Posted by MK at 208.130.69.196 on August 04, 2000 at 10:51:12:
How in the hell is affleck going to do more than a cameo in KS' next flic...This dude is busier than a three-dicked dog in a fucking contest...
Affleck's Next: After much debate Ben Affleck looks like he's finally lining up his upcoming projects. Variety reports the actor
"has closed the deal to become the new middle-aged CIA agent Jack Ryan" for the film version of Tom Clancy's "The Sum of All
Fears" (guess its now official folks). Shooting is likely to begin within the next month or two once he wraps up work on "Pearl
Harbor", though before January which is when the "Cinderella Man" project he's expressed interest in goes in front of the
cameras. Affleck is in serious negotiations for the lead role in that film which tells the story of a Depression-era ordinary man who
participates in boxing matches to try and feed his family - and in the process becomes a folk hero. Penny Marshall was at one
point linked to direct the project, though it now looks like they're trying to get Billy Bob Thornton to takeover the helming job. How
his involvement in Kevin Smith's next project (believed to be beginning in October) will fit into his schedule remains unsure but in
regards to 'Sum' it seems that even though Ford is gone, Producer Mace Neufeld said he and Director Phillip Noyce will be back
to do 'Sum'. Thanks to 'Sean', 'NRG' and Harrison Ford HQ.