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  • Matt Damon and Ben Affleck To Bring FIFA Scandal to Big Screen

    Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are set to produce a film based on Houses of Deceit–an upcoming book highlighting the scandal within the international governing body of soccer. Warner Bros. just acquired rights to the film.

    The Los Angeles Times reports that Gavin O’Connor, who just wrapped filming The Accountant, starring Ben Affleck, is on board to direct the FIFA movie, too.

    The upcoming book, written by Ken Bensinger, will expand upon the author’s 2014 report about Chuck Blazer. Blazer is the American FIFA exec who not only helped popularize the sport in the U.S., but also admitted to accepting bribes and kickbacks amounting to millions over the course of his career.

    Making this film will serve as a reunion of sorts for Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. The two will forever be known as the Good Will Hunting boys. The 1997 film that also starred the late Robin Williams made Matt Damon and Ben Affleck household names.

    So what have Affleck and Damon been up to since then? Career-wise they’ve stayed prominently visible for the nearly 20 years since Good Will Hunting–which is exceptional in the film world.

    Ben Affleck will soon appear in The Accountant, which hits theaters in January, as well as Batman v. Superman (he plays Batman), which premieres in March.

    Matt Damon is best known for his work on the Bourne franchise. He will appear on the big screen in The Martian in October, and once again alongside Julia Stiles as Jason Bourne in July of 2016.

    Are you excited to learn that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck will soon be back together again as they prepare to work on this film about the FIFA scandal? They will no doubt add passion and intrigue to this facet of the sports world.

  • Julia Stiles, Matt Damon Ready for ‘Bourne 5’

    Julia Stiles and Matt Damon are reportedly both in for the filming of the next in the series of the Bourne spy franchise films. Tentatively called Bourne 5, Nicky Parsons and Jason Bourne are back with these actor’s reprisals.

    Alongside Matt Damon, Julia Stiles starred in The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum. Neither appeared in The Bourne Legacy. Paul Greengrass, who directed both Supremacy and Ultimatum, is coming back to direct Bourne 5.

    Julia Stiles’ portrayal of Nicky Parsons serves as one of the major links connecting the original three Bourne movies. It makes perfect sense for her to continue playing a role in this next chapter. Nicky has deep knowledge of Jason Bourne’s psychological issues, and this knowledge would likely come into play during the Bourne 5 narrative–as featured in the script that Greengrass and Damon have written alongside Paul Greengrass’s longtime editor, Christopher Rouse.

    It’s possible that Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen will join Matt Damon and Julia Stiles in Bourne 5. He’s purportedly being eyed for the role of the film’s villain. Alicia Vikander of Ex Machina fame is as possibility in a key role as well.

    Regardless of the other players, Matt Damon and Julia Stiles are said to be a done deal. Filming is set to begin next month with Bourne 5 scheduled to hit theaters in July of 2016.

    Are you excited to learn that Julia Stiles and Matt Damon will soon reprise their Bourne roles?

  • Matt Damon Will Return to Bourne Franchise in 2016

    It’s official. Matt Damon will soon be reprising his role as Jason Bourne.

    After leaving the franchise for the fourth installment of the film, Damon, 44, confirmed that he will be returning for the new film released in 2016.

    Whether intentional or not, the announcement was revealed on Friday night as Damon and close friend Ben Affleck walked the red carpet at the Project Greenlight Season 4 event. In between talking about their HBO series and being physically fit, Affleck let the news slip.

    “Well, [Damon’s] going to be doing a Bourne movie next fall when I’ve just completely lost any semblance of physical fitness. So….,” Affleck told E! News.

    When E! News asked for clarification, Damon said, “Yes, next year. It’ll be in 2016 when the movie will actually come out. [Director] Paul Greengrass is going to do another one and that’s all I ever said. I just needed him to say yes.”

    This is big news since Greengrass, who directed The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, said that he had no interest in directing another Bourne film.

    “In the end I felt I had given it my all in two films I’m very proud of and didn’t want to make another if I didn’t believe it could be as good if not better,” he said. “I couldn’t come up with an idea, and the business reality of franchises is that when a studio has a Bourne, they’re obliged to make one every couple of years. I discovered in my heart I didn’t have another one in me.

    “The best thing was to move on,” he added, “have someone else come in and make their mark on it.”

    Luckily for fans, something must have changed Greengrass’ mind.

    The 2016 film will be the fifth movie in the franchise inspired by Robert Ludlum’s novels. Damon appeared in the first three films and Jeremy Renner, as Aaron Cross, appeared in the fourth, The Bourne Legacy.

  • Matt Damon To Shrink In Size For New Role

    Looks like Matt Damon will be very busy for the next couple of years.

    The actor has recently signed on to play a character going through bad times, who decides to shrink himself in hopes that his smaller size will make his life better. The film is called Downsizing. It will be directed and written by Alexander Payne (The Descendants, Sideways, Election).

    The social satire is currently in development. Joining Payne in writing the screenplay is Jim Taylor, who worked with the auteur on Sideways. Payne’s production company, Ad Hominem Enterprises, will produce.

    Damon is also set to star in Ridley Scott’s upcoming science fiction movie The Martian about an astronaut who gets stranded on Mars and struggles to survive. Also starring in The Martian are Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, and Kristen Wiig.

    In September, it was revealed that Damon would take another turn, his fourth, as Jason Bourne. Universal also signed director Paul Greengrass to the project, who worked with Damon on The Bourne Ultimatum and The Bourne Supremacy. The action film should be ready for release in July 2016.

    In what may be Bourne-overload at the box office next summer, Jeremy Renner’s spinoff sequel The Bourne Betrayal, is also slated for a July 2016 release. Can Universal pull off two Bourne movies in one month?

    If you want to see Matt Damon on the big screen this weekend, he has a small role in Christopher Nolan’s epic science fiction movie Interstellar. The film is making its debut at the box office today. The tagline, “A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.” The movie stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, and Jessica Chastain.