One To One

Variety says Ben's little bro has lined up another plum role

Casey Affleck (pictured) is attached to star in "The Kind One," based on the recently published novel by Tom Epperson.

Set in the 1930s Los Angeles, tells the tall of an amnesiac (Affleck) who finds himself working for a mobster -- a sadistic killer given the nickname "the Kind One" -- and falling in love with the thug's girlfriend.

Epperson will adapt his novel when the WGA strike is over.

Affleck's star continues to rise. Last year he starred in "Gone Baby Gone," and he had a supporting role in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," receiving an Oscar nomination for the latter. The project sounds like it has great potential to be very good. Another feather in Affleck's cap for sure.

"The Kind One" marks Epperson's literary debut, was published Jan. 22.