Media 8 Entertainment is to fully finance Man AboutTown, the next picture from its Upside Of Anger director MikeBinder, which will star Ben Affleck as a Hollywood talent agent,

Binder is the actor and director behind TV series Mind Of TheMarried Man, cult film Sex Monster and Anger which stars JoanAllen and Kevin Costner and to which New Line has acquired domestic rights.

Man About Town, which he also wrote, isthe story of a rich and successful Hollywood agent who takes a journal-writingclass to explore his feelings. But when he discovers that his wife is cheatingon him with his most important client and his journal which is packed withprofessional secrets is stolen, his life begins to unravel.

Affleck, who is currently in post-production on DreamWorks' SurvivingChristmas, will next star in Glory Road for Jerry Bruckheimer and WaltDisney Pictures.