It's been reassuring to see Ben Affleck making a comeback, and doing so with a return to his film making roots. He made his directorial debut last year with the Oscar nominated "Gone Baby Gone," and he's now eying the director's chair for another Miramax drama. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he's in negotiations to direct "Arizona," a project he pitched to the studio with producer Sean Baily and writer Sheldon Turner.

The movie will be based on the true story of Don Bolles, an investigative reporter for the Arizona Republic newspaper. In 1976, he launched an investigation into local political corruption, and the relocation of mobsters from New York, Chicago, and Detroit to Phoenix. The same year, Bolles was killed in a car bomb explosion after being lured downtown by a source. Read more...