Claim: Rebecca Hall appeared in The Town.

The Town is a 2010 American crime drama film co-written , directed by and starring Ben Affleck , adapted from Chuck Hogan 's novel Prince of Thieves . It also stars Rebecca Hall , Jon Hamm , Jeremy Renner , Blake Lively , Titus Welliver , Pete Postlethwaite and Chris Cooper and follows a group of Boston bank robbers who set out to get one final score by robbing Fenway Park .   The film premiered on September 8 , 2010 at the Venice Film Festival before being released in the United States on September 17 , 2010 to positive reviews . Renner was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance , while Postlethwaite was posthumously nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor .