It appears that Mr. Affleck is set to direct scribe and star in The Town. The film will be based on the book PRince Of Thieves and is said to be a “dark heist-romance hybrid.” We get the following scoop from the bounty caves of yahoo:
The Warner Bros. project involves a high-tension love triangle between a female bank manager, a longtime thief who stole more than her heart and an equally smitten FBI agent trying to bust the crook and his gang before they can pull another big job. It is based on Chuck Hogan’s novel “Prince of Thieves.”
A good heist film will hit the spot from time to time, but I certainly don’ t want to see romance thrown into the mix. Romance is thrown into far too many films where it need not be. When I am watching a movie about a thief, I care more about the ins and outs of their profession than I do about their personal love lives. This news immediately places the film into the “meh” category of my brain.
If any of you have read the book, we would welcome any insight you may have. Is the story a quality one that makes good use of romance, or will this be a waste of time?
