Variety reveal that Ben Affleck has been signed up by Warner Bros to rewrite, direct, and staring an adaptation of Chuck Hogan's novel, The Prince of Thieves. The film will be renamed The Town to avoid confusion with Kevin Costner's epic Robin Hood movie. The Town revolves around a thief (Affleck) who falls in love with the manager of the bank he has just robbed. Affleck has taken over from director Adrian Lyne as director of the project. Affleck's next appears in the romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You and a political thriller State of Play. Currently, he's filming a role in the Mike Judge comedy Extract, opposite Jason Bateman and Mila Kunis.
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