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Ben Affleck Writing, Directing Film About Making of ‘Chinatown’

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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaForget it, Ben. It’s Chinatown.Ben Affleck will dig deep into Hollywood history with an upcoming adaptation of “The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood,” an inside look at the making of the film noir classic.

The film has been set up at Paramount, which is only fitting given that it was that studio’s legendary head, Robert Evans, that helped will the incisive look at power, money, and corruption in Los Angeles into existence.Affleck will adapt the book by Sam Wasson, as well as direct the film. “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels will produce the picture along with Affleck.“Chinatown” is considered to be one of the greatest movies ever made, with career-best work from.

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