Per Variety, Ben Affleck is doing the smart thing for his next foray behind the camera. After having wrapped up a role opposite Russell Crowe in the political thriller State of Play, he’s going back to the gritty blue-collar Boston suburbs for The Town, an adaptation of a Chuck Hogan novel, The Prince of Thieves, which Affleck will rewrite, direct and star in for Warner Bros., playing a career thief who becomes smitten by the manager of a bank. The tonal and geographic authenticity of Affleck’s directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, was one of its strongest selling points, so while at first half-glance this is likely more The Thomas Crown Affair than Out of Sight, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s right in Affleck’s wheelhouse, and thus still a good move, all other variables unseen.