Ben Affleck to produce FIFA scandal movie

'Warrior' helmer Gavin O'Connor attached to direct story of Chuck Blazer, the American soccer exec at the center of world's biggest sports corruption scandal, while Entertainment 360's Guymon Casady and Darin Friedman are also producing, the Hollywood Reporter reports.

The American side of the FIFA scandal is said to be getting the movie treatment with Ben Affleck among those bringing story to the big the screen.

Capping off eight days of negotiations, Warner Bros. has won a bidding war for Houses of Deceit, a book by BuzzFeedinvestigative reporter Ken Bensinger that is being seen as the definitive account of American FIFA exec Chuck Blazer and his role in the largest sports and public corruption scandal in history.

Guymon Casady and Darin Friedman are producing via Entertainment 360, the production arm of Management 360. Affleck is producing with Matt Damon and their
Warners-based Pearl Street Films.

Gavin O’Connor, who recently wrapped the Affleck thriller The Accountant for the studio, is attached to direct with Anthony Tambakis on board to write the script. Tambakis worked with O’Connor on the director’s 2011 fight drama Warrior as well as Jane Got a Gun, which O’Connor stepped into direct when that Natalie PortmanWestern lost its original director.