Ben Affleck high on George Clooney's list for 'The Tender Bar'
Dec 10, 2020
Washington [US], December 10 : Hollywood actor Ben Affleck is being considered for George Clooney's next feature film, an adaptation of the coming-of-age story by J R Moehringer,
for Amazon Studios.
According to
, after working together as producers in the critically acclaimed Oscar-winner
, Clooney may now get the opportunity to direct Affleck in his next feature film,
.
The two A-listers who have neither shared the screen together nor worked in an actor/director capacity before, have always wanted to work with each other for many years now, it reported.
Affleck was reportedly high on Clooney's list when he set out to work on the film adaptation of
.
will be produced by Clooney and his partner Heslov's Smokehouse Pictures, along with Ted Hope.
According to
, the screenplay of the film will be written by William Monahan who has won an Oscar for the best-adapted screenplay for
.
is the story of Moehringer's upbringing and his search for father figures at his Uncle's bar after his father left him as a child, even before he could speak.
Before this Clooney directed
,
,
,
,
and
.
Affleck, himself will soon be writing and directing the adaptation of
He recently wrapped up the production of Ridley Scott's period piece
and the New Regency thriller
.
