Ben Affleck Offered Tales From the Gangster Squad
Thu, September 30, 2010 
Ben Affleck has resituated his career in a way few thought possible.
2007's Gone Baby Gone was a welcome slap in the face to the many that went out of their way to piss on his fading star power. It also happened to be the finest film that year that offer. His sophomore effort The Town is showing that first time for Affleck wasn't a fluke. Warner Brothers was so pleased with the results of his sophomore effort the crime drama (at the rate its going will probably break $100 million stateside) they offered him Superman. He declined.
But as Vulture reports, the Brothers Warner have plenty to offer Affleck instead. The studio, their peeps say, have offered him what could be his third directorial projector Tales from the Gangster Squad. The script (penned by former South Central cop-turned-novelist and now television writer Will Beall) chronicles an off-the-book squad of mercenary cops out to bring down L.A. gangster Micky Cohen.
Different, only in that it'd be outside the Boston arena for the first time for Affleck. But it's closer to his alley than Clark Kent & Co. Right now, the man can do whatever he wants. All power to him – he’s earned this position.
Reader Comments (2)
Just looking at this photo of Ben after reading a Jack Reacher book by Lee Child, and I'm now convinced that Ben Affleck should get the role!! He would be an awesome Jack Reacher!!
If you have the chance, can you expand on Affleck getting offerred the Superman gig. Is that rumored, official, etc. I have read that on a few other sites but no concrete details. I think he would have nailed it.