Matt Damon
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck Thriller ‘RIP’ Lands at Netflix
The latest collaboration between Matt Damon and Ben Affleck is heading to Netflix. The streaming service has acquired the rights to RIP, the thriller feature that Joe Carnahan is directing, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Damon and Affleck’s production company, Artists Equity, is behind the project. Damon and Affleck will co-star in the movie and […]
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to Star in Crime Thriller ‘RIP’
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are set to share the screen again, this time in crime thriller RIP. The film package is currently making its way around town and has Joe Carnahan, the filmmaker behind Smokin’ Aces and The Grey, attached to direct and write the script. Plot details are not yet known and a […]
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Matt Damon, Casey Affleck Go on the Run in ‘The Instigators’ Trailer
Matt Damon is a desperate father and Casey Affleck, an ex-con pursued by the police and vengeful crime bosses, in the trailer for Doug Liman’s heist movie The Instigators, which dropped on Thursday. “I got a once-in-a-lifetime score,” Rory, played by Damon, says early on in the trailer (below) as he teams with Cobby (Affleck) […]
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‘IF’: See Who Voices the Imaginary Friends in John Krasinski’s Film
John Krasinski recruited an A-list cast to voice the imaginary friends in his new family-friendly fantasy film, IF. Director and co-writer Krasinski stars as the father of 12-year-old Bea (Cailey Fleming), who gains the ability to see imaginary friends (referred to as “IFs”) who have been left behind by those who’ve grown up. With the […]
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Hong Chau Had COVID When Yorgos Lanthimos Came Calling With ‘Kinds of Kindness’
“I probably won’t be doing the yacht parties that I’ve heard about,” jokes Hong Chau of attending her first Cannes Film Festival several months after having her second child. “I’m like, ‘Well, I’m going to be pumping.'” Chau will be touching down in France for the premiere of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness, the director’s follow-up to the […]
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Andrew Scott on His Selective Approach to Playing Darker Roles Like ‘Ripley’: “Don’t Want to Do It Too Much”
Andrew Scott continues to add to his wide-ranging acting résumé with Ripley, taking on famed con man Tom Ripley as he is hired to live a life of deceit, fraud and murder. After playing a Bond villain in 2015’s Spectre, Scott shared that playing such an evil role was “not a territory that I feel […]
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Dylan and Cole Sprouse Once Brushed Off Matt Damon During ‘The Suite Life’ Set Visit
Most people likely wouldn’t brush off Matt Damon if they got the chance to meet him, but Dylan and Cole Sprouse can’t say the same. The Riverdale alum recalled on Tuesday’s episode of SiriusXM’s Let’s Talk Off Camera With Kelly Ripa that the twin brothers had such an obsession with the World of Warcraft video game when […]
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Jimmy Kimmel Talks Oscars Plans, Late-Night Future and the Return of His “Muse” Donald Trump
As Jimmy Kimmel sees it, hosting the Oscars is a lot like taking a plane trip. “You don’t think too much about it if it went well,” he explains. “If it was terrible, you tell everyone you know about it — the turbulence, the delay, how long you had to sit in the airport waiting.” […]
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‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Review: Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan and Beanie Feldstein in Ethan Coen’s Strained Lesbian Crime Caper
Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal and Matt Damon also appear in this nutty comedy set in 1999, written by Coen with his wife Tricia Cooke.
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Jennifer Garner in Talks to Star in Ben Affleck’s Crime Thriller ‘Animals’
Jennifer Garner may be joining Ben Affleck for his latest movie outing. The actress, who was married to the Oscar-winning filmmaker for 13 years, is in negotiations to star opposite Matt Damon in Animals, a crime thriller set up at Netflix. Affleck is directing the feature and is also producing with Damon via their Artists […]
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Politics and (Peaceful) Protests on Berlin’s Opening Night
After a week of protests, petitions, and even a call to boycott the Berlin International Film Festival, organizers had to be fearing the worst when the 74th Berlinale kicked off Thursday night. But the only demonstration on the red carpet was a peaceful one. Several filmmakers gathered together next to Berlinale Directors Mariette Rissenbeek and […]
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Berlin: Matt Damon on Partnering With Cillian Murphy on Irish Drama ‘Small Things Like These’ After ‘Oppenheimer’
Matt Damon first heard about Small Things Like These, the latest effort from his and Ben Affleck’s Artists Equity, while filming Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, working opposite Cillian Murphy. “I was out in the New Mexican desert with Cillian. I was sitting across from him, watching what he was doing in Oppenheimer,” remembers Damon during a […]
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