Filming on the set of the movie about Nelson Mandela and the 1995 Rugby World Cup has wrapped up.

‘The Human Factor’ stars Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon and is directed by Clint Eastwood.

The film, most of it shot in Cape Town, concluded two weeks ahead of schedule with a portion filmed in Johannesburg at the Coca Cola Park Stadium.

It was believed the cast may return to South Africa when the film releases towards the end of the year.

Morgan Freeman played the role of Madiba while Matt Damon tackled the role of former rugby captain Francois Pienaar.

Source: IAfrica

Hey everyone! It has been pretty slow on the Matt front since he is busy filming movies back to back BUT I did realize today that I missed a couple of small events in-between that I am adding below including a Haitian Forum, an Obama Rally, and his African trip. Look at Matt walking those dogs…so cute! Enjoy!

“Director J.J. Abrams has confirmed he originally approached Matt Damon to take on the role of Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek remake — but the actor turned him down.

The space-age franchise originally featured William Shatner as the heroic starship captain, but the veteran stars from the first films have been replaced with a younger cast for the upcoming prequel.

And Lost creator Abrams admits Damon was his first choice for the starring role of Kirk — but he is glad to have been given the chance to subsequently hire little-known star Chris Pine.

He tells Life magazine, “”I actually approached Matt and we had some discussions, but everything happens for a reason. On the one hand, it would have been great to work with Matt — but at the end of the day, it was such a better move to cast the movie with unknowns.”"

The rest of the cast is also made up of lesser-known actors, including Heroes’ Zachary Quinto as Spock and Simon Pegg as Scotty.

And Abrams is convinced the casting will help make the characters more believable.

He adds, “”It is fun to discover the stars of tomorrow, but even more so, just like with the first Star Wars, you didn’t know who those people were when you saw the movie. You believed that guy was Luke Skywalker. You didn’t recognize him from six other movies. You bought into who this guy was. It is a slippery slope when you cast any actor that is somewhat known. We weren’t beholden to any fame meter.”"

Star Trek is due for release next month.

Source: CBS 8

Washington, Apr 17 : Hollywood actor Matt Damon is set to re-enact the American history for a documentary in The History Channel.

Other celebs joining the ‘The Departed’ star to film dramatic performances for ‘The People Speak’ are Viggo Mortensen, Marisa Tomei etc.

The series will shed light on how the country’s democracy was shaped by ordinary Americans.

Damon will appear in a vignette about John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath while Tomei will play factory worker Harriet Hanson Robinson.

“I am a firm believer in this project, proud to be part of it and proud that we are working jointly with History,” Contactmusic quoted as him as saying.

“The message that is so critical to disseminate is that change doesn’t come from the top, but rather from the bottom, and that without everyday citizens pushing to make a difference, there would be no America,” he added.

These clips will be aired together with actual interviews and archival footage.

Source: New Kerala

The last we heard about the fourth film in the Bourne franchise, is that it was definitely in the works with star Matt Damon and Supermacy/Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass coming back for another go at it. This will be the first film in the series not based in any way on one of the Robert Ludlum books, so they’ll be working from a completely original script this time around.

The shooting for the film was reportedly set to start this summer, with a release of summer 2010 in sight. As it turns out, that isn’t the case – producer Frank Marshall has let us know via Twitter that there should be a first draft due in by this summer, and that the target date for release of the film is now summer 2011.

So that gives them a good amount of time to get all of the related people’s schedules cleared for all the work it’s undoubtedly going to take to make another one of these movies. If a draft is said to be done by this summer, that gives them a fair amount of time to re-write as needed, and hopefully/logically they should be shooting by, at the latest, autumn next year. Then of course they will have a few months to get all of the post-production done in time for summer 2011.

Marshall admits that these scripts (whether he means in general or any Bourne ones) take a long time from simply getting a very first draft done to what will be put onto screen. Bourne is an example of an action franchise that’s not just about brainless action sequences and cheesy one-liners – this is one of the few modern action series’ that truly gives us action and brains. I hope they continue that with this one, even if they have no original source material to base it on (although I’ve heard from a lot of people that they didn’t stick very close to the original books with the first three, either).

Speaking of the script, Marshall stated that it’s being written by Ultimatum and Ocean’s Twelve screenwriter George Nolfi, and he has also said before that he’d like to see Bourne head to South America for his next set of escapades.

When I first saw The Bourne Ultimatum, I was absolutely adamant that they leave it at that – to me it was a perfectly ambiguous closing off of a series that had told all that it needed to. But then word came of a possible fourth film, and I had to reconsider my initially closed-minded thoughts. The more I thought about them doing another one, the more I liked the idea, especially since they’re bringing back the main star (which is the most crucial thing in my eyes) and the fantastic, talented director of the second and third.

Although there were eight books written in total, only the first three were written by Robert Ludlum, which is probably why they are going with an original screenplay as opposed to just working off a non-Ludlum written fourth book. Since Nolfi was partly responsible for Ultimatum’s screenplay (alongside Tony Gilroy and Scott Z. Burns), I have every faith in him that he’ll come up with a great original screenplay for the fourth one.

I just wonder that if this fourth installment is as successful as the first three were (particularly the third), will they go ahead with even more sequels after that? It’s certainly within the realm of possibility – and if it’s warranted after this fourth one, I see no reason why they shouldn’t make a lot more.

Are you a fan of the Bourne series? Do you think there should be a fourth film, and even more after that?

Until we hear otherwise, Bourne 4 has an expected release date of summer 2011.

Source:  Screen Rant

He is currently winning but more votes the better!

Go here!!