Matt Damon News
20th Century Fox's The Martian, which starred Academy Award-winner Matt Damon (Jason Bourne) in the lead, was one of the biggest critical and commercial successes of 2015. The film earned seven Academy Award nominations, including nominations for Best Picture & Best Actor, and three Golden Globe nominations, which resulted in two wins.
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- Entertainment Weekly: 'The Martian' extended cut has 10 minutes of extra footage
The latest Honest Trailer from the folks at Screen Junkies focuses on the movie The Martian. In it Matt Damon plays an astronaut that gets left behind Home Alone style on Mars and must use all his knowledge (and some he shouldn’t have) to survive just in case someone comes back for him. The trailer below reminds us just how often Damon needs rescuing… Click here to view the embedded video. The Martian Honest Trailer – How Often Does Matt Damon Need Rescuing?
- Hollywood Reporter: CES: 'The Martian' Becomes Fastest-Selling Live Action Digital HD Title With One Million Copies Sold
- Variety: ‘The Martian’ Becomes Quickest-Selling Live Action Digital HD Title Ever
- The Playlist: Listen: 1.5 Hour Podcast With Drew Goddard On ‘The Martian,’ Villains, & Steven Spielberg's ‘Robopocalypse’
One of the favorites of critics and audiences alike in 2015 was The Martian, starring Matt Damon. The movie hits Blu-ray and DVD next week, so there’s no better time for the Honest Trailer to skewer the space survival story that makes us spend even more money to rescue Matt Damon from space (which has happened a little more often than you may remember).
- Vulture: The Martian’s Honest Trailer: Here’s Another ‘Save Matt Damon’ Movie; This One’s Just Overly Complicated and Set in Space
- HitFix: Honest Trailers can't believe Matt Damon has to be rescued AGAIN in 'The Martian'
- Entertainment Weekly: 'The Martian' honest trailer: Matt Damon always needs rescuing
- Comic Book Movie: Matt Damon's THE MARTIAN Receives An Honest Trailer
- Hollywood Reporter: Matt Damon on Best Actor Oscar Odds: "There are Other Performances I Would Give it To"
- The Playlist: Watch: Honest Trailer For 'The Martian,' Where NASA Is Suddenly Super Popular And Fully Funded
- Variety: ‘The Martian,’ ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Take Writers Guild Nominations
- We Got This Covered: CONTEST: Win The Martian Blu-Ray
Hey, James Bond! Are you out there, Katniss Everdeen? How about the “Star Wars” gang? The box office could use your help, in a hurry.
With Sandra Bullock‘s “Our Brand Is Crisis” and Bradley Cooper‘s “Burnt” fizzling for the two stars’ worst wide openings ever, Matt Damon and “The Martian” claimed their fourth No. 1 finish at the weekend box office with $11.4 million for Fox.
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- Variety: Box Office: Sandra Bullock’s ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ Heading for Dismal Debut of $3.5 Million
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- The Wrap: Bradley Cooper’s ‘Burnt’ Cooks Up $250,000 at Thursday Box Office
- HitFix: The Snap: Our brand is Sandra Bullock
- Filmonic: The Final Trailer for Burnt Starring Bradley Cooper
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- Filmonic: Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton in Our Brand is Crisis
- MovieWeb: Sandra Bullock to Lead 'Ocean's Eleven' All-Female Reboot
- Latino Review: Talking 'Burnt' With Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller
- Entertainment Weekly: Sandra Bullock on playing 'a female Karl Rove' in 'Our Brand is Crisis'
- Variety: Digital Tracking: ‘The Martian’ Continues Box Office Ascent, Topping ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’
- Thompson on Hollywood: Best of the Week: Scorsese's $70 Million Short, Ranking Pixar, Oscar Chances for 'The Martian,' Box Office Massacre, More
- The Wrap: ‘The Martian’ Dominates New Releases on Social Media 4 Weeks After Stellar Box Office Debut
Four new movies are hitting theaters this weekend, but none are coming close to generating the same amount of social media buzz “The Martian” continues to deliver four weeks after its stellar $54.3 million box office debut.
Just this week, the film about stranded astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) was mentioned in 55,623 tweets.
- Variety: Digital Tracking: ‘The Martian’ Continues Box Office Ascent, Topping ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’
- Thompson on Hollywood: Best of the Week: Scorsese's $70 Million Short, Ranking Pixar, Oscar Chances for 'The Martian,' Box Office Massacre, More
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- Variety: Box Office: ‘Burnt,’ ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ Fizzle Over Slow Holiday Weekend
- The Wrap: Bradley Cooper’s ‘Burnt’ Cooks Up $250,000 at Thursday Box Office
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. Millions of miles away, NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring “the Martian” home, while his crewmates concurrently plot a daring, if not impossible rescue mission.
- Screen Crush: 'The Martian' Deleted Scene Features Matt Damon Doing More Science Things
- AintItCool: Copernicus has a full SCIENCE VS. CINEMA match-up with THE MARTIAN
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Pan’ Falls Short as ‘The Martian’ Orbits $37 Million Weekend
- Hollywood Reporter: Box Office: 'Pan' Bombs With $15.5M Debut; 'The Martian' Still No. 1
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Pan’ Flops With $15.5 Million, ‘The Martian’ Keeps Top Spot
- USA Today: 'Pan' flops, 'Martian' nabs No. 1 again
- Moviefone: Weekend Box Office: 'Pan' Lacks Magic; 'The Martian' Soars
- Cinema Blend: Weekend Box Office: Pan Fails To Fly As The Martian Makes Second Orbit At Number One
- MTV Movies Blog: One Person Who Doesn’t Think ‘The Martian’ Was Whitewashed? The Author
- The Wrap: ‘Pan’ Peters Out, ‘The Walk’ Wobbles as ‘The Martian’ Repeats at Box Office
- Screen Crush: Weekend Box Office Report: 'Pan' Fails to Take Flight While 'The Martian' Soars Again
If you haven’t seen The Martian yet, what are you waiting for? Ridley Scott‘s thrilling, hilarious tribute to science, hope, and human cooperation is the best kind of crowd-pleaser. It never sacrifices brains for heart and, somehow, manages to have plenty of both. A smash hit with audiences, critics, and at the box office, the film has even managed to enter the Oscar discussion. You know a movie is hitting the right notes when a deleted scene hits the internet only one week after opening. You want more?
- The Wrap: Matt Damon Mocks Fellow Astronauts in ‘The Martian’ Deleted Scene (Video)
- Cinema Blend: Deleted Inside Out Scene Shows A Very Different Side Of This Popular Character
- Hollywood Reporter: 'Martian' Criticized by Advocacy Group for Changing Asian-American Characters' Races
- Variety: ‘The Martian’ Slammed Over ‘White-Washing’ Asian-American Roles
- Entertainment Weekly: Box office preview: 'The Martian' to best 'Pan,' 'The Walk'
- The Wrap: Ridley Scott’s ‘The Martian’ Blasted for Changing Characters’ Races
- Filmonic: International Box Office: The Martian Orbites Past $100 Million
- Entertainment Weekly: Advocacy group criticizes 'The Martian' for changing Asian-American characters
Why are people always risking their lives to save Matt Damon?
Okay, perhaps always is a bit much, but in Saving Private Ryan, a unit of brave G.I.s who barely survived the storming of Normandy in 1944 had to sacrifice their lives to rescue one average man whose brothers had been...
- Cinema Blend: Hurricane Joaquin May Cost The Martian A Lot Of Money
- Variety: Box Office: Matt Damon’s ‘The Martian’ Blasting Off with $50 Million
- Vulture: Oscar Futures: Does The Martian Have a Real Shot at Best Picture?
- Digital Spy: See 3 soldiers brilliantly blag their way into London premiere of Ridley Scott's The Martian
- Variety: Digital Tracking: Ridley Scott’s ‘The Martian’ Launches at No. 1
- Deadline: ‘The Martian’ Review: Matt Damon Proves There Is Life On Mars In This Sci-Fi Gem
- Variety: ‘The Martian,’ ‘The Walk’ Give Oscar Voters Feel-Good Options
- Chud: Movie Curiosities: The Martian
- Variety: Box Office: ‘The Martian’ Rockets to $18 Million Opening Day
- JoBlo: Review: The Martian
- The Wrap: Matt Damon’s ‘The Martian’ Blasts Off With $2.5 Million at Thursday Night Box Office
- Film School Rejects: 10 Movies To Watch After You See The Martian
- HitFix: The Cranks: Hot Taking Taylor Swift, The Martian and the Muppets
- FirstShowing.net: Sound Off: Ridley Scott's 'The Martian' with Matt Damon - Thoughts?
- The Wrap: Neil deGrasse Tyson Tweets Review of Matt Damon’s ‘The Martian': Geek Gold, Total Fantasy
- HitFix: The Best and Worst of "The Martian"
- Entertainment Weekly: Neil deGrasse Tyson weighs in on 'The Martian'
- The Wrap: Matt Damon’s ‘The Martian’ Blasts Off With ‘Gravity’-Defying $18 Million at Box Office
Matt Damon‘s “The Martian” launched at the box office on Thursday with $2.5 million, placing it on track for an estimated $45 to $60 million dollar opening weekend.
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- Deadline: ‘The Martian’ Blasts Off Thursday Night With $2.5M; ‘The Walk’ Slips – Box Office
- We Got This Covered: The Martian Kicks Off Box Office Run With $2.5 Million On Thursday Night
- Variety: Box Office: ‘The Martian’ Lands With $2.5 Million on Thursday
- Hollywood Reporter: Box Office: 'The Martian' Soars to $2.5 Million Thursday
- Denver Post: "The Martian" movie review: Ridley Scott, Matt Damon create charming epic
- Denver Post: "The Martian" movie review: Ridley Scott, Matt Damon create charming epic
- Cinema Blend: The Martian Gets Off To A Red-Hot Start At The Box Office
- The Wrap: Matt Damon’s ‘The Martian’ Skyrockets on Twitter After News of Mars Discovery
- Entertainment Weekly: Box office preview: 'The Martian' eyes a stellar debut
- Entertainment Weekly: Why Matt Damon wanted to do 'The Martian'
- Cinema Blend: Why Bourne 6 Isn't Guaranteed, According To Matt Damon
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- Digital Spy: Matt Damon says it was painful to be Ben Affleck's friend when he dated Jennifer Lopez
- Twitch: The Many Faces Of Matt Damon
- Vulture: The Martian Soars
- Variety: ‘The Martian’ Rockets to the Top as Week’s Number One TV Ad Spend
- AintItCool: Capone says the emphasis on ingenuity and intelligence makes THE MARTIAN one of the year's best
- MovieWeb: 'The Martian' Review: A Rousing and Funny Space Adventure
- BoxOfficeMojo: Analysis: Forecast: Can 'The Martian' Top 'Gravity's October Record?
- Entertainment Weekly: 'The Martian' stars reveal Ridley Scott's 'nurturing' side
- JoBlo: Review: The Martian
In the early 1970s, I remember teachers passing out children’s current-events newspaper the Weekly Reader, with its articles that promised great domed cities on the bottom on the ocean and on the surface of the moon.
- JoBlo: Exclusive Interviews with The Martian's Matt Damon & Ridley Scott!
- The Wrap: Matt Damon’s ‘The Martian’ Set to Rocket to $45 Million Debut
- Entertainment Weekly: Ridley Scott on 'The Martian': 'The optimism of the story is the fun'
- The Wrap: Matt Damon’s ‘The Martian’ Latest Movie to Challenge the Curse of Red Planet
- Digital Spy: Matt Damon clarifies his comments on gay actors: "Actors are more effective when they're a mystery"
- Hollywood Reporter: Watch Matt Damon Act Out His Entire Career With James Corden in Under Eight Minutes
- Vulture: Watch Matt Damon Relive All His Big Movie Roles With James Corden
- Hollywood Reporter: Matt Damon, George Clooney Share Stories at Jerry Weintraub's Memorial
- Digital Spy: James Corden as George Clooney? Watch Matt Damon recreate Ocean's Eleven on The Late Late Show
- Digital Spy: Is The Martian Ridley Scott's best movie since Gladiator? Here's what the critics are saying
- Cinema Blend: Watch Matt Damon Reenact His Entire Film Career In 8 Minutes
- Coming Soon: Matt Damon Acts Out His Film Career with James Corden
- Hollywood Reporter: 'The Martian's' Matt Damon Talks 'Bourne' Return, Politics and PC Flubs: "Oh My God, I Look Like an Asshole"
- MovieWeb: Watch Matt Damon & Jimmy Kimmel Settle Their Feud in Couples Therapy
- JoBlo: Matt Damon talks about his Whitey Bulger biopic that never was
- Comic Book Movie: Ridley Scott Reveals Major ALIEN: PARADISE LOST Details And Teases BLADE RUNNER Sequel
- The Playlist: Ridley Scott Says He's Got Final Cut On 'Blade Runner 2', Teases More Sequels
- MovieWeb: Ridley Scott Talks 'Blade Runner 2', More Sequels & Harrison Ford
- JoBlo: Ridley Scott talks Blade Runner 2, Replicants, and Prometheus sequels
- Empire Magazine: Ridley Scott Offers More Blade Runner 2 Details
- ScreenRant: Ridley Scott Reveals Blade Runner 2 Details
- Latino Review: Ridley Scott Talks 'Blade Runner' Sequels
- Total Film: Ridley Scott reveals (some) plot info for Alien: Paradise Lost, explains the name
- Bleeding Cool: Ridley Scott Offers Blade Runner Sequel Details; Suggests More On The Way
- Screen Crush: Matt Damon and Tom Hardy's Comments About Sexuality Are Harming LGBT Diversity in Hollywood
- Hollywood Reporter: Box-Office Preview: 'Martian' Set to Rocket to No. 1; 'The Walk' Opens in Imax
- Hollywood Reporter: How NASA Kept Things Real With 'The Martian'
- IndieWire: Why 'The Martian' Screenwriter Drew Goddard Refuses to Be Influenced by Internet Chatter (Even the Good Kind)
- MTV Movies Blog: Were ‘The Martian’ Filmmakers Worried When ‘Gravity’ Hit The Scene?
- Film School Rejects: The Martian Believes It Can Be Done
- HitFix: A Review of 'The Martian' and SHAME
- JoBlo: Awfully Good: John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars + My Favorite Martian (Video)
