Ben Affleck to Direct Film Version of Gone Baby Gone

Posted on March 23, 2005

Ben Affleck is set to make his feature film directing debut for Touchstone Pictures, according to a Walt Disney Company spokesman. He will write and direct the film adaptation of Dennis Lehane's novel, Gone, Baby, Gone. Affleck won an Oscar for co-writing Good Will Hunting with Matt Damon. Lehane's last film adapation was the critically-acclaimed Mystic River, which was directed by Clint Eastwood. Affleck's acting career has certainly had its ups and downs lately and he could really use a hit. Well, we know he can write, so it sounds good to us.