It seems Matt Damon is looking to make his directorial debut, as Deadline reports that Warner has just bought the script Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses by Matthew Aldrich, which Damon is eyeing to both star in and helm.
Not a massive amount is known about the plot, other than focuses on a man who goes on the lam with his daughter, who’s also his accomplice, and they go on a three-state crime spree. The writer describes is as, “The script is not high concept, it’s a smallish, very personal, dark but playful road movie about a father and daughter.”
While Aldrich was worried studio involvement would dilute the core of the film, he sparked to Damon’s involvement, and so the script is now going to Warner. The writer’s agent, Jewerl Ross says, “When one of the biggest movie stars in the world, who also happens to be an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, gets on the phone with your client and offers to protect the writer’s vision and opens his hand to be a creative partner, it’s hard to say no. The money becomes secondary. This script is not the obvious studio movie. There are no explosions. It will require delicate handling. Avoiding years of development hell was our goal.”