Affleck, Damon reteam on Bulger bio

AffleckDamonWarner Bros. gets back the "Good Will Hunting" team, tapping Film Clip to direct and star in the Whitey Bulger biopic through which Matt Damon will portray the mobster.Casey Affleck will co-star, and "Boardwalk Empire" creator Terence Winter is writing the script.Studio confirmed the project Monday, five several days after Bulger, your brain of Boston's Winter Hill Gang, was drawn in Santa Monica after sitting on the lam for 16 years. Bulger fled government physiques in Boston before he was indicted in 1995 for federal racketeering.News in the project was reported in GQ magazine, which asked Damon.Affleck and Damon will produce under their Jewel Street Films shingle through their first-look deal with Warner Bros. Jewel Street's Chay Carter will professional produce, and Sarah Schechter is controlling for your studio.Affleck's made three films for Warners -- "Gone Baby Gone," "The CityInch and "Argo," presently in production.Damon and Affleck, each repped by WME, teamed round the 1997 drama "Good Will Hunting" and won the script Oscar. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com