In the last decade Scorsese found Leo, Soderbergh found Clooney and now Paul Greengrass is sticking to Matt Damon. With the third and final Bourne film due out this summer, it looks like the pair might find themselves working together again in a more political film under the Universal Pictures banner.
Imperial Life in the Emerald City would play a composite character based on figures in the adpatation. This one appears to be a popcorn film with a Syriana-type consciousness. Based on Rajiv Chandrasekaran's book this is drawn from his own experiences as Baghdad bureau chief of the Washington Post, deals with the chaotic attempts of the Americans to set up a provisional government in the area around Saddam's palace. When Greengrass wasn’t busy making Bourne films he was after all, responsible for Bloody Sunday and United 93.
