The first trailer for Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon’s third collaboration has been released. Green Zone is about a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region. It appears to be much more action oriented than I expected. I figured this would be more along the lines of Body of Lies with less personal action and more behind-the-scenes planning and coordinating. The film is based on journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s book Imperial Life in the Emerald City, based on his experiences in the Iraqi Green Zone, though after this trailer it seems it was used more for the background info than the actual scenario.
Brian Helgeland wrote the script. Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Jason Isaacs, Khalid Abdalla and Martin McDougall also star.
Green Zone hits theaters on March 12th, 2010.
