
Matthew McConaughey
The rebirth of Matthew McConaughey continues. He recently scored his first Oscar nomination, and now he’s signed up for another role that will let his show off his acting chops. He’s set for Gus Van Sant’s drama Sea of Trees, alongside Ken Watanabe, according to TheWrap.
The film is set in the ‘Suicide Forest’ near Mount Fuji in Japan, following an American man (McConaughey) who heads their in order to take his own life. However his plan is interrupted by a Japanese man (Watanabe) who is trying to make his way out of the forest after having second thoughts about his own suicide. They go on a journey of reflection and survival.
Gus Van Sant is directing, working from a script by Chris Sparling (Buried) which landed on the 2013 Black List.
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