Scott Z. Burns Articles

Matt Damon, The Bourne Ultimatum The Bourne Legacy director-writer Tony Gilroy mentioned in the previous post (Jeremy Renner/THE BOURNE LEGACY Photo) is the guy The Bourne Identity star Damon dissed (and later more or less apologized for dissing) in an candid interview for GQ magazine. After stating that Gilroy's The Bourne Identity screenplay was perceived to be a turkey before the film's release — and [...]

Directed by Steven Soderbergh (above, lower photo) and written by Scott Z. Burns (from Kurt Eichenwald's book on the true story of executive-turned-whistleblower Mark Whitacre), The Informant! was recently screened out of the competition at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. Matt Damon, who gained about 30 lbs. for the role (and who still looks nothing like Whitacre), stars as the high-ranking executive informant (and embezzler) [...]