'The Green Zone' details

There are few official details released yet about Matt's next project, currently titled The Green Zone, but here's what I've sourced to date. Information from here, Studio Daily, here and here.

Filming dates: January 8 or 9 for 12-16 weeks (Matt has to start The Informant by 15 April 2008)

Filming locations: Spain, Morocco and the United Kingdom

Based on: Imperial life in the emerald city: Inside Iraq's Green Zone, by Rajiv Chandrasekaran (non-fiction)

Adapted by: Paul Greengrass and Brian Helgeland

Summary: The film is set in Iraq, in and around the Green Zone. A Mobile Exploitation team led by Chief Warrant Officer Miller is sent to find weapons of mass destruction and is led on a journey of intrigue and deception where nothing is what it seems.

Matt's character: If the above is correct, presumably Chief Warrant Officer Miller. The character is not in the book (and neither are the other secondary speaking parts).

Other characters: Iraqi locals, soldiers, General, political adviser etc.

Other cast members: None confirmed to date, but Texas State Rep. Allen Vaught "will most likely" be in the cast, along with "actual soldiers who were there".

Crew: From IMDB, most crew to date worked on either United 93 or the Bourne movies.

Quote from editor Christopher Rouse:

Q: What is your next project with Paul Greengrass?
Rouse: The working title is The Green Zone. It’s about the first year of the war in Iraq and the hunt for the weapons of mass destruction. It’s a terrific script, and I’m looking forward to getting started. We’re scheduled to start shooting sometime in January.

Early footage: According to one report, Greengrass showed a "sneak preview of scenes" at the London Film Festival on 1 November 2007.

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