There's been a lot of buzz lately about the possibility of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck getting a first-look production deal from Warner Brothers, and now it seems like they might even have a project to kick things off. Both are devout Red Sox fans so of course it only makes sense that they want to make a movie about Yankees. Say what? *record scratch*
The Trade, a film that tells the true tale of two New York Yankees pitchers who caused a national scandal by swapping wives in the sexually-free 1970s, has finally hit the big leagues.
Ben Affleck has become attached to direct and potentially star in the Warner Bros film. Teammates Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich stunned the country when they disclosed in spring training 1973 that they were trading wives. Peterson had fallen in love with Susanne Kekich and his teammate fell in love with Marilyn Peterson. Fritz and Susanne remain a couple till this day, while Mike and Marilyn drifted apart.
Affleck and his former Live Planet partners Matt Damon and Sean Bailey have long been intrigued with the project, with Affleck eyeing the role of Peterson and Damon the role of Kekich. [via deadline hollywood]
Affleck's directorial debut Gone Baby Gone was pretty great for a first timer, and he just finished up The Town starring The Sax Curse star Jon Hamm and Gossip Girl's Blake Lively. If this all comes to fruition with Damon in tow and Affleck handling director duties it seems like a can't miss project. Unless of course they cast Ashton Kutcher, then I think it could miss.
