Title: The Adjustment Bureau Directed by: George Nolfi Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt and Lisa Thoreson Action movies today often thrive on numerous big-budget stunts and forget about creating developed characters that audiences can relate to. However, the new romance thriller ‘The Adjustment Bureau,’ starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, successfully takes the risky move of forgetting the old stereotypes that comprise the suspense genre to instead focus on its characters. ‘The Adjustment Bureau’ follows New York congressman David Norris (played by Damon), who has long been embraced by the people he represents. However, his political luck is running out while he’s running for the U.S. Senate. On the night…

Anthony Mackie (“The Hurt Locker”) has joined the cast of MRC/Universal’s “The Adjustment Bureau,” alongside Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. George Nolfi is directing from his own script, and is producing along with Chris Moore, Michael Hackett and Bill Carraro. “The Adjustment Bureau” is adapted from a short story by Philip K. Dick, and follow a smooth-talking congressman (Damon) whose political future is thrown in doubt by meeting a mysterious ballerina (Blunt), and the discovery that the world around him is not nearly what it seems. Stay tuned right here at Shockya.com for more on “The Adjustment Bureau”. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety.com)

The Hollywood Reporter says that Universal Pictures has signed on to produce The Adjustment Bureau, which has Matt Damon attached to the lead role. The Bourne Ultimatum writer George Nolfi has written the script for The Adjustment Bureau and will also make his directorial debut with the film. The sci-fi action movie stars Damon as a politician who falls for a ballerina, only to find that mysterious forces are keeping the two apart. The Adjustment Bureau is loosely based on a Philip K. Dick short story. Aside from The Bourne Ultimatum, Damon and Nolfi have worked together before on Ocean’s Twelve, as actor and writer, respectively. He previously wrote the…

Variety says that studios trying to fill 2010 release slates have been given two very good options: an Adam McKay-directed action comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, or a drama starring Matt Damon that will have him working alongside his Bourne Ultimatum screenwriter George Nolfi. The Damon picture, The Adjustment Bureau, is a contemporary science fiction romance film that is loosely based on a Phillip K. Dick short story. Nolfi will be making his directing debut with Bureau, which will begin production by late summer. Nolfi, who most recently worked with Damon on The Bourne Ultimatum, also wrote 2004′s Oceans Twelve, in which Damon also starred. He also wrote…