Originaly published online at www.edmontonsun.com - Showbiz, Tuesday, August 9, 2005:
By EDMONTON SUN STAFF
Brad Pitt won't be the only famous face coming to Edmonton in a few weeks to shoot the period Western The Assassination of Jesse James. Mr. Affleck is on his way, too.
Not the Ben-and-Jen-and-Jen-again Affleck, though. Casey Affleck, Ben's younger brother, has been signed to play the infamous Robert Ford opposite Pitt's outlaw Jesse James, according to Variety magazine.
Ford was the member of James's gang who grew to resent the famous outlaw and eventually fatally shot him in the back. The movie is based on Robert Hansen's novel, The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford, and will be directed by Andrew Dominik, best known for helming Eric Bana's breakout film, Chopper.
Affleck starred alongside Pitt in Ocean's Eleven and the recent Ocean's Twelve, and is currently shooting The Last Kiss, scripted by Canadian Oscar-nominee Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby) and directed by Tony Goldwyn.
The Assassination of Jesse James is slated to begin shooting later this month, and will visit locations in and around both Edmonton and Calgary. The production wraps in November.
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