HOLLYWOOD -- Jon Favreau ("Made") is in negotiations to portray Foggy Nelson, the title character's best friend and legal partner in "Daredevil," the 20th Century Fox-New Regency adaptation of the Marvel Comics franchise.
Favreau joins Ben Affleck, who will play the blind lawyer and martial arts expert who becomes the costumed crime-fighting vigilante known as Daredevil. Other key castings include Jennifer Garner and Michael Clarke Duncan.
Favreau is repped by Endeavor and the Sweet Mud Group.
"Daredevil" has a tentative release date of Jan. 17, recently moved up a month. Mark Steven Johnson wrote the script and is directing the film, with Gary Foster and Avi Arad producing.
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