Matt Damon is in talks to star in the next film from Everything Everywhere All at Once directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Ryan Gosling, who was playing the role, left the role due to creative differences and scheduling conflicts, so he is attracting attention as the lead role.
Plot details are yet to be revealed, and production is expected to begin this summer in Los Angeles. Universal, which is backing the untitled film, recently postponed its release date from June 12, 2027 to November 19, 2027.
Universal declined to comment on Damon’s casting, which was first reported by Deadline.
The film is the Daniel family’s first film since Everything Everywhere All at Once was a huge critical and commercial hit, grossing over $100 million and winning seven Oscars, including Best Picture. “Everything Everywhere All at Once” stars Michelle Yeoh as a struggling laundromat owner who, while being audited by the Internal Revenue Service, realizes she must connect with her parallel world self to prevent the destruction caused by a catastrophe. Daniels (as the duo calls themselves) made his feature directorial debut with 2016’s Swiss Army Man. This is a fantasy comedy starring Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe as a farting corpse. They rose to fame by directing the viral music video for Lil Jon’s “Turn Down for What.”
Damon will next star in Christopher Nolan’s historical blockbuster The Odyssey, which opens in theaters in July. Damon plays Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and the story chronicles his long and dangerous return home after the Trojan War. Tom Holland plays his son Telemachus, and Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron and Jon Bernthal round out the ensemble.
