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Photos of Matt and family in Hawaii are at PopSugar, Radar Online and Planet Gossip.
 
There are some new quotes in a German interview at tele5, including:
"When I was making Invictus we lived in South Africa for a couple of weeks. For Green Zone I took my wife and children with me to Morocco. But our main base is New York therefore I try to find movies which are made there or nearby," Matt explained.
"Luciana and I have this deal that we aren't separated for more than two weeks. There must be a solution for everything else. If my family can't come with me, I make sure I have a shooting schedule which allows me to return home frequently. For the Coen brothers, when I filmed True Grit, I divided my six weeks of shooting so that I could fly when I could to New York. "
Emily Blunt discussed the filming of The Adjustment Bureau in a new interview at Elle:
English actress Emily Blunt says her The Adjustment Bureau co-star Matt Damon took great pleasure from the fact she had to diet for her role, while for once he didn't.
Emily exclusively told UK ELLE Magazine: "After Bourne and Invictus, he was like, “Just for once, I don’t have to go to the gym, so I’m going to eat burgers in front of you and you’re going to have to deal with it.’”
More photos from the pre-wedding cruise in Lake Como are at the Daily Mail.
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Jeff Bridges discussed True Grit with MTV:
Bridges' non-"Lebowski" reunion with Joel and Ethan Coen, "True Grit," is in post-production and scheduled for a December release. Bridges stars opposite Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and Barry Pepper in a remake of sorts of the 1969 Western that became synonymous with the great John Wayne.
"I hope it's going to be a great Western," Bridges told MTV News.
"You've got the Coen brothers — master filmmakers — doing a Western for the first time, something they were really excited about," he continued. "To be a part of that was great. It's based on a great book by the same title, 'True Grit.' They are really basing the movie on the book, as opposed to the John Wayne [film]."
Margaret may finally be released in 2011 - an update from The Playlist, with the original report at Indiewire.
Fox Searchlight states: "we do have a finished cut by Lonergan and we plan to release the film sometime in 2011."
From an article about NZ entertainment reporter Kate Rodger at the Sunday Star Times:
Rodger, who has schmoozed many a Hollywood star on the red carpet, says her favourite interview subject is Matt Damon: "Even after three interviews he still does everything he can in whatever short timeframe we have to give me as much as he can - he's a total gentleman."
From an interview with Entourage actor Rex Lee at the Herald-Sun:
There have been a lot of fantastic guest stars in Entourage over the years. Who has been your favourite?
Lee: Matt Damon was amazing. I didn't have any scenes with him or meet him but when I saw it on the air I thought, "wow, he puts us all to shame he is so amazing".
Matt is now back in Hawaii after a quick trip to Boston.
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More photos of Matt and Lucy on the pre-wedding cruise in Lake Como are at PopSugar, but ignore the comments section.
Photos of Matt and family at Los Angeles airport are also at PopSugar.
Clint Eastwood discussed Hereafter in an interview at the Independent. The interviewer appears to have viewed an early cut of the film.
And, of course, there’s more on tap, with Eastwood currently completing post-production on Hereafter, based on an intricately woven script by Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon). The film is, as Eastwood says, “a very romantic story”, about some people who, as a result of near-death experiences, are granted mystical gifts for understanding – well, yes – the “hereafter”.
Matt Damon is the nominal star, as a man resisting his own gift for second-sight and the Belgian actress Cécile De France gives a star-making performance as a journalist investigating her own expanded psyche after almost dying in a tsunami.
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Matt and Lucy attended the wedding of Emily Blunt and John Krasinski in Lake Como, Italy, over the weekend. Photos from a pre-wedding party are at ET Online, and more great photos were shown on ET's program on Monday. Other guests at the wedding included George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci and Billy Crudup.
 
The Adjustment Bureau has been delayed from 17 September until 4 March 2011 - details at the LA Times.
Contagion is scheduled to start filming in the third week of September in Hong Kong.
Doug Liman discussed casting Matt at the New York Times:
“In a way it was like finding Matt Damon for ‘The Bourne Identity,’” he said. “When you find somebody who feels like such a good, earnest human being that it glows from their pores, it allows you to do more interesting things with them, because the audience is already rooting for them.”
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Matt talked about how Lucy keeps the family together at People.
If Matt Damon wants to find out anything about his wife's pregnancy he just needs to ask their kids.
"They track its progress in mommy's belly," he said Saturday while attending the Ante Up for Africa charity poker event in Las Vegas.
The kids "are very excited" about another addition to the family, Damon, 39, said.
But being a family man and major motion picture star isn't easy for the former Sexiest Man Alive. Damon credits "a great wife" for helping him juggle his responsibilities.
"She really keeps it together," he said at the poker event at the Rio All Suites Hotel, hosted by Oceans 11 pal Don Cheadle. "We just talk it out and work it all out. You say, this is the job and this is the time commitment and this is where it will be. I’m a lot easier to hire if you’re doing movies in New York."
There was a pregnancy update mixed in with a report on the upcoming Liberace movie (now delayed until next summer) at the Las Vegas Sun.
"Yeah, it's going to happen. We're going to do it next summer," Damon said as he slowed apace on his way to the poker table. "Stephen Soderberg is directing it. Michael Douglas is going to play Lee."
"It's a terrific script," Damon continued. "Richard LaGravenese has written a really great script and, you know, hopefully it will be a really great movie. I don't see why it wouldn't be."
Jerry Weintraub reportedly is producing the film, which is being shot to accommodate the family requirements of Douglas and Damon (he and his wife, Luciana, are expecting their third child in late November or early December). Damon said much of the film would be shot in L.A., particularly Liberace's stage show, though I would expect Liberace's old showrooms at the LV Hilton and Riviera would be at least considered for location shoots.
 
More photos from the poker event are at Socialite Life, Wicked Chops Poker, posh24.se and the Las Vegas Sun. A report on the event is Onlinepoker.net. Matt finished 26th out of 81 competitors.
There has been no change to Matt's position on returning to Bourne - from the Las Vegas Weekly.
I asked Matt if he would film more of the Jason Bourne movies.
"Absolutely yes," he said emphatically. "I love the character. I love the stories. But only if Paul Greengrass says he will direct again. So far, though, he’s decided not to. I’d definitely say yes if he went for it. I know he would have a great story, and it would protect the legacy of what we created. There would be no disappointment for anybody, but we wait. There are rumors about shooting again in the middle of next year, but nothing definite yet other than his no until there’s the right script -- a great script!"
I chatted with Matt about the real-life Jason Bourne character who’d been in the news last week in L.A. when police just missed him after they raided an apartment and discovered a cache of weapons, counterfeiting equipment, high-range binoculars and narcotics alongside a 5-foot CIA mural. Brian Alexik vanished down a fire escape, but police captured him after a three-month chase. He’s remained silent so far.
Matt said, "Fascinating, but I hadn’t heard a word about it. My head is under a rock. I don’t follow the news. I’m with my family whenever I can be, and I don’t bother keeping up with anything else when I’m able to spend time with them. They are the most important thing to me."
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Matt attended the Ante up for Africa charity poker tournament in Las Vegas on Saturday. Matt said Ben Affleck was due to attend but had a migraine and did not participate, although he was in Las Vegas. Photos are at I need my fix and WENN. In the live blog at pokernews.com Matt said he is on a break after making three movies in a row, and is about to take a family vacation in Hawaii. Videos from the event, which are mostly about a potential sequel to Rounders, are at Poker News Daily and Raw Vegas, with more at YouTube.
 
Doug Liman claims Green Zone was a Bourne Identity rip-off. He's also talked recently about Bourne 4.
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Photos of Matt, Lucy and family leaving NY on Monday are at PopSugar.
A follow-up sighting (and a pregnancy update) from Us magazine, via Polar Lounge:
Star Couples in US: Matt Damon and almost five months pregnant wife Luciana dancing at Polar Lounge in NYC. "He had his arm around her waist and kept grabbing her butt" a source said of Damon.
An excerpt from Emily Blunt's interview at Total Film about The Adjustment Bureau is here:
Emily was thrilled to star alongside Matt.
"It's a real experience; I've admired (him) for so long," she said.
"The magic of the job is the camaraderie that you have on those film sets and the accelerated friendships."
Bill Clinton's video tribute to Matt at the Cinematheque Award is available at YouTube, courtesy of water.org.
Entourage producer Doug Ellin says he's in talks for Matt to come back this season.
CNN: Congratulations on your seventh season. I know this season we will see some crazy stuff happening. I was just interviewing Adrian Grenier and asked him about guest stars. Can you give us a little bit more about who will be on the show?
Ellin: Yeah, Mike Tyson and Jessica Simpson. I mean we have so many people I hate to leave anyone out. People that are coming this week are Eminem, John Cleese and Drew Brees. I haven't talked to him yet but he's supposedly in. I'm talking to Matt Damon to get him back from last year. We got some good people.
Kellan Lutz continues to talk up Matt (perhaps as an early campaign for the Bourne movie) at Now Toronto:
He mentions Matt Damon among the group of actors he admires and hopes to emulate.
"Jason Statham’s awesome, but Damon's the action guy who gets hurt," he says. "He can do a comedy or drama – he was amazing in Invictus. He’s always mixing it up."
Journalist Barry Koltnow also talked up Matt as the movie star he would like to be at MSNBC.
I think I'd rather be more like Matt Damon.
This isn't a man-crush, but a tip of the proverbial hat to a career that I admire. Not only did he win an early Oscar for co-writing "Good Will Hunting" with pal Ben Affleck (not even Leonardo has an Oscar), but he now attracts the best scripts and directors. He is generally well-thought-of in the movie business, and he could have a supermodel girlfriend if he so desired, and was not happily married.
More important, he has a terrific, self-deprecating attitude toward his own stardom. While he has no problem cashing the substantial checks for his serious work, he also has no problem poking fun at himself, as evidenced by his cameo (with Affleck) in Kevin Smith's "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" or his hysterical video with Sarah Silverman taunting Jimmy Kimmel. Damon has fun with his celebrity, and that's why I believe I'd like to be a movie star like him.
Green Zone topped the rental charts in its first week and was second in DVD sales.
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Although it was first announced in May, Matt is now officially in talks for We bought a zoo, to be directed by Cameron Crowe. Details are at The Playlist and The Hollywood Reporter. A January start date is expected.
Matt Damon is in preliminary talks to star in 20th Century Fox's "We Bought a Zoo," Cameron Crowe's next directing project.
Studio finalized Crowe's deal in May, dating the pic for Dec. 23, 2011.
Based on Benjamin Mee's memoir, "Zoo" revolves around a widowed father who buys a dilapidated zoo in hopes of making a fresh start. He and his children, along with a small but loyal staff, work to get the zoo reopened.
"Zoo" would mark a departure for Damon, who tends to make more dramatic or action -oriented thriller. "Zoo" with its blend of animals and heartstrings, may occupy similar terrain to Fox's 2008 "Marley & Me." And with the input of Crowe, making his first movie since 2005's "Elizabethtown," the movie could end up juggling light moments with drama like the helmer's "Jerry Maguire."
Crowe rewrote the script, which was originally written by Aline Brosh McKenna ("The Devil Wears Prada").
The Dartmoor Zoo has its own Twitter page. A few pages from the script are available at a casting site. A video interview with Benjamin Mee is at Aint it cool news.
The 1GOAL PSA gets a new life with a Funny or die clip featuring Matt and Jessica Alba.
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Green Zone has been released on DVD and includes a commentary with Matt and Paul Greengrass, featurettes, and deleted scenes with a commentary with Matt, Paul and Paul's son - details here.
Deleted scenes are offered with a video commentary by Damon, Greengrass and Kit Greengrass, Paul’s young son. Essentially, they’re watching the various deleted scenes (or, as Damon deadpans, “scenes that your Dad screwed up, kid.”) as Greengrass explains why they were cut… mainly for not pushing the story forward or not adding to the thriller pace.
Damon comes across as a thoughtful actor who doesn’t mind passing on small details such as how he achieved Miller’s commanding voice by screaming himself hoarse each day of the shoot and learning the lingo from the extras. He obviously has a producer’s eye toward what works for maximum storytelling efficiency and he’s not one to fall in love with his own scenes just because he gave a good performance. Both he and Greengrass praise the collaborative process of filmmaking and each other… but don’t mind the mutual appreciation society feel of it, because that friendship is at the heart of their work thus far.
The Entourage Season 6 DVD has also been released, and includes the OneXOne spoof video and a cast commentary for Matt's episode.
Ben Affleck was interviewed at a LA Film Festival event, with another report here.
He acknowledged Matt Damon's recent mega-success when he noted that early in his career, "I had a friend I went to school with" followed by a perfectly timed clearing of the throat. (He would also later say, "I don't worry about Matt's career any more than I worry about Nicholson's career.")
After the two won the Oscar for screenwriting, Matt Damon took on more artsy projects, while Ben stuck to more mainstream features. While part of the reasoning is just that Affleck wasn’t offered the same roles as Damon, Affleck also mentions how he felt a need to consistently act and stay in work, so going with movies that were planning to make money was a good plan.
Jane Krakowski talked about Matt returning to 30 Rock:
Thom in Louisville, Ky.: What a great finale 30 Rock delivered. Where are things picking up when it comes back?
Things are picking up with a big ol' shman! OK, not right away, but according to the lovely Jane Krakowski, "Will Forte will be coming back as Jenna's shman." Liz Lemon is getting lucky in love, too! "I do believe Matt Damon is going to come back," Jane tells us. "He is scheduled to make some return appearances if we can work them around his schedule and availability." Woo to the hoo! Let's start a bridal registry for Liz Lemon now.
Another Rounders sequel update from CHUD.
A sighting at the NY Post, which is actually from 12 June.
Sighting: Matt Damon and his wife, Luciana, making out while waiting on line for the bathroom at Polar Lounge in the Marcel Hotel, where they danced up a storm with John Krasinski and fiancee Emily Blunt.
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