Damon's 'Adjustment Bureau' Finds a Home

It was being shopped around Hollywoodland last week, and now Matt Damon's The Adjustment Bureau has set up shop at Universal. That's not too surprising, because the studio has enjoyed so much success with Damon as Jason Bourne, and will release his upcoming collaboration with Bourne director Paul Greengrass, the war drama Green Zone later this year. Universal paid dearly for the film, according to Variety. Originally, the project had a $62 million budget and Damon was to command 20% of first dollar gross. It's unclear right now whether or not that's the deal Universal agreed to. Of course, nobody really gets first dollar gross, but the shorthand is this: For every movie ticket sold, Damon gets roughly $2. A $100 million movie sells a little over 10 million tickets. You do the rest of the math. Interestingly, Universal is kind of just renting The Adjustment Bureau. After a period of about 20 years, the copyrights (which includes DVD, if I understand it correctly) would revert back to Media Rights Capital, a production firm that would then co-own those rights with Damon and players to be named later. So, this one will keep paying Jason Bourne forever. As for the story, it's a contemporary sci-fi love story loosely based on the work of Philip K. Dick. Damon "will play a charismatic congressman who seems destined for national political stardom. He meets a beautiful ballet dancer, only to find strange circumstances keeping their sparks from catching fire." Is she a robot? Did I give it away? I have no idea. But I bet she's a robot. ...Or maybe he learns he's a robot. Look for The Adjustment Bureau in theaters next year.