Ben Affleck is the latest to exit 'Triple Frontier'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            It seems that Triple Frontier has been a doomed project from the start. For over a year, many stars have joined and dropped out of the project that has moved from Paramount to Netflix. Variety is now reporting that Ben Affleck joins the long list of stars who have exited the project.

            Originally, the film was to star Channing Tatum, Tom Hardy and recent Oscar-winner, Mahershala Ali. Tatum and Hardy dropped out and were replaced by both Ben and Casey Affleck. Casey Affleck is still on board to our knowledge but the elder Affleck is focusing on his role as Batman going forward. This is more unfortunate news for a movie that I was originally anticipating quite greatly. Having two Oscar winners on board still is enticing but with many stars dropping out of the latest from J.C. Chandor has me questioning if this movie will get made at all.

            Ben Affleck will be seen next as Batman in Zack Snyder’s Justice League which hits theaters on November 17^th. He’s also set to reprise his role as Christian Wolff in an untitled sequel to his 2016 movie, The Accountant.