Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Ben Affleck is currently in talks to direct the Warner Bros. political thriller Argo. Argo, is based that appeared in an article in Wired magazine. George Clooney and his producing partner Grant Heslov, are the ones pushing for the project at the studio. The story centers on a unbelievable but very real CIA rescue operation during the occupation of the American embassy in Tehran in 1979, when six U.S. diplomats were held hostage by Iranian militants. The CIA hatched a scheme involving disguises and a fake Hollywood film crew on a location-scouting mission to help get the captives out of the country.
Argo would be the first directing assignment for Affleck since The Town. When heist picture set in Boston opened to critical praise, Affleck’s name started popping up seemingly every, from a long absence. He seemed to be attached to one high-profile film after another, but his reps continued to shoot down the rumors. If his current discussions with Clooney and Warner Bros. pan out, it would mark the first time Affleck and Clooney have worked together, although Affleck’s good friend Matt Damon and his brother, Casey, were both in Clooney’s Oceans 11 films.
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