Dennis Lehane

Ben Affleck appearing this week for screening and discussion of The Town & Gone Baby Gone in Los Angeles

Actor and director Ben Affleck will attend a screening and discussion of his 2007 film Gone Baby Gone, and this year’s critically acclaimed The Town. In The Town, masked armed robbers hold up a bank and briefly take employee Claire (Rebecca Hall) hostage, leading the gang’s leader Doug (Ben Affleck) to insinuate himself into her ….

Leonardo DiCaprio suspense thriller Shutter Island to receive graphic novel treatment along with film

According to ICV2, Leonardo DiCaprio’s upcoming thriller Shutter Island will also become a comic book, come 2010. Tokyopop will publish a full-color, 128-page graphic novel adaptation based on the novel by Dennis Lehane. The comic was originally adapted for French publisher Casterman by artist Christian de Metter. Tokyopop’s English translation will hit store shelves on ….

Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro talking to Scorsese about starring in Silence

Martin Scorsese is negotiating with Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro to star in his next film directing effort, titled Silence, according to Variety. Gael Garcia Bernal is also attached to the film, which is scheduled to begin production in late 2009 in New Zealand. Silence is set in the 17th century, and ….