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Matt Damon to star in Tom McCarthy’s Stillwater

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Deadline is reporting that Matt Damon has signed on to star in Stillwater, the next film from director Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent, Spotlight), which is being produced by Participant Media and Anonymous Content. The film will see Damon playing Bill Baker, an oil rigger from Oklahoma “who travels to Marseille where his estranged daughter […]

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to reunite for Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel

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According to Deadline, not only are Matt Damon and Ben Affleck set to star alongside each other for the first time (cameos aside) since Dogma way back in 1999, but they’re rumoured to be performing script-writing duties alongside Nicole Holofcener on an adaptation of Eric Jager’s book The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial by […]

First trailer for Ford v Ferrari starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale

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20th Century Fox has debuted the first trailer for the biographical drama Ford v Ferrari (Le Mans ’66 in the UK). Directed by James Mangold, the film stars Matt Damon as American car designer Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as British racer Ken Miles who were tasked by Henry Ford II (Tracy Letts) to build […]

Ford v Ferrari poster released ahead of Sunday’s first trailer

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With the first trailer set to drop this Sunday, 20th Century Fox has released a poster for the biographical drama Ford v Ferrari featuring Christian Bale as Ken Miles and Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby; take a look here… Academy Award®-winners Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in FORD v FERRARI, the remarkable true story of […]

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon teaming up for McDonalds Monopoly theft movie

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20th Century Fox has come out victorious in an intense bidding war for the feature film rights to Jeff Maysh’s Daily Beast article ‘How An Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game And Stole Millions’, with the studio tapping Matt Damon to star and Ben Affleck. The article tells the story of Jerry Jacobson, head of security […]

Matt Damon to star in the John Krasinski-produced The King of Oil

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Deadline is reporting that Matt Damon is in early talks to star as fugitive billionaire trader Marc Rich in The King of Oil, a new project from John Krasinski’s Sunday Night Productions and Universal Pictures. Based on Daniel Ammann’s biography The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich, the film will explore the […]

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s City on a Hill starring Kevin Bacon heads to Showtime

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Showtime has just ordered the new series City on a Hill from Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. The crime series will star Kevin Bacon (The Following), Aldis Hodge (Underground), Jonathan Tucker (Westworld) and Mark O’Brien (Halt and Catch Fire). City on a Hill is created by Chuck MacLean (Boston Strangler) and based on an original idea by Academy […]

Rumour: Matt Damon passes on villain role in Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel

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After making a brief cameo in last year’s Thor: Ragnarok as an Asgardian actor playing Loki, it seems that Matt Damon may have turned down the opportunity for a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a much bigger capacity. According to The Tracking Board, Damon had emerged as Marvel and Sony’s top choice for […]

Movie Review – Unsane (2018)

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Unsane, 2018. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple, Polly McKie, Amy Irving, Sarah Stiles, and Matt Damon. SYNOPSIS: A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear–but is it real or a product of her delusion? Unsane remains engaging […]

Movie Review – Downsizing (2017)

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Downsizing, 2017. Directed by Alexander Payne. Starring Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Jason Sudeikis, and Udo Kier. SYNOPSIS: A cash strapped couple discover a way to escape their financial problems – move to a brand new community.  All they have to do is undergo an irreversible operation that will shrink them down […]