Affleck, who recently directed the Joaquin Phoenix documentary I’M STILL HERE, would star in the Fox Searchlight film as a guy who falls for a female friend but can’t bring himself to admit his love to her for fear of losing her as a friend (the F-word of the title here being “friends” as in “let’s just be…”). Sound familiar? It’s a situation I’m pretty sure almost all guys have been in at one point or another in their lives. Yet it’s a phenomenon touched upon in a number of other TV shows and movies so it’ll be interesting to see how they present this movie with a fresh approach.
Alex Holdridge (IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS) will direct the movie based on a play by T.J. Dawe and Michael Rinaldi. Affleck can currently be seen in THE KILLER INSIDE ME with I’M STILL HERE set for release later this year.