Ben Affleck Tries To Collect 'Paycheck'

[Friday, November 15th, 2002]
Ben Affleck is in negotiations with the Paramount Studio to play the lead in the sci-fi thriller "Paycheck," reports Variety.

John Woo ("Windtalkers") is attached to direct the futuristic tale of an amnesiac trying to piece together his past.

"Paycheck," originally written as a short story by Philip K. Dick and first published in 1953, centers on an electrician who wakes up to discover his employer has erased his memory of the past two years as a security measure. When he tries to collect his paycheck, he finds he had previously signed a release replacing the money with a bag of random objects.

Previous film adaptations of Dick's short stories have included "Minority Report," "Total Recall" and "Blade Runner," released shortly after Dick died in 1982.

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