Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones will join Ben Affleck in "The Company Men." John Wells penned the script and will direct. Shooting begins in April

Variety reports that the independent drama is set on a corporation undergoing downsizing and how it affects both the workers and the ex-workers.

Affleck plays a corporate hotshot whose Porsche and six-figure salary vanish after he gets laid off. Costner plays his brother-in-law, a salt-of-the-earth drywall installer who gives him a construction job.

Jones plays a senior partner in the firm, a principled man who struggles with the greedy actions of his partners.