Ben Affleck Heads to 'Arizona'

We all come across stories in our lives and think, "You know, that would make a great movie." And as anyone who has lived in Arizona for the past 30 years would tell you, the story of Don Bolles would make for a great movie.

He was an investigative journalist for The Arizona Republic and the co-founder of a nationwide group called the Investigative Reporters and Editors who were trying to unmask corruption through their work. Bolles was killed by a car bomb in 1976 - and we know whose signature is car bombs, right? - and the IRE stepped in and in 1977 launched a collaborated effort in over 20 newspapers called The Arizona Project, which reported on the state's criminal underworld. That's a picture of his car, which is now on display at the Newseum.It has an unfortunate end, or maybe it's a fortunate beginning of a story of the greater good, but the story of Don Bolles is one more people need to hear. And now...Ben Affleck is going to tell it.

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