At this point in time, Matt Damon is at a place in his career as an actor where he can do anything he wants, so it was somewhat surprising to learn he was finally returning to writing for the first time since winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Good Will Hunting with plans to direct that movie. His partner in that journey was John Krasinski, best known for playing Jim on "The Office" but who had already written and directed his first movie Brief Interviews with Hideous Men , based on the late David Foster Wallace's book. Together, they wrote Promised Land , a film that follows a corporate salesman named Steve Butler (played by Damon) who visits a small town trying to get the farmers to lease their land for his company to drill for natural gas. He's partnered with...
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