Ben Affleck’s ‘The Town’ gets a new ending

Prepare to see more of “The Town.” Ben Affleck’s 2010 movie about Charlestown bank robbers -- based on local writer Chuck Hogan’s thriller “Prince of Thieves” -- will be re-released as a collector’s edition DVD on March 6 with more scenes and a brand new ending. “Town” star Titus Welliver, who plays the Charlestown-bred agent working with Jon Hamm to catch Affleck, was in Boston yesterday for a special screening of the new version at Loews Boston Common. We met up with him at the Ritz, where he told us that the new “Town” isn’t an entirely different movie, but that the new ending is quite a change. He also told us that we’ll get to find out more about his character in these additional bits.

Welliver, who’s also been on “Deadwood,” “Lost,” “Sons of Anarchy,” and “The Good Wife,” just wrapped his third project with his pal Affleck. Before “The Town,” Welliver appeared in “Gone Baby Gone,” and co-stars in Affleck’s latest project “Argo,” which filmed around Virginia and Washington D.C. last year. Welliver said Affleck has always been a pro, even during his directorial debut. When Welliver and his wife first saw “Gone Baby Gone,” they thought: “This is not the effort of a first-time filmmaker.”

Welliver says part of the beauty of “The Town” is that the actors nail their Boston accents. He modeled his own Charlestown drawl on what he heard from the Teamsters. He says that Blake Lively had it right from Day 1 when the cast did a table read at Fenway Park. Before attending last night’s screening, Welliver was out at Tremont and Avery streets to watch the intersection get a temporary new name: The Town Take 2 Place.