Dennis Lehane's novel Gone, Baby, Gone is heading to the silver screen. Ben Affleck is set to direct the film version of the novel, with Michelle Monaghan and Casey Affleck to star.
Gone is based on the Dennis Lehane novel of the same name and was adapted by Affleck. The story revolves around two Boston private eyes who investigate a missing child in a neighborhood of broken families, bitter cops and crazy ex-cons. Monaghan and Casey Affleck, who is Ben's brother, will play the private detectives.
"In keeping with Miramax tradition, I was instructed to find the 'hottest young stars around' to cast in the movie," Ben Affleck said. "I got a list of two names: Michelle Monaghan and Casey Affleck. I was lucky enough to get them both."
On making his directorial debut at Miramax, the studio that launched his career with Good Will Hunting when it was run by the Weinstein brothers, he said: "I am a first-time director given an opportunity to pursue an artistic ambition I would not likely have the chance to elsewhere. The budget is excruciatingly tight, I am regularly abused and I expect to be fired sometime before we shoot. It's nice to see that, at Miramax, continuity has been maintained."
Dennis Lehane has been really lucky with the film adaptations of his books so far; let's hope the trend continues.
