Ben Affleck To Direct And Also Star In 'Witness For The Prosecution' Movie

After indulging in the superhero scene for Batman V Superman, Ben Affleck has regained his directing appetite.  It’s called Witness for the Prosecution, a new spin on the Agatha Christie short story that first graced screens back in ’57. Christopher Keyser is the scribe tasked with adapting the drama, while Ben Affleck will produce.

For the uninitiated, Witness for the Prosecution centers on a lawyer who “represents a man accused of murdering a wealthy widow with whom she became so infatuated that she left him her estate. The suspect’s wife, while initially unable to testify against her husband, is called as a witness for the prosecution because she was married to another man when she wed the defendant. She fingers him for the murder, to clear her conscience. Twists and turns unfold from there, as one would expect in an Agatha Christie whodunit.”

Before donning the cape and cowl for Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Ben Affleck will headline Gavin O’Connor’s upcoming thriller as The Accountant on October 14.