Scott to direct 'The Kind One'; Casey Affleck attached to star (VAR)
By Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte
Ridley Scott will direct and produce period noir drama "The Kind One" for Warner Bros. Variety reports that Casey Affleck is attached to star in the film, which is based on a novel by Tom Epperson.
Epperson will also write the screenplay for the film set in 1930s Los Angeles. The story centers on an amnesiac who finds himself working for a mobster and falling in love with the thug's girlfriend.
Scott and Jules Daly are producing for Scott Free; Ideaology's Sean Bailey is also producing.
"It's a world that Ridley has never touched before, so that's what drew him to the project," Daly told Variety.
Scott's "Body of Lies," starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, is scheduled to be released by Warners in the fall.
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