Ben Affleck has signed on to flex his comedy muscles in new Mike Judge movie Extract.
The Gone Baby Gone director will play an ambulance-chasing lawyer in the forthcoming film, which tells of a prime extract manufacturing plant owner (Jason Bateman) with horrendous portion, according to Variety.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall actresses Mila Kunis and Kristen Wiig ar already sign up for the funniness, which begins shooting on Monday in Los Angeles.
The Miramax output sees Affleck continuing his relationship with the studio, which began with his writing and starring in Good Will Hunting in 1997 and has continued up to his directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, last year.
Though his make behind the camera on the Dennis Lehane adaptation was critically acclaimed, Affleck has non appeared in a significant onscreen office since 2006's biopic Hollywoodland.
However, as well as sign language up for Extract, he has likewise completed work on romanticistic comedy He's Just Not That Into You and political drama State of Play, a film version of the BBC series.
It was also revealed today that Affleck's wife, actress Jennifer Garner, is expecting their mo daughter.
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