Nov 4 2009 'Green Zone' Poster: Classic Exasperated Damon
His expression is easier to read if you imagine he's on the street, and someone is shouting: "Hey! Matt! Matt Damon! I'm fucking Matt Damon! Hey! I'm fucking Matt Damon! You know, the song? I'm fucking Matt Damon! How about those apples? Hey, where's Ben? Ben Affleck. Where's Ben Affleck? Matt? Matt?"
New Green Zone Poster [Empire]
Oct 28 2009 'Invictus' Trailer: This Would Make More Sense If I Understood Any Element of Rugby
Eat your Oscar bait: the trailer for Clint Eastwood's Invictus. Based on John Carlin's book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation, it's a film that shows how a rugby game was able to unite a racially divided nation, and how, apparently, a rugby game can be won if the president tells the captain, "Come on, guys, win this rugby game!" Simple as that:
Oct 27 2009 'Green Zone' Trailer: Shaky Matt Damon Thriller Gets Political
From Paul Greengrass, the Billy Connolly-looking man who brought you Matt Damon Kicks People's Asses in Shaky-Cam Parts 2 & 3 (known formally as the latter thirds of the Bourne trilogy), I present you with Matt Damon Kicks People's Asses in Shaky-Cam in the Middle East, Green Zone (with political overtones by Talk Soup's Greg Kinnear!):
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Oct 26 2009 Brand, Bourne Also Have 'True Grit'
The Coen Brothers are making a more faithful adaptation of True Grit AND proven actors are taking the leads? YES. You thought you'd have to save up Make-A-Wish children to get such a dream come true, but it's happened:
Matt Damon and Josh Brolin are in discussions with Joel and Ethan Coen to join Jeff Bridges in “True Grit,” the re-imagining of the iconic 1969 Western that Paramount Pictures will put into production next March for late 2010 release.The Coens, who previously attached their “Big Lebowski” star Bridges to play U.S. marshal Rooster Cogburn, are in talks with Damon to play the lawman (played by Glen Campbell in the original) who teams with Cogburn and a 14-year old girl to track her father’s killer into hostile Indian territory.
In a turnabout, Brolin is in talks to play the killer.
So, in short, a good movie with good actors will come out in a year. I'll let you know if I hear about any others.
Oct 23 2009 'Invictus' One-Sheet: See the Poster Before It Wins the Oscars
Continuing the recent trend of airbrushed-on-the-back-of-a-jacket poster design, Clint Eastwood's Nelson Mandela + rugby film now has an official poster on Yahoo. I'm hoping this style eventually evolves into more of an embroidered-on-a-jacket look, so that I can have a good pattern for embroidering Matt Damon on the back of my jean jacket.
Jul 30 2009 'Informant' Poster: Whistle-Blowing Goes Retro
Empire has the new poster for The Informant, Steven Soderbergh's latest that stars Matty D as a bumbling whistle-blower. I feel like the image is imitating a specific movie poster from decades past, but I don't know what movie that would be, so I'm going to say it's imitating when a Looney Tunes character would be tip-toeing into a spooky situation carrying a candle, and their shadow would start moving independently from them. Great reference, Soderbergh.
Jul 1 2009 'The Informant' Trailer: See Matt Damon Bumble in a Mustache
Ever wanted to see Matt Damon's Ocean's Eleven character, incognito in one of his famous disguises, in a movie about a high-level executive-turned-whistle blower? Good, because you'll love Steven Soderbergh's new comedy The Informant, which appears to be pretty much that.
Judging by the trailer, large sections of the script must read "Matt Damon once again makes it blatantly obvious that he is recording conversations":
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Sep 11 2008 Michael Douglas Playing Liberace, Who Apparenly May Have Been Gay!?
Steven Soderbergh has announced plans to direct a Liberace biopiic with Michael Douglas in the starring, glittering-caped role. From Variety:
Steven Soderbergh is in the early stages of developing a biopic about Liberace for Warner Bros., which he will direct.The filmmaker said he has drafted his "Traffic" star Michael Douglas to play the flamboyant pianist.
Soderbergh is in discussions with Matt Damon to play Scott Thorson, who sued Liberace in 1982 for $113 million in palimony, claiming he was the entertainer’s companion for five years. Even though Liberace never wavered from career-long denials that he was gay, Thorson reportedly settled for $95,000 in 1986.
Oh man, how is this going to affect the Nicolas Cage-starring, Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg-written Liberace picture we heard about in '96 '06? At the time I didn't really care about it, but now that I know Seltzer and Friedberg did Meet the Spartans/Disaster Movie/Other Terrible Pseudo-Parody Movies, I really want to see how amazingly offensive that could be. And how will it affect when Bugs Bunny plays him?
Oct 19 2007 Will Damon be Bourne Again? (Get it!?)
Though he'd previously implied he was done with the series, Matt Damon said Thursday that there could be another Bourne Dramatic Word movie in a few years, probably depending on how much debt he accrues in the meantime.
If Paul Greengrass, maybe years down the road, was interested in doing another one, then I would do it, too. I don't think either of us completely put the character to bed yet.
Though the quote was said via phone, with the implication he was some distance away, it was later revealed that Matt Damon was just a building over, with the cross-hair of a rifle trained on the interviewer. That's how still-Bourne he is.
Damon open to Bourne, not Bond [Yahoo!]
Aug 13 2007 Bear-like Matt Damon on Arthur
This television news may not be particularly relevant to those over ten, but Matt Damon will be playing himself as some sort of furry mammal with bangs on the September 3rd episode of the PBS series Arthur. I thought it was worth mentioning how f***ing creepy he looks, particularly with his skin-tight phallus jersey. Those in kindergarten who loved The Bourne Ultimatum will want to check it out.
Guess Who's Getting Animated [Pop Candy]
Jul 9 2007 Marky Mark, Darren Aronofsky, and Matt Damon
Wahlberg on the set of "Guy Hard"
Marky Mark Wahlberg, rappin' underwear model/actor sextroardinaire, recently seemed to confirm that Darren Aronofsky will be directing his latest project, Fighter.
“The Fighter” tells the true story of underdog boxing champ “Irish” Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his trainer/brother Dick Eklund (Damon), following their lives from the rough-and-tumble streets of Lowell, Massachusetts to an internationally-herald [sic] bout at the world championships.
Says Wahlberg: “The whole thing is to make it look real,” he said. “I want to do these guys justice. We don’t want to do any over-the-top, unrealistic fight scenes.”
You want nothing over-the-top, so you got... Darren Aronofsky? The guy whose drug movie included amputated arms, cracked out grandma's, and chicks going butt to butt at a party? Whose love story included both knights and spacemen? Personally, I blame the Massachusetts public school system.
Jun 1 2007 Ocean's 13 Interview: Ellen Barkin Still Bonerworthy
"Ms. Barkin, we have reason to believe a handsome movie blogger wants you to be his sugar mommy."
Time.com just posted a great interview with some of the cast from Ocean's 13. Most of it plays out like a snappy back and forth from His Girl Friday, or an Aaron Sorkin show. Here's an exerpt:
What was it like being the only woman in the cast?BARKIN: Exhausting.
CLOONEY: You're a woman?
BARKIN: I tried to pack 14 of you into just a few weeks. It's a lot of ground to cover.
CLOONEY: If there's anybody who could do it ...
BARKIN: I started with Carl [Reiner] and worked back from there.
CLOONEY: Only fair. He could go at any minute.
At which point the interviewer bit down on his cigar and said, "Hah chi cha cha cha."
PS - I still think Ellen Barkin is totally do-able.
May 24 2007 Matt Damon: Not Bourne Again!
"Matt Damon!"
Full disclosure: Mostly I just put up this post so I could be in the running for the cheesiest headline award. That said, Matt Damon said definitively during a Cannes press conference that he wouldn't be playing Jason Bourne again.
Since this crap is a cash cow, expect the studio to milk it with or without him. If you need a doppleganger, might I suggest Utah Jazz forward Matt Harpring? I don't know if he can act, but he is, like, tall. I thought of adding a Matt Harpring tag to this post, but something tells me that won't be necessary.
Anyway, suck it, America.
May 9 2007 Bourne Ultimatum Trailer
"Matt Da-mon!"
Kung fu! Motorcycles! Bad puns! The guy from Good Will Hunting! That's right, retards, it's Bourne Ultimatum trailer time. If you ever wondered what it would be like if they made James Bond without the charm, or xXx without black people, here's your answer.
