This time Affleck will be taking on the directing role while Damon will be starring, according to Deadline, with both producing through their Pearl Street company. David Klawans (Argo) is set to executive produce the feature. 4 Aug Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, one of Hollywoods most high profile best buds, have found another project to work together on. The film based on the McDonald’s Monopoly Game theft will be written by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese (Deadpool) and produced by The Pearl Street partners. With a multi-million dollar heist, the Mafia and fast food at its centre, the McDonalds Monopoly fraud seems like perfect Hollywood territory.
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Jacobson, who acted as head of security for a Los Angeles company that was responsible for generating the game pieces, worked with an interesting group of co-conspirators that consisted of mobsters, a psychic, strip-club owners, drug traffickers, and even a Mormon family who helped steal $24 million in cash and prizes. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have been working on a McDonalds Monopoly movie since 2018 (Credit: Alamy/PictureLux) McDonalds Monopoly fraud movie. Using undercover agents, the FBI sent in a camera crew to Jacobson’s home to listen to his fraudulent story of how he supposedly legitimately won the game, recording every lie. Maysh’s article details how Jacobson fell under the FBI’s gaze after years of he and his network illegally rigging the game to steal millions. Jacobson apparently shared the stolen money with a group of co-conspirators who offered bribes to the ex-cop. Affleck is set to direct the feature based on the true crime story that was published in The Daily Beast, with Damon set to star. The true story centers on an ex-cop, Jerome Jacobson, in Rhode Island who rigged the McDonald’s Monopoly Game and allegedly stole over $24 million. Ben Affleck (The Town), Matt Damon (The Martian), and Fox have won the rights to an article written by Jeff Maysh titled How An Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game And Stole Millions after an intense auction. Ben Affleck (The Town), Matt Damon (The Martian), and Fox have won the rights to an article written by Jeff Maysh titled “ How An Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game And Stole Millions” after an intense auction. The movie version of the story, which was written by Jeff Maysh, will be directed by Ben Affleck and star Matt Damon.
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