Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Ridley Scott to group for The Final Duel: Report
Regardless of having a present that was actually about getting scripts made into films, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon haven’t had a collaborative screenplay produced collectively since 1997’s Oscar-winning Good Will Looking. Over twenty years later, it seems like that’s lastly about to alter. The duo are reportedly working with Nicole Holofcener (Sufficient Stated) on an adaptation of Eric Jager’s novel The Final Duel — and Ridley Scott is in line to direct.
Deadline is reporting that the challenge is shifting swiftly at Disney, who picked up the rights to the guide within the 21st Century Fox merger. Nevertheless, the studio gained’t be giving the official greenlight till there’s a completed script. With Damon and Affleck additionally trying to co-star, although, it could appear too engaging a prospect to move up.
What might give the studio pause is the content material of the plot, which can not align too effectively with Disney’s MO. The total title of Jager’s guide is The Final Duel: A True Story of Trial by Fight in Medieval France, and the circumstances of the particular 14th century duel are fairly intense.
The story facilities round Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight who returns from battle to accuse his squire, Jacques Le Gris, of raping his spouse. (Affleck and Damon would play the 2 fundamental figures, although it’s unknown which actor would take which function.) When a Depend fingers down a ruling that favors Le Gris, Carrouges appeals to King Charles VI. The King decides the 2 will duel to the loss of life, with the survivor being a sign of God’s will; if Carrouges loses, his spouse may even be burned on the stake as punishment for falsely accusing Le Gris.
Yikes. Clearly it’s a superb factor this was France’s final judicially sanctioned trial by fight.
Not solely would The Final Duel discover an Affleck-Damon script made for the primary time in 22 years, it could reunite the latter along with his The Martian director, Scott. Kevin Walsh, who’s producing with Scott, additionally labored with Damon on Manchester by the Sea. Affleck and Damon may even produce below their Pearl Road banner.
