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The Oscar winner has signed on to star in the untitled new film from Everything Everywhere All at Once directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, known collectively as the Daniels, stepping into a role that Ryan Gosling recently vacated due to scheduling conflicts and creative differences.
Production is set to begin in Los Angeles this summer, with Universal backing the project. The studio recently shifted the film's release date from June 12, 2027 to November 19 of the same year.
Plot details remain tightly under wraps, but anticipation for the follow-up is enormous. Everything Everywhere All at Once was one of the most celebrated films in recent memory, earning more than $100 million at the global box office and sweeping the 2023 Oscars with seven wins, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh and both Supporting Acting awards for Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Gosling had been attached to the project for some time before departing last month. A multimillion-dollar tax credit locked production to a Los Angeles summer start date that proved incompatible with his schedule, leaving the Daniels and Universal to regroup. They did not have to look far.
Damon was already in business with Universal as the lead of Christopher Nolan's upcoming blockbuster The Odyssey, in which he plays Odysseus opposite Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. That film arrives in theaters in July.
The new casting adds the Daniels to an already staggering list of Oscar-winning directors Damon has worked with, including Nolan, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Soderbergh and the Coen Brothers.
Already an Oscar winner for co-writing Good Will Hunting alongside Ben Affleck, Damon is considered a strong contender for his first acting Oscar nomination for his role in The Odyssey.
