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Ben Affleck In Talks To Direct Red Platoon An Afghanistan War Film

When he isn't stomping around as Batman in the DCEU Ben Affleck is an extremely talented director looking to make more great movies. While his last film, Live By Night, was not received and since he walked away from the directors chair for The Batman Affleck is looking for his next project. According to The Tracking Board Affleck is in early talks to direct Red Platoon for Sony.

Based on the memoir by Clinton Romesha, Red Platoon tells the story of the Battle of Kamdesh, which took place during the War in Afghanistan. On Oct. 3, 2009, more than 300 Taliban fighters launched a predawn raid on Outpost Keating, a remote and controversial American outpost near the Afghan-Pakistani border, overrunning its perimeter defenses and breaching its wire. Staff Sgt. Romesha, a husband and father of three children, planned and led a small band of soldiers in a counterattack against seemingly insurmountable odds, saving dozens of American lives, and ultimately receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions.

Insider sources are reporting that Casey Affleck could be in the running for the lead making this the first project the Affleck brothers have worked on together since Gone Baby Gone.

Josh Bratman of Immersive Pictures is producing alone with George Clooney and Grant Heslov of Smokehouse Pictures, as well as Kerry Foster. Adam Cozad wrote the most recent draft of the script but if Affleck takes the job it stands to reason that he would punch up the script.

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