Ben Affleck has been set to helm the Universal Pictures project.
The 46-year-old actor will direct and star in the true-life War World II story Ghost Army.
The news was confirmed by the studio Tuesday.
The film is based on the book The Ghost Army of World War II by Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles, as well as the documentary Ghost Army. It follows a squadron of recruits who were tasked with deceiving the Nazis in creative ways to make them think that the US had larger troop numbers than it actually did, or that armies were in certain positions when in actuality no armies were even close. Armed with inflatable tanks and sound-effects records, their deceptions saved countless lives.
True Detective creator, Nic Pizzolatto, has penned the latest version of the script from an earlier version by Henry Gayden (Shazam!). According to Variety, Affleck is expected to rework the screenplay once more.
Affleck’s more recent credit as a director is in 2016’s period gangster drama for Warner Bros., Live by Night. His most recent acting gig was the action thriller Triple Frontier.
