Yahoo News Ben Affleck to direct new movie about making of classic film Chinatown
Ben Affleck is sliding into the director's chair once again to helm The Big Goodbye, a new movie about the making of the classic film noir Chinatown.
The actor himself is adapting the script from the Sam Wasson book The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood, which details the creative process behind the 1974 Roman Polanski film, its script, and Jack Nicholson's performance.
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Giving an indication of how Affleck's film might play out, the book also examines a period of time where Nicholson, Polanski, scriptwriter Robert Towne and producer Robert Evan were considered part of the Hollywood elite, before franchise films like Star Wars and Rocky became the industry's main focus.
Additionally, the book addresses Nicholson's ill-fated love affair with Anjelica Huston and Polanksi's return to Hollywood following the tragic murder of his wife Sharon Tate.
At present, no further details about The Big Goodbye have been revealed.
In Chinatown, Nicholson plays a private eye named JJ "Jake" Gittes who is hired by Evelyn Mulwray to investigate her husband.
He suspects it to be nothing more than a simple infidelity case, but a greater mystery soon unravels as he meets the real Mrs Mulwray and realises he was hired by a imposter.
The Big Goodbye will mark the first time Affleck has returned to directing since his 2016 gangster drama Live By Night. Prior to that, he also directed 2012's Argo, for which he picked up the Best Director award at the Oscars.
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