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Matt Damon suffered depression making The Great Wall?
Posted 3 years ago
Matt Damon recalls having to go through with The Great Wall even though he knew while filming it would be a bad movie.
The Great Wall
- Theatrical - Wide 2017-02-17
- Cast Willem Dafoe Matt Damon
- Directed by Zhang Yimou
- Written by Edward Zwick Marshall Herskovitz
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Set in 15th century China, THE GREAT WALL is about British warriors who happen upon the hurried construction of the massive wall. As night falls, the warriors realize that the haste in building the wall isn’t just to keep out the... See more Mongols — there is something inhuman and more dangerous.
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The Great Wall: Matt Damon knew Chinese creature feature was ‘a turkey’
Posted 5 years ago
I was surprised when I heard that Matt Damon had signed on to star in a movie like director Zhang Yimou's large-scale creature feature The Great Wall (watch it HERE) – and it sounds like that was a decision Damon...
The Great Wall: Matt Damon knew the film was a disaster while filming it
Posted 5 years ago
Matt Damon has been in his share of hits and critically lauded efforts but even he can admit when something misses the mark. In this case, Damon is looking back at the 2016 medieval epic, The Great Wall. Five years...
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The Great Wall (Movie Review)
Posted 9 years ago
PLOT: Sometime during China’s Song dynasty, two European mercenaries find themselves captured by the Great Wall of China’s steadfast “Nameless Order,” an army of hundreds committed to protecting the wall, and everything beyond, from a horde of ancient creatures. REVIEW:...
Review: The Great Wall
Posted 9 years ago
PLOT: In Song dynasty era China, a roving mercenary (Matt Damon) and his partner (Pedro Pascal) are interrupted in their quest for an elusive black powder by a supernatural attack that ends with them prisoners of a Chinese Military order...
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Matt Damon vs. monsters movie The Great Wall gets another trailer
Posted 9 years ago
Matt Damon vs. monsters. I can't say that's a match-up I ever expected to see, but that's what we're getting in director Zhang Yimou's THE GREAT WALL. As it turns out, when Damon decides to fight monsters he doesn't just take...
There be monsters in new trailer & images for Zhang Yimou’s The Great Wall
Posted 10 years ago
The new trailer for Zhang Yimou's THE GREAT WALL dropped during the NYCC panel today and looks to up the ante on what we saw in the first trailer, this time giving us our first peek at the monsters and...
Zhang Yimou addresses the whitewashing controversy circling The Great Wall
Posted 10 years ago
Zhang Yimou's THE GREAT WALL is the most expensive movie to be shot entirely in China, and part of the reason they were able to throw so much money at the production was because they had a bankable star like...
The Great Wall trailer: Matt Damon goes to war with monsters
Posted 10 years ago
Matt Damon is making his long-awaited return to the Bourne franchise with this weekend's release of JASON BOURNE, so there could be no better time to drop the trailer for his upcoming period piece/action adventure/monster movie epic THE GREAT WALL....
Matt Damon battles monsters in the trailer for The Great Wall
Posted 10 years ago
Starring Matt Damon and directed by Zhang Yimou (HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS), THE GREAT WALL tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure. This marks not only the...
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Matt Damon, Willem Dafoe, and Pedro Pascal set to star in The Great Wall
Posted 11 years ago
Matt Damon typically chooses good roles, but his newest sounds like it could be his biggest yet. We've brought you this news before but now it's official; Matt Damon, Willem Dafoe, and Pedro Pascal have just been confirmed for Legendary’s...
Pedro Pascal joins Matt Damon and Willem Dafoe in The Great Wall
Posted 11 years ago
We initially caught wind of Zhang Yimou’s mystical monster epic THE GREAT WALL last month when both Matt Damon and Willem Dafoe were attached to star, and now we know who will join them in this insane-sounding flick. Joining Damon...
Matt Damon and Willem Dafoe fight beasts in The Great Wall
Posted 11 years ago
It’s nice to see THE GREAT WALL being built up again. An intriguing mix of historical epic and creature feature, the film was first announced back in 2012, when Ed Zwick (The Last Samurai) was attached to direct. Years after...
Willem Dafoe joins Matt Damon in supernatural action pic The Great Wall
Posted 11 years ago
It's been a few years since we've heard anything about THE GREAT WALL, so let me bring you up to speed. The story revolves around that of a group of mercenaries who are traveling to China in an effort to...
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