Matt Damon Directing, Starring In 'Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses'?

With a screenwriting Oscar in his back pocket and a decade and a half of wowing audiences with his acting, Matt Damon may be on the verge of taking the next step in his Hollywood career: directing.

Deadline reports that Warner Bros. won an active round of bidding for the spec script, "Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses," and that, more importantly, Damon will produce, star in and perhaps direct the film.

"When one of the biggest movie stars in the world, who also happens to be an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, gets on the phone with your client and offers to protect the writer's vision and opens his hand to be a creative partner, it's hard to say no," Jewerl Ross, manager of writer Matthew Aldrich, said. "The money becomes secondary. This script is not the obvious studio movie. There are no explosions. It will require delicate handling. Avoiding years of development hell was our goal."

It would be Damon's first stab at directing; a partner with Ben Affleck in the production company Pearl Street, he has produced or executive produced a number of films and documentaries, as well as the film-centered reality series, "Project Greenlight." In addition to his Oscar-winning screenplay for "Good Will Hunting," he also wrote the 2002 film, "Gerry," which he co-starred in with Casey Affleck.

It's been a busy few years for Damon; he co-starred in the Oscar-nominated "True Grit," and took the lead in "Green Zone," in 2010, and has already appeared in "The Adjustment Bureau" in 2011. He has four more films coming out this year: "Mr. Margaret," with Anna Paquin and Mark Ruffalo; "Contagion," with Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law and Laurence Fishburn; "We Bought a Zoo" with Scarlett Johansson and Elle Fanning; and "Happy Feet 2," to which he'll lend his voice.

He's also set to start filming "Liberace," with Michael Douglas later this year.

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Comments

[Joe Moore]

01:35 AM on 05/10/2011

He's hot. He's smart. He's an actor/director/writer. He's NOT a Scientologist...he's the perfect package. :-)

[Hard2kill]

11:05 PM on 05/09/2011

I think his upcoming films are great as I am seeing great actors...

[NickyD]

07:42 PM on 05/09/2011

I'm so bummed that he won't continue on with the Borne franchise!! Does anyone know why he is not continuing on? That francise won't be the same without him!!

[sheikwil4]

06:28 PM on 05/09/2011

Hey Matt Damon, I bet you won't critisize the President on TV again will you, apparently, you forgot he can diss it as well as he takes it.

[marijam]

08:02 AM on 05/09/2011

No! Not unless he's also acting in the picture that he's directing. He'll be missed too much as an actor.

[Horatio]

03:09 AM on 05/09/2011

Dang.And I thought the next step was the one leading out of the closet.

[Joe Moore]

01:38 AM on 05/10/2011

Fav'd! Only in my dreams (since GWH).

(see my above comment) ;-)

[Tanrioldu]

01:36 AM on 05/09/2011

Matt Daaaaamon

[Queen Cassandra]

11:07 PM on 05/08/2011

Matt Who ?

[UncleJimbo]

09:54 PM on 05/08/2011

He should be the new Batman!......

[daddybum]

01:37 PM on 05/08/2011

Nutsacks 2 U Mr Damon >>Your Movies are a disappointment to me .. You play it to safe....

[riverhouse]

05:15 PM on 05/08/2011

Yeah, well, Hollywood disagrees. He's a big money maker for the industry, he's a throughly decent guy, and we like him quite a lot.

[gettymuse]

05:58 PM on 05/08/2011

I think you know that Matt Damon is maybe the sexiest man alive in his age group. I still think Warren Beatty is the sexiest man this world has ever known.

[Calexica]

01:25 PM on 05/08/2011

It's hard to be happy about any president when the economy is hurting the way it is, especially when it concerns a president one who ran a campaign based on idealisms of change. I'm a realist, so I always expected it to take more time in order for our country to improve. Years of an economic downturn cannot be resolved in just a couple years, in most cases. I think we're heading in the right direction, but too many expected overnight successes.

With that said, do I think Obama is playing it a little bit safe? Yes. Obama is hoping to win his re-election, and to do that he doesn't want to take any bold risks that would polarize. We see this of any president, democrat or otherwise. Does it make it right? No - it should be about the country, not re-elections. I'm just saying I think that is a part of the issue, and this is a problem we've had with most first term presidents.

[viking1969]

08:37 PM on 05/08/2011

WTF does your comment have to do with Matt Damon directing? Get out of here.

[Calexica]

10:05 PM on 05/08/2011

I meant to post this in the "Matt Damon Calls Out President Obama" thread which was right next to this one, at the time. It was a mistake. Consider me gone.

[Horatio]

03:11 AM on 05/09/2011

Easy, tiger. It's a message board not a private Bat Mitzvah.

[Lisamiamoore]

12:41 PM on 05/08/2011

I just hope he'll be naked.

[gettymuse]

05:59 PM on 05/08/2011

I hope he has lots of foreplay and teases his costar. That is sexier than the Full Monty.

[DungBeetle]

09:56 PM on 05/07/2011

Carol the pilot

[gene2kelly]

09:20 AM on 05/08/2011

Matt Damon is not a Republican, he is a liberal. President Obama is a disappointment because he (the President) isn't as progressive as Matt (and I) would like...

[Cricketmk3]

08:15 PM on 05/07/2011

I've always liked Matt Damon. He seems down to earth and is a wonderful family man. His wife is great too.

[gettymuse]

05:59 PM on 05/08/2011

Thank you. ( Just kidding.)