The King of Oil is based on the autobiography The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich, written by Daniel Ammann.
Deadline is reporting that Academy Award winner Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting, The Martian) is currently in negotiations to star in The King of Oil, produced by John Krasinski’s (A Quiet Place, Jack Ryan) Sunday Night Productions banner for Universal Pictures.
The project would reunite Damon and Krasinski who previously worked together on Manchester By the Sea and Promised Land.
The three-time Emmy nominated Krasinski recently directed, co-wrote, and starred in the massive horror hit A Quiet Place and will play Jack Ryan in Amazon’s upcoming series, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.