The Town is a 2010 American crime thriller film co-written and directed by Ben Affleck, adapted from Chuck Hogan's 2004 novel Prince of Thieves. The film stars Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper and Slaine. Loosely inspired by true events, the film features a Boston bank robber who begins to develop romantic feelings for a victim of one of his previous robberies while he and his crew set out for one final score by robbing Fenway Park. The Town premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 8, 2010, and was released in the United States by Warner Bros.