[2] On June 15, 2011, Affleck was set to direct the film adaptation of Harlen Coben's novel Tell No One with Chris Terrio writing the screenplay, and Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy producing, with Warner Bros. set to distribute in America while Universal Pictures International would distribute the film internationally and EuropaCorp for France.
[11] On April 23, 2019, Affleck was hired to direct, produce and star in Ghost Army, the World War II film adaptation of Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles novel The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery, with Nic Pizzolatto writing the screenplay, Andrew Lazar and Madison Ainley producing and Universal Pictures distributing.
[12] On November 21, 2019, Affleck was hired to direct and produce the feature film adaptation of Adam Hochschild's novel King Leopold's Ghost, with Farhad Safinia writing the screenplay, Martin Scorsese, Emma Koskoff-Tillinger, Harry Belafonte, Gina Belafonte and Madison Ainley producing the film and One Community financing.
[23][24] On November 12, 2019, Affleck was set to executive produce Power to the People, a film about The Black Panther Party founders Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale being investigated by the FBI, with George Tillman Jr. directing, Gregory Allen Howard writing the screenplay, Madison Ainley, Stanley Nelson, Bryan Oh, and Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni producing, and Paramount Pictures was in talks to distribute.
[25] On December 8, 2008, Affleck was offered to direct Arizona, a true crime biopic about the late investigative reporter Don Bolles with Sheldon Turner writing the screenplay and Miramax would distribute.
[26] On October 19, 2010, Affleck was offered to direct and produce the feature film adaptation of Ken Grimwood's novel Replay, with Jason Smilovac writing the screenplay and Warner Bros. was set to distribute,[27] but on October 19, 2010, Robert Zemeckis was set to direct and produce the film adaptation instead of Affleck.
[29] On March 18, 2013, Affleck was offered to direct and produce the feature film adaptation of Nathaniel Philbrick's historical novel Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution, with Chris Terrio writing the screenplay and Warner Bros. set to distribute.