First Official Pic From Green Zone Exclusive: Greengrass & Damon return
After the knock-out success of The Bourne Ultimatum, a new film from Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon carries no shortage of expectation. We've been given the exclusive first official shot from Green Zone, a film that sees the pair heading in a new, more ambitious, direction. Click the image below for a closer look.
Loosely based on Rajiv Chandresekaran's book Imperial Life In The Emerald City, Green Zone has Damon as chief warrant officer Roy Miller, a soldier stationed in Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and charged with finding weapons of mass destruction. Quickly suspecting that said WMDs don't actually exist, he seeks out the truth, with perilous results.
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Though this is Greengrass' take on the situation in Iraq, don't expect the tub-thumping that some other Iraq-centric films have employed, and subsequently watched audiences turn away from. "[We're] not trying to make a statement," Damon tells us. "Particularly with a movie that costs $80 or $90 million. Hopefully this will feel like an accurate portrayal of what things were like for these guys. You can't do a polemic – you should be blogging if that's what you want to do."
While you shouldn't expect Bourne 4, this is planned as a full-on thriller and with Greengrass' form on tackling political hot topics (Bloody Sunday, United 93), we're hoping for, and expecting, something intelligent and riveting.
For more of our exclusive visit to the set of Green Zone pick up the new issue of Empire, which contains a massive preview also including Harry Potter 6, Australia, Wolverine, The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Road, and many more.
Hmm, well maybe not. But I've been looking forward to this for a while. With Greengrass' previous efforts, along with Syriana, and The Good Shepherd, plus the overtly political Bourne Ultimatum, it seems clear this is finally the collaboration these two forces wanted to make.
I think they're both great and for me United 93 was the best film of 2006. I've always been a staunch defender of Greengrass' shooting and editing style. High hopes for this one. ... Read More
They recently did a couple of week's of filming for this by the Royal Docks in East London. There's a big abandoned warehouse there that lots of people use for TV, films and adverts. At one point it looked like they were setting up some kind of stunt involving a car going into the water.
Not exactly a big scoop but thought people might be interested. ... Read More
I like Greengrass's films but he seriously over does this whole 'shakey' cam thing, it's like he's poking the poor camera man with a stick constantly. Why does the camera need to be bobbing around during a bloomin' conversation? ... Read More
Even without taking Bournes 2 and 3 into account, just looking at United 93 and Bloody Sunday makes me scratch my desk in anticipation of this. ... Read More
Hatebox, you should know that it's against the law to say any negative about the Bourne films! i mean, he beat the crap outt've a guy with a magazine! ... Read More
