Highlights
- Popstar-turned-actor Justin Timberlake has landed a role in a dramatic thriller Runner, Runner opposite actor Ben Affleck.
- The Brad Furman-directed online gambling film will be the 31-year-old actor's second high-end film after he bagged a role opposite Clint Eastwood in Trouble with the Curve, reported Ace Showbiz.
- The film will be set in a USD 30 billion world of illegal online gambling. The screenplay is written by duo Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who also wrote 1998's Rounders about the underground world of high-stakes poker.
- Timberlake will next be seen in Coen brothers' folk music film Inside Llewyn Davis.
- Affleck, on the other hand, is finishing his latest directorial debut Argo, which will hit the US theaters on October 12.
Popstar-turned-actor JustinTimberlake has landed a role in a dramatic thriller
Runner,Runner opposite actor Ben Affleck.
The Brad Furman-directed online gambling film will be the31-year-old actor's second high-end film after he bagged arole opposite Clint Eastwood in
Trouble with the Curve,reported Ace Showbiz.
The film will be set in a USD 30 billion world of illegalonline gambling. The screenplay is written by duo BrianKoppelman and David Levien, who also wrote 1998's
Roundersabout the underground world of high-stakes poker.
Timberlake will next be seen in Coen brothers' folk musicfilm
Inside Llewyn Davis.
Affleck, on the other hand, is finishing his latestdirectorial debut
Argo, which will hit the US theaters onOctober 12.