Matt Damon & John Krasinski May Team For The King of Oil

John Krasinski may point Matt Damon in the new drama , The King of Oil . Krasinski , who is arguably best known for his use as Jim Halpert onThe Office , announced himself as a filmmaker to watch earlier in 2018 withA Quiet Place . The taut and worked up thriller pull in widespread praise when it was let go this spring and earned $ 329.8 million at the worldwide box authority . Paramount is lancinate on make a subsequence to the strike smash , andKrasinski will emphatically be involved .

As development begins on aQuiet Placefranchise , all eyes have been on what Krasinski will do next . A few months back , story indicated he wasgoing to produce ( but not lineal ) the sci - fi filmLife on Mars . As for what he ’ll helm in the future , he could have his centre on a fascinating true - story drama .

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According toDeadline , Damon is in early talks to star as fugitive billionaire Marc Rich inThe King of Oil . The motion-picture show falls under Krasinski ’s production banner , Sunday Night Productions , and some believe he could decide to aim . However , at this point , it ’s too early to say if that will be the fount . Joe Shrapnel & Anna Waterhouse are adapting the screenplay from the bookThe mogul of Oil : The Secret biography of Marc Rich .

pull through for an Oscar - nominated turn in 2015’sThe Martian , Damon has arguably tally a number of a snag of late . Several of his recent starring vehicle , includingJason Bourne , Suburbicon , andDownsizingdidn’t leave much of an impression , so he ’s due for a comeback role . Ideally , his part inJames Mangold’sFord vs. Ferrariwill be just that , but regardless of what happens there , Rich should be a compelling part for Damon to portray . For those who do n’t know , he was a Holocaust survivor who became one of the most successful businessmen of the 20th 100 , prior to being hit with 65 criminal tally in 1983 . Former U.S. President Bill Clinton pardoned Rich on his last day in office . The biography on which the moving-picture show is found was n’t afraid to get into some of the distasteful aspects of Rich ’s liveliness , so hopefully Krasinski can do something similarly interesting with the material .

Should this descend to go along , Damon and Krasinski will be hoping for results akin to the last time they collaborated , which was as producers onManchester by the Sea . That dramatic play , helm by Kenneth Longergan , was one of 2016 ’s most acclaimed offerings , pull in six Academy Award nominations ( it won Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay ) . On - newspaper publisher , The King of Oilcertainly has the potential drop to be an Oscar contender , but that ’ll all depend on the execution . motion-picture fan may recall Krasinski and Damon co - wrotePromised Land , and that film came up scant of its aspirations .