Gus Van Sant

Believe it or not, we can’t, it has been 15 years since Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Oscar winning ... you’ll know him best as Jim Halbert from the successful cross-over US version of THE OFFICE. It’s been picked up by Focus Features ...  

Focus Features and Participant Media have won a bidding battle for the film, reports Deadline. Damon and Krasinski wrote the script together from an idea formed between Krasinski and author/screenwriter Dave Eggers (Away We Go, Where the Wild Things Are ...  

Remember that Matt Damon/John Krasinski co-written film that Damon was set to be Damon's directorial debut before he bailed? Good Will Hunting director Gus Van Sant jumped aboard shortly after to get things back on track, with Damon and Krasinski still co-starring. Now the film, which came from a first draft by Dave Eggers, has a new studio in indie house Focus Features, a marked shift from Warner Bros., and likely a better fit for the $15...  

Sundance may be over and the European Film Market may just be a short way off, but that doesn't mean the dealmaking takes a break. Two very high profile films have landed new homes this afternoon. First up, the newly titled "Promised Land," co-written by and starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski, and directed by Gus Van Sant has now landed at Focus Features and Participant Media, who will pair up on the production according to Deadline...  

The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the schedule for the 12th edition of Film Comments Selects (February 17 - March 1), Film Comment magazine's film festival. The lineup boasts both films not yet in theaters and ones previously released. Highlights out of the 32 selected films include: Kenneth Lonergan's acclaimed "Margaret"; "Silent House," the other Elizabeth Olsen movie nabbed at last year's Sundance Film Festival...  

This week, the director is out with his latest -- which happens to be titled "Restless" -- about a couple of teenagers (Henry Hopper and Mia Wasikowska ... screenplay from co-stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Its uplifting story arc may be formulaic ...  

If he can't do it himself, he might as well give it to one of the best. Matt Damon was all set to direct the screenplay he wrote with John Krasinski, but time commitments got in the way, he handed over the reigns to his pal Gus Van Sant. And Van Sant knows a thing or two [...]  

"I was incredibly bummed, to say the least," he added. However, Matt has already lined up a replacement director in Gus Van Sant. "He called and said, 'So, Gus Van Sant's doing our movie' and I flipped out," John recalled. "I think Gus is one of the most ...  

Gus Van Sant to Direct Matt Damon for Dave EggersWillamette WeekThe Great Daniel Baldwin Experiment—Mr. Baldwin's move to Portland and promise to bring a reality-TV studio with him—has entered its third year. It must be judged a considerable success, if by "success" you mean "not accomplishing any of the stated ...and more »  

Gus Van Sant's streak as the only man to direct a Matt Damon-scripted film will remain intact. Matt Damon and John Krasinski, who collaborated on a rewrite of a script originally penned by David Eggers, formerly titled "Gold Mist," are slated star in the ...  

Update: Deadline confirms Gus Van Sant will direct the film, described as a Frank Capra-esque tale about two rival corporate executives. Filming begins in April. Sleeping on a story to see where it develops will get you burned. Case in point: yesterday’s story on Matt Damon walking away from his untitled directorial debut, which had been co-written by the Academy Award-winning writer (“Good Will Hunting”) and his pal John Krasinski, whom...  

With NBC's "The Office" mercifully winding down—apparently genuine, bumbling earnestness isn't nearly as funny as unashamed, raging misanthropy—star John Krasinski is reportedly looking for new creative and professional endeavors. Luckily, Krasinski ...  

A series of connections has teamed up Matt Damon with Good Will Hunting director Gus Van Sant for a “Capraesque” film Damon co-wrote with “The Office” star John Krasinski. Instead, Damon went to one man, Van Sant, and convinced him to take over.  

But Gus Van Sant's somewhat gimmicky shot-for-shot (almost) remake of “Psycho” aside, most remakes fall in the former category, adapting the source material to local tastes. Thus, “The Italian Job”, in Abbas-Mustan's hands as “Players”, becomes ...  

I have it in my bag,” says Falardeau, 43, smiling like the cat that ate the canary. “I have Gus Van Sant’s badge, too. I got it from the (festival) brunch. I saw his badge on the table, so he probably didn’t come, so I just took it. And then I ...