Overview
- Reports this week, first published Wednesday, say Matt Damon is in talks to play the father of one of the teen protagonists in the Daniels’ untitled Universal film, though Universal and Damon have not confirmed a deal.
- The production is expected to start in Los Angeles this summer to meet a California Film Commission tax‑credit window that awarded the project $20.8 million on $106 million of qualified spend.
- Ryan Gosling had been attached but left after scheduling conflicts and requests to expand his role would have required script rewrites that the tax‑credit timetable could not accommodate.
- Early plot details reported by The Hollywood Reporter describe a story about global warming, time travel and a possible superhero element that plays across two timelines — the 1980s and the present — with teenage protagonists in the earlier timeline.
- The Daniels and producer Jonathan Wang will make the film through their Playgrounds deal with Universal, the studio has dated the picture for November 19, 2027, and a roughly $150 million budget has circulated but remains unconfirmed.