Ben Affleck to helm Disney’s Keeper of the Lost Cities

Hollywood star Ben Affleck is ready to direct the upcoming adaptation of bestselling guide sequence Keeper of the Lost Cities for Disney.
The actor-filmmaker may also produce the live-action challenge by means of his banner Pearl Street, reported Deadline. He is presently engaged on the script with scribe Kate Gritmon.
Written by Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities follows a telepathic woman who should work out why she is the important thing to her brand-new world earlier than the mistaken particular person finds the reply first.
“When 12-year-old Sophie finally discovers where her secret telepathic ability comes from, she learns she’s actually not human but is from another world that exists side-by-side with ours,” the official plotline learn. Madison Ainley will function an govt producer.

This shouldn’t be the primary time that Affleck is tackling a guide adaptation. His earlier directorial — The Town, Argo and Live By Night — have been all primarily based on novels.
On the performing entrance, the actor will subsequent star in Deep Water, reverse Ana de Armas, and Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel, co-starring Matt Damon and Adam Driver. He may also reprise his position of Batman in DC film The Flash.