Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are back together as screenwriting associates and we are thoroughly treasuring it! Nearly two and a half decades after the duo co-wrote the hair-raising Good Will Hunting, and won an Academy Award for it, Ben and Matt are as of now joining for the impending film, The Last Duel. Establishment Award-nominated screenwriter, Nicole Holofcener, will in like manner join the enduring best friends for the anxiously anticipated film.
American-British evident sensation, The Last Duel, will be established on the book The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial by Combat in Medieval France by Eric Jager. The film will portray Matt Damon to be in the shoes of Jean de Carrouges, a fourteenth century knight who challenges his squire Jacques Le Gris, played by Adam Driver, to a duel after his better half Jodie Comer claims the latter for raping her.
According to EW, Ben Affleck was at first set to play the knight in opposition to Damon. Nevertheless, the performer then decided to take on a more humble work, getting ready for Driver to sign on. Beside the three recently referenced actors, the film will in like manner star Harriet Walter, Nathaniel Parker, Sam Hazeldine, Michael McElhatton, and Alex Lawther in basic positions.
The looming film, the trailer of which was released on July 20, will be directed by Ridley Scott. The shooting happened in France and Ireland from February to October 2020. Nonetheless, the film moreover enjoyed a reprieve of some time on account of the persistent COVID-19 pandemic. The film was at first booked to have a limited theatrical conveyance in December 2020 going before putting it all out there in January 2021.