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"Ben Affleck has discussed his adaptation of Stephen King&amp;#039;s The Stand.  The Argo helmer will direct the post-apocalyptic fantasy, which has been stalled at the development stage for some time.   &amp;quot;Right now we&amp;#039;re having a very hard time,&amp;quot; Affleck admitted to GQ.  &amp;quot;But I like the idea - it&amp;#039;s like The Lord of the Rings in America. And it&amp;#039;s about how we would reinvent ourselves as a society. If we started all over again, what would we do?&amp;quot; Blood Creek writer David Kajganich signed on to pen the script earlier this year.  &amp;gt; Ben Affleck: &amp;#039;Working with Terrence Malick was half-crazy&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Ben Affleck on &amp;#039;Star Wars Episode VI&amp;#039;: I&amp;#039;m glad I&amp;#039;m not directing Watch Digital Spy discussing Argo with Ben Affleck below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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