In the late 2000s and early 2010s,Ben Affleckmade the shift from blockbuster star to visionary director.
To date, he has directed five features, four of which have RottenTomatoes scores above 90%.
His next project, aNetflixfilm, has reportedly just begun filming.
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One such case is a film that would have told the story of the infamousMcDonald’s Monopoly scam.
A massive, star-studded bidding war commenced just a handful of days after the article was published.
Warner Bros. wanted to buy the project forSteve Carellto star in.
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Netflix made a bid to potentially attachRobert Downey Jr.andTodd Phillips.
Universal tried to nab the rights and placeKevin Hartin the leading role.
In retrospect, the frenzied bidding war it fueled was an early indicator of where Hollywood was headed.
Oh, what could have been!
It’s a strategy that Klawans developed.
That all changed in the spring of 2019 when Disney completed their purchase of 20th Century Fox.
After the deal was complete, many in-development former Fox films werecanceled by Disney.
That’s really good.
And the studio that was going to make it got bought by another studio.
And I’m not sure whether or not, McScam, what kind of priority it is.
We really like it.
We’re still developing the script."
As for a narrative film version, though, Affleck’s version seems to have died at Disney.
Hollywood is an unpredictable place, though.
So, maybe one day they’ll return to this story with a new director and new stars attached.
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
