt Damon still is, but don't you think when Affleck's star began to fade after a few bombs (Daredevil, Gigli, Jersey Girl) he would've written himself another great movie to star in and turn his career around? Sylvester Stallone did the same thing when he wrote Rocky for himself in 1976. He then became a huge star, but he also kept writing parts for himself. Something he's done over 20 times. So why didn't Affleck do the same thing? Because he can't. Affleck and Damon are frauds.
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