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	<title>Rope of Silicon &#187; Matt Damon</title>
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		<title>&#039;Good Will Hunting&#039; Trio are Re-Teaming for &#039;Whitey&#039; Bulger Pic</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/good-hunting-trio-re-teaming-whitey-bulger-pic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coming Up Next]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Affleck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casey Affleck]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oscar-winning screenwriting duo of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are re-teaming to tell the story of James 'Whitey ' Bulger for Warner Bros. Affleck will direct with Damon expected to star as the South Bostonian leader of the Winter Hill Gang.]]></description>
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		<title>Matt Damon Will Make Directorial Debut With Script He Co-Wrote with John Krasinski</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/matt-damon-directorial-debut-script-co-wrote-john-krasinski/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Director Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Krasinski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Damon has teamed with John Krasinski and the two have churned out a script that Damon is looking to turn into his feature directorial debut.]]></description>
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		<title>Help Me Figure Out These 14 &#039;Classic Screen Types&#039; Offered by the New York Times</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/help-me-figure-out-these-14-classic-screen-types-offered-by-the-new-york-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/help-me-figure-out-these-14-classic-screen-types-offered-by-the-new-york-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annette Bening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Mackie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe Moretz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Franco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Javier Bardem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Lawrence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Eisenberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesley Manville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Douglas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natalie Portman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noomi Rapace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Duvall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tilda Swinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vincent Cassel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=34309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following video comes courtesy of &#034;The New York Times&#034; from their &#034;Fourteen Actors Acting: A Video Gallery of Classic Screen Types&#034; project scored by Owen Pallett and directed by Solve Sundsbo. This came online yesterday, but as I looked through the various silent performances I couldn&#039;t make out just what &#034;classic&#034; screen types each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATED: &#039;Bourne Legacy&#039; Likely Not Damon&#039;s Bourne</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/clearing-things-up-bourne-legacy-likely-not-damons-bourne/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/clearing-things-up-bourne-legacy-likely-not-damons-bourne/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clearing the Air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bourne Legacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Gilroy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Universal Pictures UPDATED: Now Entertainment Weekly is saying Universal told them Gilroy is writing the script. Whatever, I wash my hands of it until more solid information comes in. I didn&#039;t want to write this, but considering I have already written two items recently and not one of them is necessarily accurate I felt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Matt Damon Return or be Recast for &#039;Bourne 4&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/should-matt-damon-return-for-bourne-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/should-matt-damon-return-for-bourne-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bourne Legacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=28299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With yesterday&#039;s news that Tony Gilroy has been brought back to the Bourne franchise to write The Bourne Legacy, the question in the air was whether or not Matt Damon would return to the role. Last we heard from Damon he was saying he wouldn&#039;t return unless Supremacy and Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass also returned, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Look at Damon and Blunt in &#039;The Adjustment Bureau&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/first-look-at-damon-and-blunt-in-the-adjustment-bureau/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/first-look-at-damon-and-blunt-in-the-adjustment-bureau/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emily Blunt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Adjustment Bureau]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=26329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Matt Damon and Emily Blunt in The Adjustment Bureau Photo: Universal Pictures Universal has just released the first two images from The Adjustment Bureau starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. The thriller is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick&#039;s short story &#034;The Adjustment Team&#034; written and directed by George Nolfi (writer of Ocean&#039;s Twelve, co-writer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pinto Wages &#039;War of the Gods&#039; and Damon is Bobby Kennedy</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/pinto-wages-war-of-the-gods-and-damon-is-bobby-kennedy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/pinto-wages-war-of-the-gods-and-damon-is-bobby-kennedy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Who's In? Who's Out?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[50/50]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anjelica Huston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bad Teacher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Gordon Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freida Pinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Ross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Lopez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immortals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Segel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Michael Higgins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonah Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philip Baker Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Sitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24780</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pinto to Wage War of the Gods: If you have seen The Cell and The Fall you most likely already have your mind made up on Tarsem Singh, director of the upcoming epic War of the Gods of which Freida Pinto has just signed on to star in as the oracle priestess Phaedra. The film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nighy Joins &#039;Narnia 3,&#039; Wilson for Woody and Affleck Makes &#039;The Trade&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/nighy-joins-narnia-3-wilson-for-woody-and-affleck-makes-the-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/nighy-joins-narnia-3-wilson-for-woody-and-affleck-makes-the-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Who's In? Who's Out?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Kingdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Affleck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Nighy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethan Hawke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian McMahon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Owen Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vincent Cassel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nighy Lends Voice to Dawn Treader: Bill Nighy revealed to David Frost he will be replacing Eddie Izzard as the voice of Reepicheep in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Izzard Reepicheep is the large talking mouse that was seen slitting throats throughout the PG-rated Prince Caspian. Video is provided to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renner for &#039;Raven&#039; and Maybe &#039;Battleship&#039; Plus Waltz Drinks Penn&#039;s &#039;Water&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/renner-for-raven-and-maybe-battleship-plus-waltz-drinks-penns-water/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/renner-for-raven-and-maybe-battleship-plus-waltz-drinks-penns-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Who's In? Who's Out?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avon Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battleship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Affleck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Stiller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carla Gugino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christoph Waltz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contagion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G.I. Joe: Retaliation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Renner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Lima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Sucsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oren Moverman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Raven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water for Elephants]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24524</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Renner for Raven and Perhaps Battleship: Jeremy Renner will star in James McTeigue&#039;s (V for Vendetta) next film The Raven with Ewan McGregor also in talks to join the cast. The period thriller is described as a fictionalized account of the final five &#034;mysterious&#034; days of Edgar Allan Poe&#039;s life. The story will follow the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soderbergh&#039;s &#039;Contagion&#039; Cast Looks Strong</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/soderberghs-contagion-cast-looks-strong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/soderberghs-contagion-cast-looks-strong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contagion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jude Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Winslet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marion Cotillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Soderbergh]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last we heard from Steven Soderbergh he was looking to make Liberace with Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, but now it appears he will be making yet another movie with Damon, but it won&#039;t be about a pianist Liberace. Instead it&#039;s an action-thriller called Contagion reports Deadline&#039;s Mike Fleming and he&#039;s got quite the cast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions: Any Surprise Predictions Before Tomorrow&#039;s Nominations?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-predictions-any-surprise-predictions-before-tomorrows-nominations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-predictions-any-surprise-predictions-before-tomorrows-nominations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invictus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Blind Side]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s hard to believe the Oscar nominations are finally upon us, but what&#039;s even harder to believe is we are still over a month away from the actual award show. I don&#039;t know about you, but having the Oscar awards a month and a half after the final major awards show (SAG Awards on January [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matt Damon and Josh Brolin Join the Coen&#039;s &#039;True Grit&#039; Remake</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/matt-damon-and-josh-brolin-join-the-coens-true-grit-remake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/matt-damon-and-josh-brolin-join-the-coens-true-grit-remake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Brolin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21464</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Variety&#039;s Mike Fleming is reporting Joel and Ethan Coen are ready to roll on True Grit, the remake of the 1969 John Wayne classic and have brought on Matt Damon and Josh Brolin to star alongside Jeff Bridges who will step into The Duke&#039;s shoes and play U.S. marshal Rooster Cogburn. Damon will play the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News Bites: &#039;Iron Man 2,&#039; &#039;Red Dawn,&#039; &#039;Venom&#039; Spin-Off, &#039;Lost Boys 3,&#039; &#039;Playboy&#039; and Much More</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news-bites-iron-man-2-red-dawn-venom-spin-off-lost-boys-3-playboy-and-much-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news-bites-iron-man-2-red-dawn-venom-spin-off-lost-boys-3-playboy-and-much-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rumor Mill Roundup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Area 51]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beverly Hills Cop 4]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geoffrey Rush]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oren Peli]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Hemsworth (left) and Connor Cruise (right) on the set of Red Dawn Photo: Reddawn2010.com To the right are two videos from the set of the Red Dawn remake and just above is an image of Chris Hemsworth (Star Trek) and Tom Cruise&#039;s son Connor from the set of the very same remake and you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Contenders Housekeeping: Prediction Clean-Up</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-contenders-housekeeping-prediction-clean-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-contenders-housekeeping-prediction-clean-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[An Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Kendrick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capitalism: A Love Story]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clive Owen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Firth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Get Low]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you feel it? It&#039;s officially underway. The Toronto International Film Festival has come to a close and the horses are in their stalls and the gun has gone off. The awards race is in full swing and while there are several films yet to be seen, there are a few early front-runners to keep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eastwood and Damon Set for Supernatural &#039;Hereafter&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/eastwood-and-damon-set-for-supernatural-hereafter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/eastwood-and-damon-set-for-supernatural-hereafter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coming Up Next]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director Attachments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clint Eastwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hereafter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon haven&#039;t had enough of one another just yet as The Hollywood Reporter brings word the two are reteaming for Hereafter. Eastwood recently directed Damon in the upcoming awards season contender Invictus, the South African-set drama in which Damon plays rugby player Francois Pienaar, which will be released on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Update: &#039;Up In the Air,&#039; &#039;The Road,&#039; &#039;A Serious Man&#039; and Robert Duvall?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-update-up-in-the-air-the-road-a-serious-man-and-robert-duvall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-update-up-in-the-air-the-road-a-serious-man-and-robert-duvall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Serious Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Clooney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Get Low]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Reitman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Duvall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Informant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up In the Air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vera Farmiga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viggo Mortensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Where the Wild Things Are]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After the Telluride Film Festival came to a close on September 7, I began thinking about putting together a new Oscar update, but all there was to talk about was the initial hype surrounding Jason Reitman&#039;s Up In the Air and the reactions to John Hillcoat&#039;s The Road, which also debuted at the Venice Film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Look at Freeman and Damon in &#039;Invictus&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/first-official-look-at-freeman-and-damon-in-invictus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/first-official-look-at-freeman-and-damon-in-invictus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invictus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Freeman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=19360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar in Invictus Photo: Warner Bros. via Cineast.ch Ryan Adams at Awards Daily points us to Cineast.ch who premiered the above image offering the first look at Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar in Clint Eastwood&#039;s latest Oscar offering Invictus [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>First Looks at Clint Eastwood&#039;s Untitled Nelson Mandela Feature</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/first-looks-at-clint-eastwoods-untitled-nelson-mandela-feature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/first-looks-at-clint-eastwoods-untitled-nelson-mandela-feature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Set Pics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clint Eastwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invictus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=14515</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: The Bad and Ugly Gossip blog The Bad and Ugly has uploaded the Internet&#039;s first look at Clint Eastwood&#039;s upcoming Untitled Nelson Mandela feature currently operating under the working title The Human Factor based on John Carlin&#039;s book &#034;The Human Factor: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Changed the World.&#034; The film stars Matt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Damon Tapped for Loose Dick Adaptation</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/damon-tapped-for-loose-dick-adaptation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/damon-tapped-for-loose-dick-adaptation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coming Up Next]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=14243</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Matt Damon became a Universal favorite with the success of the Bourne franchise and word has it they are still working on a fourth film, but until then Variety reports Damon is set to star in The Adjustment Bureau, which is loosely based on a Philip K. Dick story. George Nolfi, who co-wrote The Bourne [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Paramount Balking on Fincher&#039;s Elliot Ness Flick Due to a Dislike of the Director?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/is-paramount-balking-on-finchers-elliot-ness-flick-due-to-a-dislike-of-the-director/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/is-paramount-balking-on-finchers-elliot-ness-flick-due-to-a-dislike-of-the-director/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rumor Monger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casey Affleck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Fincher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eliot Ness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heavy Metal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachel McAdams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=11238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently there has been a lot of negative news surrounding the relationship between Paramount Pictures and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button director David Fincher. Earlier this year there were rumors floating around the studio wasn&#039;t happy with the length of Button as it was coming in around three hours (it will be released at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matt Damon Starring as Eliot Ness for Fincher&#039;s &#039;Torso&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/matt_damon_starring_as_eliot_ness_for_finchers_torso/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/matt_damon_starring_as_eliot_ness_for_finchers_torso/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Fincher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Torso]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first time, and to my recollection the last time, there was any mention of David Fincher&#039;s adaptation of the graphic novel Torso was when the film was announced back in 2006 and originally expected to be filmed inbetween Zodiac and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. That obviously didn&#039;t happen, but a new article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Looks at &#039;Green Zone&#039;, &#039;Wolfman&#039; and a Vampired Up Reilly in &#039;Cirque du Freak&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new_looks_at_green_zone_wolfman_and_a_vampired_up_reilly_in_cirque_du_freak/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new_looks_at_green_zone_wolfman_and_a_vampired_up_reilly_in_cirque_du_freak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Hopkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benicio del Toro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emily Blunt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Zone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John C. Reilly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Wolfman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=9828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Damon in Green Zone, Reilly in Cirque du Freak and Del Toro, Blunt and Hopkins in The Wolfman Photo: Empire Magazine Empire Magazine has debuted a few new pictures from some upcoming films taken from their August preview issue. First, on the left above is a teaser look at Matt Damon on the set of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Damon Playing a &#039;Factor&#039; in Eastwood&#039;s Next</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/damon_playing_a_factor_in_eastwoods_next/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/damon_playing_a_factor_in_eastwoods_next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Industry Insider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Factor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Freeman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=9634</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Matt Damon is set to play rugby star Francois Pienaar in Clint Eastwood&#039;s upcoming film Human Factor, joining Morgan Freeman. Pienaar created, with Nelson Mandela (Freeman), an event that gave whites and blacks in South Africa a common cause to rally around as the country was trying to heal from the wounds of apartheid. Mandela, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peek at Matt Damon in the &#039;Zone&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/peek_at_matt_damon_in_the_zone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/peek_at_matt_damon_in_the_zone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Zone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=9096</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Four pics from the set of Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass&#039; currently untitled film set in the &#034;Green Zone,&#034; a walled and fortified area where U.S. troops stay during the Iraq occupation have shown up at Splash giving us a peek at Damon in his soldier garb. In the film Damon plays an officer who [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Damon&#039;s Impersonation of Matt McConaughey</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/damons_impersonation_of_matt_mcconaughey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/damons_impersonation_of_matt_mcconaughey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew McConaughey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=7683</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, considering this video has 2,236,829 views at YouTube and is almost a year old now I am going to have to guess a lot of you have seen it already, but it was just sent to me and it gave me a laugh. Watch as Matt Damon impersonates Matthew McConaughey on the David Letterman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Bourne for Damon?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/more_bourne_for_damon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/more_bourne_for_damon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bourne Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bourne Supremacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bourne Ultimatum]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=7545</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bourne Ultimatum hits DVD and HD DVD on December 11th. That film grossed over $225 million domestically and over $404 million worldwide. You would think Universal would be begging Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass to sign up for another one and would have Tony Gilroy locked in a room scribbling away a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#039;s Really Got Milk?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/whos_really_got_milk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/whos_really_got_milk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryan Singer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gus Van Sant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=7149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a while there the big question was whether or not Bryan Singer would helm Man of Steel or The Mayor of Castro Street first. The first film there being the follow-up to Superman Returns, the second being a biopic on the life and assassination of San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk. Well, now Singer has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Damon and Greengrass Together Without Bourne</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/damon_and_greengrass_together_without_bourne/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/damon_and_greengrass_together_without_bourne/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Greengrass]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=6301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass have already partnered twice on The Bourne Supremacy and this summer&#039;s The Bourne Ultimatum and they aren&#039;t stopping there as the actor and director are set for a film adaptation of Rajiv Chandrasekaran&#039;s &#034;Imperial Life in the Emerald City&#034; for Universal. Chandrasekaran is The Washington Post&#039;s former Baghdad bureau chief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Bourne the Next Bond? Damon&#039;s Done</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/is_bourne_the_next_bond_damons_done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/is_bourne_the_next_bond_damons_done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 09:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bourne Ultimatum]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=6172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t think any of us are surprised at the news that Matt Damon confirmed today at the Cannes Film Festival saying that he is done with the Bourne franchise now that he has completed the third installment in the franchise, The Bourne Ultimatum due out this August. Speaking to the press at Cannes Damon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Star Trek XI&#039; Casting Rumors Off to Good Start</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/star_trek_xi_casting_rumors_off_to_good_start/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/star_trek_xi_casting_rumors_off_to_good_start/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rumor Monger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adrien Brody]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Dae Kim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Sinise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James McAvoy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Trek]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After I go off on how silly Internet rumors are a good one hits the scene as IGN has scored what seems to be not only reliable but very credible word on who just might be playing Captain Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy and Scotty in the upcoming Star Trek XI being directed by J.J. Abrams. [...]]]></description>
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