Ridley Scott Will Direct Matt Damon And Ben Affleck In 'The Last Duel'

(Variety) “Ridley Scott looks to have his next directing job, as he has signed on to direct “The Last Duel” with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck attached to star.

Damon, Affleck and Nicole Holofcener penned the script with Scott, Damon and Affleck all producing along with Scott’s producing partner Kevin Walsh. The project has been set up at Fox for some time, and it’s still unknown if Disney will keep it or if it will be shopped elsewhere.

The pic is set in 14th century France and follows a man who goes to war and returns to discover a friend of his has raped the his wife. No one will believe the woman, and the soldier appeals to the king of France and says he wants to fight a duel to the death to decide the man’s fate, becoming the last legally sanctioned duel in France.”

I’m a big time Ridley Scott guy. ‘Gladiator’, ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner’ are all among some of my personal favorite movies, so this excites me a ton. He’s obviously had some misses too, but they all can’t be winners. Actually, a  great example of this is Ben Affleck’s career. He really bottomed out in the early-mid 2000’s before re-hitting his stride again with ‘Argo’, ‘Gone Girl’ and ‘The Town’. Reuniting Affleck and Damon (STARRING for the first time on-screen since ‘Good Will Hunting’, which seems impossible to me), is also a very appealing prospect, especially considering Scott and Damon’s last project together, ‘The Martian’, was an awesome movie. The actually concept of the plot is a biiiiiiit dark for my taste. Obviously the entire movie is going to be built around the climax of the duel, so the question will be whether or not they can build a compelling story around it. Hamilton and Rob Roy could, so why not Ridley Scott & Co?

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