Ben Affleck is set to direct, rewrite and star in Warner Bro movie titled The Town according to Variety.

The movie which is based on the Chuch Hogan novel, The Prince Of Thieves, is about a thief (Affleck) who falls in love with a bank manager. Affleck takes over from Hogan and Peter Craig, who both wrote the most recent draft.

The movie is set to film in Charlestown, Massachusetts