About a year ago, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck set up a new production company that seemed designed to help both of them get directorial projects off the ground easier. For a while it appeared Damon wanted to make his helming debut with Father Daughter Time: A Tale Of Armed Robbery And Eskimo Kisses, but we haven’t heard much about that for a while, and now Variety reports he may kick off his directing career with a different film, based on a script Damon co-wrote with The Office star John Krasinski and author Dave Eggers (the latter two also came up with the idea).
While this sort of thing would normally seem like a vanity project for a bunch of well-connected people, you’ve got to think the conjunction of Damon, Krasinski and Eggers has to be a good thing. The film is a salesman (Damon) who arrives in a small town and has his entire life called into question. That’s not much of a plot description admittedly, but presumably there’s more to it than that – indeed Krasinski’s going to star as well, so his character has to be involved, but we just don’t know how at the moment.
Damon and Krasinksi have now taken the script to Warner Bros. and while the studio hasn’t given it the thumbs up yet, with a relatively small budget and the names attached, it shouldn’t have much trouble getting funded. Now we’ll just have to wait and see whether Damon can have as much directing success and Ben Affleck.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
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