Green Zone

[Dark Donnie]

The pics surprised me, i was expecting him in a suit walking around corridors for 2 hours.

haha, I thought the same thing. It could be a flashback or something..

 

[Gotham]

The pics surprised me, i was expecting him in a suit walking around corridors for 2 hours.

You and I think alike, then.

 

[Hunter Rider]

What Happens When The U.S. Military Won't Help Greengrass Shoot A Movie??



Merrick here...

The Moroccan Filmmaker sent in this note about & some images from the filming of Paul Greengrass' GREEN ZONE, which should hit theaters next year.


It's based on the book Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran (available HERE) and is about the U.S. occupation of Iraq. It's being adapted by Brian Helgeland (writer and/or director of PAYBACK & A KNIGHT'S TALE), and stars Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs and Greg Kinnear.


Here's The Moroccan Filmmaker's note, followed by images.

I stumbled this Sunday on the shoot of Paul
Greengrass's film 'Green Zone' in my hometown,
Mohammedia. I managed to take some quick pics although
it was not allowed and i talked to some English
members of the crew. The film is based on Rajiv
Chandrasekaran's book 'Imperial Life in the Emerald
City' who was the former Baghdad (Iraq) Bureau Chief
of the Washington Post.
The American Army refused to help the making of this
film because of its critical stance towards the
occupation of Iraq. So i was told that all the army
equipment used in this film belongs to the Moroccan
army, and that there will be also some CGI work done
for material that the Moroccan army doesn't have.
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THE FIRST THREE IMAGES CAN BE EMBIGGENED!!!

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22852

 

[Hunter Rider]

Reader Review: Paul Greengrass’s Green Zone

 

[Aesop Rocks]

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/10/27/must-watch-green-zone-movie-trailer/

One of the movies I’ve been increasingly curious about in the last year has been Green Zone, the Paul Greengrass-directed semi-adaptation of Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s book Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone. Universal has just released the first trailer. Check it out and let us know what you think of the latest political actioner from the guy behind United 93, Bloody Sunday and the last two Bourne movies.
Yahoo has the trailer debut. After watching the trailer a couple of times, what I’ll say is this: I hope the film is a lot less conventional than this pitch makes it appear. What I’m seeing here is a fairly serious political action movie sold in a Bourne manner to appeal to the widest possible audience.
Which isn’t really a surprise, as there has been concern in some quarters that Universal didn’t have the greatest confidence in the film. It was pushed from this fall to March of next year, though in a weak business year for Universal, like 2009 has been, that makes sense. Because Green Zone is a $100m Iraq movie, and no Iraq movie has done that well with audiences. But star Matt Damon is behind it, while recognizing that it isn’t the easiest sell:

"It’s great, I’ve seen it. They’re finishing some of the effects, and it’ll be ready for March. We got a $100m Iraq movie, so we’ll see! I do have high hopes for it, though. I think it’s really good. I know the Iraq movies haven’t been particularly popular so far, but hopefully this will find an audience. It’s a thriller, really, set against the canvas of Iraq in 2003".
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Regardless of my less than ecstatic feelings for this trailer, there aren’t many mainstream American filmmakers in whom I have more confidence and interest than Greengrass. He hasn’t made a bad film yet, and United 93 was all the things a 9/11 film needed to be: powerful, tasteful and full of insight. If anyone can knock this one out of the park, it’s him.

I knew the second I saw Matt Damon in this I was going to be seeing it. That and the trailer looks awesome.

 

[DocHoliday]

I have been waiting for news on this film for ages. It does look good.

 

[Bunker]

Love me some Greengrass and Damon. This is pretty much on the top of my list for 2009 movies I can't wait to see.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Wow, people could easily mistake the opening of this trailer for Bourne 4.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

^It does look alot like a Bourne movie.

 

[Doctor Jones]

It does. Pretty much Bourne in Iraq.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Looks pretty good

 

[The Chris]

Damon and Greengrass huh? Yep, I'm there.

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

I hope this actually does well. I like Damon in these type of roles

 

[CELTICPRED]

Awesome trailer.

And a great cast. Amy Ryan.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

It's good to see Amy Ryan. She was good in Gone Baby Gone, The Changling and I really enjoyed her on The Office.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

The trailer looks great. Love Amy Ryan, but I'm still not sure this will dodge the recent war movie curse at the box office.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

If it does, it's because it looks like Bourne 4.

 

[Octoberist]

with this, The Informer and Invictus, Matt Damon's on a roll. Is it me, or does he not get enough love from the fanboys? Maybe if he dons some superhero tights he will...

 

[Aesop Rocks]

with this, The Informer and Invictus, Matt Damon's on a roll. Is it me, or does he not get enough love from the fanboys? Maybe if he dons some superhero tights he will...

A lil certain pair of tights [BLACKOUT]with a shield.[/BLACKOUT]

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

with this, The Informer and Invictus, Matt Damon's on a roll. Is it me, or does he not get enough love from the fanboys? Maybe if he dons some superhero tights he will...

I love Matt Damon.

 

[Dark Helmet]

with this, The Informer and Invictus, Matt Damon's on a roll. Is it me, or does he not get enough love from the fanboys? Maybe if he dons some superhero tights he will...

That war he had with Jimmy Kimmel made him kick ass

 

[DocHoliday]

It's good to see Amy Ryan. She was good in Gone Baby Gone, The Changling and I really enjoyed her on The Office.

Let's not leave The Wire out

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Let's not leave The Wire out

Never seen it.

 

[DocHoliday]

Never seen it.

You should. You won't regret it...