Casey Affleck is The Kind One
Wednesday, 06 Feb 2008 11:47
Oscar nominee Casey Affleck signs to star in upcoming literary adaptation The Kind One.
Oscar nominee Casey Affleck has signed to star in upcoming literary adaptation The Kind One, it has been reported.
Though Tom Epperson's debut novel of the same name was published just two weeks ago, Affleck is already attached to take the lead role in the 1930s-set noir drama.
With the writers' strike continuing, Epperson has not yet adapted his novel for the screen but has some impressive screenwriting experience, having collaborated with childhood friend Billy Bob Thornton on the scripts for One False Move, A Family Thing and The Gift.
After his acclaimed turn in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,", receiving a best supporting actor Oscar nod for his role as the titular killer, and a starring part in his brother Ben's directorial debut Gone Baby Gone, Affleck will step back into the criminal world in The Kind One.
He is to star as Danny Landon, an amnesiac who is told he's a renowned Los Angeles gangster known as Two-Gun Danny who once committed mass murder during a heist at sea.
When Danny falls in love with the alcoholic girlfriend of his sadistic mob boss - ironically nicknamed The Kind One - he lands himself in a whole world of trouble.
No director is yet attached to the project.