Ben Affleck To Direct And Star In 'Argo'

6/28/2011 4:38 PM ET

(RTTNews) - Ben Affleck has confirmed that he will star in the leading role of the upcoming film, "Argo," which he is also directing. The film marks Affleck's follow up to his 2010 film "The Town" as a director and will center on the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.

The film will be co-produced by George Clooney and, according to Variety, John Goodman and Alan Arkin are both in talks to co-star alongside the actor. Affleck will reportedly play a CIA agent who assumes the identity of a Hollywood director shooting a fictitious film in an attempt to sneak hostages out of Iran.
"Argo" is not, however, Affleck's only upcoming directorial effort. He also recently signed on to helm a new English adaptation of Harlan Coben's thriller "Tell No One," which was originally adapted for the screen in France in 2006.