Warner Bros Select Former Daredevil Ben Affleck To Direct Stephen King's The Stand!

While many fans weren't too keen on his portrayal of the Man Without Fear, the actor turned critically acclaimed director of such great movies as The Town and Gone Baby Gone will helm an adaptation of The Stand...

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By JoshWilding - Oct 21, 2011 04:10 PM EST

Filed Under: Horror

Source: Deadline

Deadline report that Warner Bros have now chosen director Ben Affleck (who was last year named as one of the the frontrunners for Man of Steel before turning it down) to direct the highly anticipated adaptation of Stephen King novel, and Marvel comic book series, The Stand. There are no further details at this current time, but with movies like The Town, Gone Baby Gone and upcoming Iranian hostage drama Argo all under his belt, I think it's faiur to say that the studio have made a great choice! Will he also star in it? We'll just have to wait and see, although there is some buzz that he'd like to play Stu Redman.

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