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A new trailer has finally come out for Elysium, the Matt Damon-starring, much-anticipated return of District 9 director Neill Blomkamp.
As trailers are wont to do, it doles out the basic details of the plot: in The Future (TM), the wealthy of mankind live on an opulent space habitat called Elysium, while all the other people languish on a ruined Earth. Damon plays some dude who gets into a super-special battle suit to infiltrate Elysium and save a bunch of people on the surface. | Full Story
Matt Damon recently sat down in a interview to talk about he and John Krasinski’s latest film Promised Land. During the questioning, on whether or not he will reprise his Jason Bourne character, it seem to have struck a cord with the star. Damon was grilled about a statement he recently made which created some buzz in the industry.
After some very public beef between Damon and Universal(the studio behind the Bourne franchise), they decided to go with Jeremy Renner as a spin off character for The Bourne Legacy. | Full Story
The new trailer for Promised Land featuring Matt Damon has been released. The Good Will Hunting star re-teams with director Gus Van Sant to make the film based on “a natural gas conglomerate that descends on a small farming town. Damon and Frances McDormand are the company’s point people who run into plenty of problems once they arrive”(DL).
Promised Land is a 2012 drama film directed by Van Sant and stars Damon, John Krasinski, Rosemarie DeWitt, Frances McDormand, Hal Holbrook, Lucas Black and Titus Welliver. | Full Story
In a few weeks The Bourne Legacy will hit U.S. theaters; however, talks about the future of the franchise have already begun. Both Jeremy Renner and producer Frank Marshall have given a little insight into where the next installment will continue after Renner’s genetically modified spy, Aron Cross makes his debut in the film.
Marshall hinted that although things can go anywhere from here, Aaron Cross won’t be going anywhere for the next several iterations of the Bourne franchise (What a spoiler!). | Full Story
The prospect of Matt Damon returning to The Bourne franchise is looking really promising, especially if Bourne producer Frank Marshall has things his way.
Marshall – who has produced all four of the action movies, which include The Bourne Identity; The Bourne Supremacy; The Bourne Ultimatum; and the upcoming The Bourne Legacy - told Empire that he would like to see Matt Damon team up with current Bourne star Jeremy Renner in the fifth installment of the franchise. | Full Story
It never ended with Jason Bourne, he was just the tip of the iceberg. Finally a full trailer has been released for Universal’s The Bourne Legacy.
From the looks of it, the original assassin Jason Bourne, played by Matt Damon, will be making an appearance in this latest installment to the franchise.
The new film will star Jeremy Renner who plays Aaron Cross, another highly skilled assassin that is produced by the program Tredstone. | Full Story
Matt Damon was supposed to make his directorial debut on a movie starring himself and John Krasinski, but has now decided to back out of leading the project.
According to sources, the actor decided to pull out because of “script issues”.
Deadline Hollywood reported differently, saying that the reason Damon opted out of directing the film was because he didn’t have enough time. He will still star in the movie though. | Full Story
Matt Damon has once again voice his opinion about President Barack Obama.
During an interview with Elle Magazine, the actor discuss his views on the President’s administration, saying, “I’ve talked to a lot of people who worked for Obama at the grassroots level. One of them said to me, ‘Never again. I will never be fooled again by a politician.’
The We Bought a Zoo star went on to say, “You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of the country, much better. | Full Story
On the red carpet, at the premiere of the film “We Bought a Zoo,” Scarlett Johansson admitted that she is Ornithophobic.
“I’m only scared of birds,” she said. “Something about wings and beaks and the flapping. I’m terrified of them. That still hasn’t gone away. My uncle is terrified of birds, as well, so it runs in the family.”
The actress fear of birds is so deeply rooted that she worried that it would be an issue while filming the movie. | Full Story
Katy Perry hosted Saturday Night Live last night. Although it was not the funniest episode of the season, there were some funny sketches and Perry held her own. Perry used her singing voice for most of the sketches, but her acting was not entirely bad considering it was her first time hosting the show.
The “I Kissed a Girl” singer definitely had her funny moments including her Christina Aguilera impersonation in the ‘New Years Eve’ parody, and as a Japanese enthusiast in the ‘J-Pop’ segment. | Full Story
Movies have enriched Dan Schindel's life so much that he decided
the best way to give back was to become a critic. In addition to Who Got the
Role?, he writes for ScreenPicks, We Are Movie Geeks, Off to
See the Elephant, and several other sites. He spent a year watching and
reviewing a documentary every day for his blog, Days of Docs, so now he
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