Bourne star Matt Damon has signed up to appear in Clint Eastwood’s new flick Hereafter.

Eastwood, 79, is directing and producing the new thriller for Warner Bros, which will start shooting later in the fall.

Details of the flick are being kept a secret with Warner Bros describing it as a thriller in the vein of The Sixth Sense.

Steven Spielberg is executive-producing the film, along with Frank Marshall, Peter Morgan, who also wrote the script, and Tim Moore.

Damon, 38, can be seen currently starring in flick The Informant by Steven Soderbergh and later this year, will appear in Eastwood’s movie Invictus, opposite Morgan Freeman.

Source: Splash News

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Clint Eastwood has once again been snubbed by the Academy but this time he is grinning his way to the banks. His Gran Torino movie may have to get an Oscar nomination for him as Best Actor but it is making a lot of waves in the box office with up to $110 million in cash. To hell with the Academy Awards must be Eastwood’s dialogue after he was shown his box office receipts. Public review of Gran Torino shows it is a terrific movie that merits millions in receipts. Suits Warner Bros fine because the movie Dark Knight, which they banked on to the point of entirely ignoring Gran Torino, did not make it to the Best Picture category. Warner Bros seemed to notice Gran Torino and made efforts to promote the movie only between the second week of December to the first week of January which was already too late.

Warner played dead over Gran Torino that people did not even notice if there was even a premiere for the movie–or was there? Despite the lack of promotion for the movie it is surprising that Gran Torino is leading the pack with the other Oscar Best Pictures at the tailend. This is very good news for Eastwood since he owns the movie which took $33 million to produce. At least, Gran Torino will have the honor to be known as the most profitable movie with a big star since last year. Had Warner played its cards right, Gran Torino would have been a shoo in for Best Picture and Eastwood for Best Actor. Remember Eastwood’s “Unforgiven”? Expect Gran Torino to have the same classic western storyline with a touch of Eastwood’s golden finger.

Brad Pitt gets my vote for family man and lover of the year after he showed his loyalty to partner Angelina Jolie who recently got a beating from the press after it reported that the 33-year old actress is manipulating the press when it comes to issues involving the Jolie and Pitt clan. The 44-year old Pitt rebounded by saying that the woman being talked about by the New York Times in its report is not only the woman he loves but is also one of the people he has a great respect for. Pitt said he does not see the point in the article which characterized Jolie as manipulative when she is in fact savvy.

The whole clan, referring to his partner Jolie and his parents Jane and Bill Pitt, attended the premiere of Pitt’s latest movie “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” which is one of the leading contenders for the Oscar’s. Pitt said working on the movie which focuses on man’s mortality has been positive on their relationship saying their flare ups just evaporates without them getting into a fight. The Curious Case movie tells about the struggle, life and love of Benjamin Button who was born old and ages in a reverse way.

Pitt seems to be influencing their children with his love for architecture but on a smaller scale as the kids have started building gingerbread houses. Jolie has dedicated most of her time for her family but takes time off every now and then to fulfill her commitments. After showing support for Pitt’s movie, Jolie was seen at the Gran Torino premiere to support her close friend Clint Eastwood. Jolie’s film Changeling which was directed by Eastwood is also in the forefront of the award giving bodies both for best picture and best actress.

Clint Eastwood is a legend when it comes to Hollywood movies but many are wondering why he has won several directorial awards even from the Oscar’s but hasn’t won even one such award for best actor? This may all change though if he gets the nod of the Oscar’s jurors this year for his recent film Gran Torino where he plays a grouchy widower. Gran Torino has yet to be released but talks are rife that this is going to be Eastwood’s unforgettable movie to beat.

Eastwood got the nod of the National Board of Review after they named him top actor for his role in Gran Torino. The Board, which consists of movie experts and buffs as well as film historians, announced their selection for this year last Thursday and the event kicked off Hollywood’s awards season.

Eastwood has won the Oscar Best Achievement in Directing Award for “Million Dollar baby” in 2004 and was nominated
for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in the same movie. He was nominated for the Oscar Best Director Award for “Mystic River” in 2003. He was nominated for Oscar Best Actor for the movie “Unforgiven” in 1992 and won the Oscar Best Director Award for the same movie. His fans are hoping that Gran Torino will make an Oscar best actor out of him this time!

The Board also named Anne Hathaway as best actress for her role in “Rachel Getting Married”, John Brolin as best supporting actor for his role in “Milk” and Penelope Cruz as best supporting actress for her role in “Victoria Cristina Barcelona”. Wall-E was named best animated feature.

Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood has pretty much made it clear that he has put an end to his acting career and that Gran Torin, in which he has acted and directly as well is his last appearance as an actor. His career as an actor has spanned for a period of more than 50 long years.While speaking to a British newspaper he said, “That will probably do it for me as far as acting is concerned. You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don’t want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you’re not performing at your best.”

At the same time he has no plans to stop his passion for directing movies and says “I’ve got no plans to stop making films.” Eastwood has made movies such as Unforgiven & Million Dollar Baby and has received Academy Awards for both of them.

Time to take it easy Clint, you have done so much and made some great films. Enjoy your directing!