
Universal has debuted a behind-the-scenes featurette for
Paul Greengrass-directed
Green Zone starring
Matt Damon.
Greengrass (Bourne Supremacy, United 93, Bourne Ultimatum) directed from the script written by
Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Conspiracy Theory, Mystic River, Man on Fire).
The screenplay is inspired by the book “
Imperial Life in the Emerald City” by
Rajiv Chandrasekaran.
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert.
Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission.
The movie which also stars
Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan, Brendan Gleeson, Jason Isaacs and
Khalid Abdallawhich among others is set for a March 12, 2010 release.