Source: Variety

Ben Affleck will play George Reeves joining Diane Lane and Adrien Brody who will also star in Focus Features' Truth, Justice and the American Way, the story of a Los Angeles gumshoe trying to solve Reeves' mysterious death.

Reeves met a tragic, mysterious end in 1959 after years portraying TV's Superman.

Brody stars as the detective investigating Reeves' death. Lane will play Toni Mannix, the Hollywood wife of a studio exec who may have been linked romantically to Reeves, reports Variety.

The film begins shooting this summer, with Allen Coulter (The Sapranos) helming.

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