Sumith Prasad
Casey Affleck is putting an end to his long break from feature filmmaking! The actor-director will helm the period drama movie ‘Company’ next. The project will start filming in Calgary, Alberta, in January and conclude in March 2025. Affleck, who wrote the film with Ron Hansen, is currently casting the leads.
The detailed plot of the period drama remains under wraps for now, but it revolves around a love triangle between a husband and wife and a strange grifter they come across. The narrative will also focus on a sixteen-year-old named Caleb, who is described as peculiar and sullen. The young, hotheaded boy is moody and unpredictable, especially with the energy of a coyote.
The project marks Affleck’s first feature as a director since the 2019 sci-fi thriller film ‘Light of My Life,’ which follows a father and daughter years after a pandemic caused the elimination of half of the world’s population. He starred as “Dad” alongside Elisabeth Moss and Anna Pniowsky in the movie. The filmmaker returned to the director’s chair early this year to helm the short film ‘Electric Sheep’ using Movie Gen, Meta’s AI video generation research model.
As an actor, Affleck last appeared in the psychological thriller ‘Slingshot’ as John alongside Laurence Fishburne’s Captain Franks. He teamed up with his childhood friend and collaborator, Matt Damon, to star in Apple TV+’s heist film ‘The Instigators.’ Both Affleck and Damon also appeared in Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed biopic ‘Oppenheimer.’
Affleck previously ventured into the realm of period drama by developing ‘Far Bright Star’ with Joaquin Phoenix, who headlined his featured directorial debut ‘I’m Still Here,’ on board. However, there haven’t been any updates concerning the project after its announcement in November 2015. In addition, Affleck was set to star in Joe Wright’s adaptation of John Williams’ 1965 novel ‘Stoner.’ Unfortunately, this film has also remained in development hell since 2017.
Ron Hansen and Affleck go way back. The actor starred in the adaptation of the novelist’s ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’ alongside Brad Pitt and received an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Robert Ford. As a screenwriter, Hansen co-wrote Mona Fastvold’s period drama ‘The World to Come,’ starring Affleck, Vanessa Kirby, and Katherine Waterston.
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