Caffeinated Clint
Before he returns as Batman – Cherrr right, more chance of Pitbill taking over the role, me thinks – Ben Affleck will ditch the growl to star in an adaptation of Kate Alice Marshall’s novel “I Am Still Alive” for Universal.
Having collaborated on some of his best work, including “Dazed & Confused” and “Mallrats”, it’s good to see Affleck back in bed with the studio. I’m not being facetious.. I personally think it’s a damn good start. Stay away from the Melrose compound, and the showering-sleazebag at you-know-where, and you’ll be all good brother.
Says Deadline, who have the scoop, “Published by Viking Children’s Books, the novel is described as Wild meets The Revenant, infused with ferocious girl power. Jess is a teenage every-girl who, after a car crash kills her mother and leaves her injured, is forced to move in with her off-the-grid dad in the Canadian wilderness and adapt to a new way of life. But when certain events leave her stranded, far away from any help, with only her father’s dog for company, she’ll discover she’s stronger than she ever imagined. Affleck will play the father.”
Lori Evans Taylor, who scripted the upcoming ”Bed Rest”, will adapt the novel for the screen.
Next though, Ben Affleck will be seen skirting around Batman questions in press junkets for the upcoming “Triple Frontier”.
