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Affleck and Damon reunite for film

Affleck - To play lawyer
Affleck - To play lawyer

'Good Will Hunting' and 'Dogma' stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon will be back on screen together in a new legal drama.

Variety reports that the as-yet-untitled film is based on the true story of two lawyers who spent 15 years overturning a murder conviction.

Affleck will play Michael L Banks while Damon will play J Gordon Cooney; the duo won nine stays of execution for death row inmate John Thompson, who was finally exonerated on all charges.

Damon will next be seen on Irish cinema screens in 'Syriana'; it opens on 3 March.

This summer Affleck will be in the director's chair in Boston for his adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel 'Gone Baby Gone'.

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