You can have him in either gritty and determined ala Jason Bourne, or noble and inspiring BUT doing kind of a funny accent. Two trailers were released today for films starring Matt Damon, and both look pretty darn good.
First up is Green Zone, an action thriller set in Iraq, directed by Paul Greengrass. To say what has already been said many times before, this basically could be the fourth Bourne film. Looking forward to Brendan Gleeson in this one though, as well as some cool action sequences. Movies set in war torn Iraq have been notoriously unprofitable though - does Damon have the star power to turn this around?
Secondly we have the trailer for Clint Eastwood's Invictus, a biographical drama about Nelson Mandela and the South African Rugby teams campaign to win the 1995 World Cup. Mandela is being played by Morgan Freeman (not the most creative casting, but who's gonna complain about Morgan Freeman?) and Damon has been cast as the captain of the National team. I'm not a big Rugby fan myself (Australian Rules Football is so much better) but this movie still looks good, inspiring and appropriately Oscar-baity.
Green Zone will be in theatres in the US from March 12th 2010; an Australian release date has yet to be announced
Invictus will be in theatre in the US from December 11th and in Australia from January 21st
First up is Green Zone, an action thriller set in Iraq, directed by Paul Greengrass. To say what has already been said many times before, this basically could be the fourth Bourne film. Looking forward to Brendan Gleeson in this one though, as well as some cool action sequences. Movies set in war torn Iraq have been notoriously unprofitable though - does Damon have the star power to turn this around?
Secondly we have the trailer for Clint Eastwood's Invictus, a biographical drama about Nelson Mandela and the South African Rugby teams campaign to win the 1995 World Cup. Mandela is being played by Morgan Freeman (not the most creative casting, but who's gonna complain about Morgan Freeman?) and Damon has been cast as the captain of the National team. I'm not a big Rugby fan myself (Australian Rules Football is so much better) but this movie still looks good, inspiring and appropriately Oscar-baity.
Green Zone will be in theatres in the US from March 12th 2010; an Australian release date has yet to be announced
Invictus will be in theatre in the US from December 11th and in Australia from January 21st
