Actor-director Ben Affleck is to help produce a feature film about the corruption scandal that has rocked world soccer and its governing body Fifa, the author of an upcoming book has said. Affleck and his friend since childhood, actor Matt Damon, will be among the producers of the as-yet-untitled movie for Hollywood studio Warner Bros., the author, US reporter Ken Bensinger, said.It is expected to focus on the role of American Chuck Blazer, a former Fifa official. Bensinger said actor John Goodman had been mentioned as a possible option to portray 70-year-old Blazer, who has a curly white beard and has in the past tipped the scales at more than 180kgs. A spokesman for Goodman said she was not aware of any discussions about the part.The deal was first reported on Friday by trade paper The Hollywood Reporter.Blazer, former general secretary of Concacaf, soccer's governing body in North and Central America and the Caribbean, has provided US prosecutors with information about alleged bribery and kickbacks in connection with bidding to host the 1998 and 2010 soccer World Cups.story_article_left1Blazer pleaded guilty in 2013 to 10 criminal counts, according to a plea deal unsealed by US prosecutors earlier this month.Seven current or former soccer officials were arrested on US corruption charges in a raid on a Swiss hotel in late May as part of a wide-ranging investigation. The following week, Fifa president Sepp Blatter - days after being re-elected - said he would be stepping down.The movie is to be based on Bensinger's proposed book Houses of Deceit, which went to a bidding war between Hollywood studios after the Fifa scandal broke in May."I think this story ... touches on fundamental human themes of power, greed, corruption and justice," Bensinger said.That will make it very different from a Fifa-funded movie, United Passions, which explores the 111-year history of the organisation and attempts to show it as a force for good. - Reuters..