Matt Damon is in talks to join a new film project called The King of Oil, which is set up through John Krasinski's Sunday Night Productions and Universal Pictures. Krasinski is currently a producer on the film, but there's a chance that he might eventually jump on as the film's director.
The movie is based on the biography of fugitive billionaire commodities trader, Marc Rich, called The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich. If cast, Damon will take on the role of Rich. For those of you not familiar with this guy and his story, here's a little run down from Deadline:
The public will remember Rich from that controversial pardon by President Bill Clinton on his last day in office. Rich was a child of the Holocaust who became the wealthiest and most powerful oil and commodities trader of the century until his 1983 indictments on 65 criminal counts including tax evasion.
The movie is based on the biography of fugitive billionaire commodities trader, Marc Rich, called The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich. If cast, Damon will take on the role of Rich. For those of you not familiar with this guy and his story, here's a little run down from Deadline:
The public will remember Rich from that controversial pardon by President Bill Clinton on his last day in office. Rich was a child of the Holocaust who became the wealthiest and most powerful oil and commodities trader of the century until his 1983 indictments on 65 criminal counts including tax evasion.
- 7/3/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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