Scott and Affleck Like The KIND ONE

By: Jarrod Sarafin
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Source: Variety

Director Ridley Scott and actor Casey Affleck are coming together for a new period noir mobster film titled The Kind One, reports Variety. Casey Affleck is attached to star in the film, which is based on a novel by Tom Epperson, who will write the screenplay. Scott and Jules Daly are producing for Scott Free; Ideaology's Sean Bailey (Gone Baby Gone) is also producing.

Plot Concept: The story, set in 1930s Los Angeles, centers on an amnesiac who finds himself working for a mobster -- a killer given the nickname "the Kind One" -- and falling in love with the thug's girlfriend.

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Comments/Responses

ponyboy76 • Apr 17, 2008, 03:26am •

I like Casey Affleck and Ridley Scott is just an amazing director, but this slightly reminds me of Last Man Standing and some other story that I can`t put my finger on. I love movies like this, so count me in.

ponyboy76 • Apr 17, 2008, 03:26am •

Wait, you can "delete" posts not,but you can`t edit them. Little weird.

majorbludd • Apr 17, 2008, 03:46am •

I like Casey Affleck... he is coming on his own really well... and here I thought he would just be Bens brother....

Whiskeymovie • Apr 17, 2008, 03:56am •

Its about time he came into his own,,,,he has been doing bit parts forever. It is good to see him getting bigger roles,,,,oh, and on a side note, I finally got around to watching the "I'm fucking Matt Damon" video, and the retort video "I'm fucking Ben Affleck", and I think Matt Damn is the man for doing his, but I have a whole new respect for Ben Affleck and Jimmy Kimmel after that viedo.....has to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

ponyboy76 • Apr 17, 2008, 04:45am •

Definitely, one of the funniest videos I`ve seen in a long time.

WISEGUY562 • Apr 17, 2008, 06:30am •

Casey is perfect for this kind of movie, the way he speaks already sounds like it belongs in that era to me.

fft5305 • Apr 17, 2008, 07:21am •

Agreed, Whiskeymovie. Those videos are frickin' hilarious! But about this movie, how often do people *really* get amnesia? I've bumped my head probably over a hundred or two hundred times in my life and never had a moment's memory loss. In the movies, it seems like if someone brushes their hair too hard, they forget their middle name. It's kind of getting old. But I like Ridley Scott & Casey Affleck, so I guess I'll have to wait & see how this develops.

AzuLTaLoN • Apr 17, 2008, 12:51pm •

the role that sold me on casey was his part in drowning mona that movie is awesome!

MovieMan • Apr 17, 2008, 01:00pm •

Gone baby Gone was so awesome, Bring on the Afflecks.

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