Ben Affleck in Talks To Join Adam Sandler in The Safdie Brothers' Sports Memorabilia Film Project
Last year it was announced that Uncut Gems directors, The Safdie Brothers, were going to direct Adam Sandler in another film project. It’s now being reported that the brothers will be splitting up for this movie as Benny Safdie has dropped out as co-director, so Josh Safdie will be going at it alone.
The untitled film project is a story set in the world of sports memorabilia, and the Safdies wrote the script and will also produce it. It’s also being reported that Ben Affleck is in negotiations to star, along with Megan Thee Stallion, Steve Harvey, and Gael Garcia Bernal.
The film is set in the world of high-end sports card collecting in the 1990s, "a retired Baseball pitcher (Affleck) attempts a comeback as a sports memorabilia agent (Sandler) attempts to capitalize on his success. Megan Thee Stallion is said to play Affleck’s girlfriend.”
Benny Safdie has found himself acting in a lot of films these days so I imagine his schedule has become packed with acting gigs preventing him from directing. He’s appeared in projects such as Licorice Pizza, Stars at Noon, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. He recently starred in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, and will have a supporting role in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
The new film was previously picked up by Netflix.