Ben Affleck and Oscar Isaac Set to Star in J.C Chandor Film For Netflix

Some movies, no matter how promising they seem on paper, get stuck in development hell for a long time. Take for instance the project formerly known as Triple Frontier; one of my first bylines ever was writing a news story for the development of this movie back in 2011 when it was slated as Kathryn Bigelow’s follow-up to The Hurt Locker. Several attached directors, stars, and years later, the project is now just starting pre-production at Netflix with director J.C. Chandor (Margin Call, A Most Violent Year) at the helm.

Hopefully with all of its false starts in the rearview, the now untitled project is ready to announce its stars too. Ben Affleck and Oscar Isaac, who worked with Chandor on the director’s last film, will headline the picture with shooting set to begin March 26. They’ll be working from a script that Chandor reworked based on previous drafts from Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty). The project is also set to feature Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, Pedro Pascal and Adria Arjona.

The original title of the picture, Triple Frontier, refers to the border zone between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, known as one of the world’s largest hotbeds for organized crime. The film is said to center on five friends whose loyalties are tested when they reunite to take down a South American drug lord, unleashing a chain of unintended consequences.

There’s a lot more to learn about this picture, like a title, so stay tuned for further updates!