2 weeks ago
EXCLUSIVE: Even though their adjustment of The Odyssey doesn’t unfastened for different 2 months, Universal Pictures and Matt Damon look to person recovered their adjacent large escapade to embark on. While a woody isn’t done, sources show Deadline Damon is successful talks to prima successful nan untitled arena movie from Everything Everywhere All At Once duo Daniels aka Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Ryan Gosling had been circling nan role this past outpouring but erstwhile schedules could not meet and he had moved connected from nan film, Universal went to different dense hitting A-lister to prima successful nan pic.
Universal and reps for Damon could not beryllium reached for comment.
Damon is coming disconnected a engaged 2025 that included backmost to backmost shoots of nan Netflix action pic The Rip and nan Christopher Nolan pic The Odyssey. After a grueling six period sprout connected The Odyssey, sources opportunity Damon was successful nary unreserved successful uncovering that adjacent point and alternatively was going to return a break to remainder and walk clip pinch his family. In caller weeks, he had begun looking astatine scripts connected what could beryllium his adjacent movie that he would sprout pursuing a monolithic promotional run for The Odyssey and this movie stood retired among others.
Following a gathering pinch Daniels, Damon gave nan thumbs up he was connected committee to subordinate nan film. The scheme would beryllium to sprout nan movie later this summertime successful Los Angeles aft Damon is done promoting The Odyssey, which bows connected July 18.
RELATED: Everything We Know About Christopher Nolan’s Next Film – ‘The Odyssey’: Release Date, Cast And More
Details connected nan task stay nether wraps different than it is group to commencement accumulation this summertime successful Los Angeles. Kwan, Scheinert and Jonathan Wang will nutrient done their Playgrounds wide woody pinch Universal. Playgrounds’ Kwan and Wang precocious produced The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist from Universal’s specialty workplace Focus Features, group for merchandise successful theaters connected March 27.
Exec VP Production Development Sara Scott and Director of Production Development Jacqueline Garell will oversee nan task for nan studio.
It’s been 3 years since Daniels swept nan 2023 Oscars with their A24 pic Everything Everywhere All astatine Once, pinch a batch of clip spent processing this concealed task that was group up astatine Universal successful 2024. After precocious making love nan movie for November 19, 2027, connection began to dispersed astir municipality that while a batch of nan ensemble would beryllium younger talent who would audition, nan workplace and Daniels were aiming precocious for nan prima that would beryllium astatine nan halfway of this cast.
With Damon now connected board, Daniels will now look to build nan remainder of ensemble that will beryllium joining nan Oscar-winner. Damon is repped by WME.
RELATED: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Director & ‘AI Doc’ Producer Daniel Kwan On 2016 Photo Posting Trend: “Don’t Do That!” – Sundance
