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Morgan Freeman joins Affleck's "Gone Baby Gone"
POSTED ON 05/26/06 AT 3:30 P.M.
BY ETHAN AAMES

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Morgan Freeman will star in "Gone, Baby, Gone," Miramax Films' crime drama to be written and directed by Ben Affleck. Michelle Monaghan, Casey Affleck and Ed Harris will also star in the film.

Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, the film tells of two private eyes who investigate a missing child in a working-class neighborhood. The book is the fourth in the "Kenzie and Gennaro" series.