The new film by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon is the closest thing to a sequel to Good Will Hunting.

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Affleck and Damon reunite in “Killing Gawker,” giving them the best chance of a sequel to “Good Will Hunting.”
Damon and Affleck were created by Good Will Hunting and will now star in the new legal drama “Hulk Hogan.”
The duo abandoned the idea for “Good Will Hunting 2” and opted for new collaborations such as “Killing Gawker” and “RIP”.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s new film is the closest thing they’ve ever made to a true classic. Hunting for good will Sequel. Affleck and Damon, who had their big break in Hollywood with the lead role and screenplay of the 1997 coming-of-age classic, are working together again with Hunting for good will Director Gus van Sant in the upcoming film Killing Gawker. Damon and Affleck won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplaywhich remains Damon’s only Oscar to date, although Affleck also won for his 2013 Best Picture award ArgoVan Sant was nominated for an Oscar for Best Director for Hunting for good will And milk (2008).

Surprisingly, Affleck and Damon have only written one other screenplay together, after that Hunting for good will. Damon has only written scripts for three other filmsincluding Gerry (2002) and Promised Land (2012). Affleck, on the other hand, wrote the screenplays for Away, baby, away (2007), The city (2010) and Live at night (2016). Van Sant has not written a screenplay since 2018 Don’t worry, he won’t get far on foot with Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara and Jonah Hill. The new work by Affleck, Damon and Van Sant, however, comes from Oscar-winning screenwriter Charles Randolph of The big short film And bomb Recognition.

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Damon and Affleck will star in their first film since 2023. Air with Gus van Sants Kill GawkersAlthough at first glance some people see the connection to Hulk Hogan with Kill Gawkers as a wrestling film like 2023 The Iron Claw, Kill Gawkers is actually a kind of legal drama with Hulk HoganPayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and the formerly popular news website Gawker. In addition, Damon and Affleck are working on another collaboration called REST IN PEACEan action comedy. Affleck also produced Damon’s latest heist comedy The instigators with a star performance by the Oscar winner and Hunting for good will Alumnus Casey Affleck.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, “In November 2016, Gawker Media agreed to pay $31 million to Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, to settle the famous wrestler’s sex tape lawsuit, which the company had filed for releasing a snippet of the footage. The case centered on a 2012 article that included portions of the video filmed six years earlier, and led to the shutdown of Gawker’s website. Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech entrepreneur and co-founder of PayPal, helped finance Hogan’s lawsuit and is said to be a key figure in the film..” It was also reported that Affleck is being considered for the role of Hulk Hogan.

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Damon and Affleck have no interest in a legitimate sequel

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Damon and Affleck only confirmed in 2023 that they had been offered a legitimate sequel Hunting for good willwhich both actors quickly turned down. The last time Damon and Affleck portrayed their characters Will Hunting and Chuckie Sullivan in a film was actually in a comedic segment of 2001s Jay and Silent Bob strike back as a favor to director Kevin Smithwhich is a joke in the film itself. Smith was originally one of the filmmakers who wanted to direct Damon and Affleck Hunting for good will before Van Sant took over the reins.

Van Sant even appears in the Jay and Silent Bob strike back a little while watching a scene in the fictional Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season. A Hunting for good will A television series was reportedly in development as early as 2013, but it never came to fruition and most likely never will. While a Hunting for good will While a sequel may sound tempting, the film would seriously compromise the integrity of the original film and would be missing one of, if not the, most compelling and profound characters in Robin Williams’ Sean Maguire. Ultimately, Damon and Affleck were smart enough to Good Will Hunting 2 Ideas outside of Smith’s comedic parody.

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Damon and Affleck have proven with 2023, Air The Your screen partnership is still reliable and in demand. While the two have undoubtedly had success in Hollywood on their own, the prospect of them teaming up in the future, especially with Van Sant at the helm, is very encouraging. It is also a relief that they want to challenge themselves with new material and not rely too heavily on their past successes, which Good Will Hunting 2 would inevitably have come across like this. Damon and Affleck still have a lot of juice in the tank, which raises the expectations for Kill Gawkers already sky high.