Universal Pictures historical war drama Ghost Army is moving forward with Ben Affleck!

Read on to get the latest details on Universal Pictures Ghost Army starring Ben Affleck…

CelebNMovies247.com reports that Ghost Army was originally set up at Warner Bros. with Bradley Cooper but things change quickly in Hollywood.

Now, Ben Affleck will be the lead Ghost Army since the project is moving in a decidedly different direction.

Ghost Army is already penned by True Detective mastermind Nic Pizzolato which will be based on the book ‘The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery.’ The authors of the book is Rick Beyer & Elizabeth Sayles. The script is also based on the recent Netflix documentary called Ghost Army.

In addition, Ben Affleck is producing through his own Pearl Street Films banner, which has parented with Andrew Lazar’s own Mad Chance Productions. Pearl Street’s Madison Ainley is also on board as an executive producer.

Universal Pictures Ghost Army Synopsis:

It reads:

A secret force relied on sleight of hand and illusion to trick the Nazis in 1944. A group of soldiers including future luminaries Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Singer, Victor Dowd, Art Kane, and Jack Masey, landed in France to conduct a secret mission. Armed with truckloads of inflatable tanks and a massive collection of sound-effects records, they created the illusion of troop strength on European battlefields to trick the Germans into deploying forces in the wrong places. The secret force of 1100 men of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops – the Ghost Army – dragged duffel bags of drawings and paintings through France and other European cities to stage phony convoys, phantom divisions, and make-believe headquarters to fool the enemy about the strength and location of American units. The campaign is credited with saving thousands of American lives.

Universal’s Executive Vice President of Production Mark Sourian is overseeing the entire production. This will be Ben Affleck’s first directorial effort since 2016’s Live By Night, which was a notorious bomb at the box office after a string of critical hits that included The Town and Argo. The misstep came as Ben Affleck was also starring as Batman in the DCEU.

Affleck has not been well received as the caped crusader especially since Batman V Superman and Justice League both lacked in the box office. He has officially left Batman behind and is now focusing on projects like Ghost Army.

He has officially left Batman behind:

Back in January, the standalone DC adventure was said to arrive on June 25, 2021. Shortly after the news was announced, Ben Affleck jumped on social media to wish director Matt Reeves well with taking the caped crusader into the future. The tweet was later confirmed to be Ben Affleck’s goodbye to the character. Affleck is now focusing on projects like Ghost Army.