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Deadline say that
Matt Damon is in early talks to star in
Elysium, the self-penned sophomore sci-fi project from District 9 director
Neill Blomkamp that Media Rights Capital are
shopping around studio's next year. Presumably that sale will be easy as pie if these talks go well, especially if Damon is circling the lead. Damon's a top level movie star, whose roll call of directors he has worked for this year of course includes Clint Eastwood and the Coen Brothers! He joins District 9 lead
Sharlto Copley in the film. Plot details are under strict lock and key but what we do know is that it's yet another sci-fi movie, this time with a bigger budget than District 9 (though not huge) and will include a sociopolitical subtext. Blomkamp has spoken himself about the project on numerous occasions before as far back as 2009 describing the film as a; sci-fi, horror, something around there and was pretty sure its set on another planet and way in the future. with many sociopolitical ideas that interest me all wrapped up inside something that is like a Hollywood action film. Damon's 2011 slate includes Cameron Crowe's comeback film
We Bought a Zoo of which he is the lead, and the late summer
Liberace biopic from Steven Soderbergh where he has a supporting role. Perhaps Elysium will film in between, if the deal for Damon comes off.