Since reinventing himself as a director with the films Gone Baby Gone and The Town, Ben Affleck has gone from being the male half of "Bennifer" and starring in films like Gigli to being a respected filmmaker. The change was inevitably going to make him eye candy for studios, even more-so with the The Town opening to unexpected numbers. Now it looks as though Warner Bros. is will be the one to land him.

Vulture reports that the studio has offered Affleck the chance to direct Tales From The Gangster Squad, a cop drama set in the 1940s. Based on a series of articles by Paul Lieberman published in the Los Angeles Times, the stories have a heavy focus on a special until that was designed specifically to fight off the influence of the East Coast Mafia in LA, specifically Mickey Cohen. Picked up after the articles ran in 2008, the script was written by former cop Will Beall. Affleck has not yet responded to the offer.

While it would be great to see Affleck work outside of his comfort city of Boston, it's unknown whether he will take the project, particularly because of how much he already has on his plate. According to the story, Affleck is currently working with 24 producer Howard Gordon on a pilot for Showtime called Homeland about an ex-CIA sleeper cell and an unknown project with Matt Damon that may be The Trade, a project rumored back in February that would see Damon and Affleck as wife-swapping pitchers for the New York Yankees.

As happy as I would be to see Affleck and Damon back together, it would be great to see Affleck tackle a true-life period piece. Both of his previous two outings have been gritty and dark, which sounds perfectly in line with the tone of this story. Would it be negatively affected by the fact that Affleck didn't write it himself? Possibly, but I have little doubt that he could put his own personal spin on it.