Ben Affleck In Talks To Star In ‘The Accountant’ From ‘Warrior’ Director
Ben Affleckis poised to enjoy big success withGone Girl(above), which opens tomorrow night. Despite having a couple other projects on his plate he has now set a new starring role in another thriller. Affleck is in talks forThe Accountant, about “an accountant who doubles as an assassin.” Assuming things go to plan, the film will be directed byGavin O’Connor(Warrior,Jane Got a Gun).THRreports Affleck’s involvement with the project, which marks a big step forward for a film which has been slow to really get under way. The script byBill Dubuquehit the Black List in 2011, and went into development at Sony for a while. That didn’t work out. Now Warner Bros. has the film, and we know how WB and Affleck get on.
(For a bit of context, previous directors to flirt with the script include Mel Gibson and Ethan and Joel Coen. In 2013 Will Smith was alsoconsidering the film as a star vehicle, but that clearly didn’t happen, either.)
In addition to Gone Girl, Affleck has shotBatman v Superman, and will probably have more work to do on that film before it opens on August 01, 2025. Affleck is alsodirecting and starring inLive By Night, based on the book by Dennis Lehane. Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana, and Elle Fanning all have roles in that one, too.
And O’Connor still hasJane Got a Guncoming out, which he directed after Lynne Ramsay walked away. He’s also beenlinked totheTell No Oneremake, which now has Liam Neeson as possible star, and isattachedto makeMassacre in the Himalayas, which I want to see based on title alone.
Producers onThe Accountantinclude Lynette Howell and Mark Williams of Electric City Entertainment, Kevin Scott Frakes, Lynette Howell, Raj Brinder SinghandMark Williams, andDrew CrevelloandJon Gondaare the Warner Bros folks overseeing at the studio.
