Ben Affleck to direct FBI drama
January 20th, 2011 - 4:37 am ICT by IANSLondon, Jan 20 (IANS) Hollywood actor Ben Affleck will reportedly direct a new movie called “American Bulls**t”, a real-life story based on an undercover sting operation by the FBI.According to reports, the drama - based on an Eric Warren Singer script - is “a true story of Abscam, the FBI’s 1980 undercover sting operation of Congress to root out corruption which was the brainchild of the world’s greatest con man”.
The project is already set up at Sony Pictures Entertainment with Charles Roven producing through Atlas Entertainment, reports contactmusic.com.
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