While Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were writing “The Last Duel,” their first screenplay together since their 1997 breakthrough, “Good Will Hunting,” they noticed that something in their winding and usually separate careers had been missing. “I remember my wife said to me one day: ‘I haven’t heard you laugh like that in 15 years,’” says Damon. “We came out of that experience going: Why aren’t we doing this more often?
And getting into your 50s you just go: If we don’t make it a priority, it’s just not going to happen.” READ MORE: ‘Air’ Trailer: Matt Damon And Ben Affleck Change The Face Of Sports With The Air Jordan Now, more than 25 years after they set out to make it in Hollywood — so entwined that they once shared a bank account — Affleck and Damon are once again a team.
Affleck directs and Damon stars in “Air,” the new film about Nike’s courting of Michael Jordan that opens in theaters Wednesday.
That film, an Amazon Studios original being released theatrically by MGM, is only part of their new collaboration. It’s the first release from their new production company, Artists Equity.
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