Ben Affleck Considering American Bullshit

Gone Baby Gone was, hands down, the finest film of 2007, and a major revelation that popular actor-turned-public punching bag Ben Affleck had serious directorial chops. The problem is few people gave it a shot at the time. So it didn't burn through box-office receipts nor did it cause a ripple effect during that year's awards-circuits.

But thanks to The Town and its success last September, generally a dumping ground for studio's prestige crap, Affleck is now one of the hot directors floating in moviedom marking one of the great comebacks this side of John Travolta and Robert Downey Jr.

So what's next? Warner Brothers wants to make him one of their MVP helmers next to Clint Eastwood and Christopher Nolan and unsuccessfully offered him Superman: The Man of Steel and Tales from the Gangster Squad. While WB also has Replay and The Trade, both of which Affleck is still mulling, Sony wants a piece of Chuckie Sullivan too.

As per "TOLDJA," Affleck is also eyeing American Bullshit, the recent Black List-inducted script by Eric Warren. It's described as, "the true story of Abscam, the FBI's 1980 undercover sting operation of Congress to root out corruption which was the brainchild of the world's greatest con man."

I'm sure we'll hear of a few more projects before Affleck makes his decision.