Finally. The trailer for Paul Greengrass’ “Green Zone” starring Matt Damon has finally arrived. This was one of our most anticipated films of 2009 until it was sadly bumped out of Oscar 2009 to the not-great release date of March 12, 2010.
Still, it’s Greengrass and Damon once again, and we read the Iraq-War-set thriller and were pretty intrigued so it’s high up on our list, but yes, there’s something about it that’s probably off enough to make Universal think this one is not an awards contender. Alas, the studios are generally right about these things because they’re not going to spend millions of extra dollars marketing things that won’t play for Oscar. Apparently this thing cost $100 million to make which is a pretty, pretty penny. We digress, here’s the synopsis and below, the trailer, finally.
On March 12, 2010, Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (“The Bourne Supremacy,” “The Bourne Ultimatum,” “United 93”) re-team for the electrifying thriller Green Zone. In the film, Damon stars as Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller, a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region.
It looks very ‘Bourne,’ shaky-cameras, an almost cinema verite style, very kinetic, etc. Greengrass has his style. The film also stars Amy Ryan, Jason Isaacs, Brendan Gleeson and Greg Kinnear. We can’t wait for March. But question. If you were Paul Greengrass, would you really want to follow this up with “Bourne 4“?
