Matt Damon is to start in Steven Soderberghs
The Informant, says
Variety. Soderbergh last worked with the actor in
Ocean's Eleven.
The project, being developed for Warner Bros. studios, is an adaptation based on a book by New York Times investigative reporter Kurt Eichenwald.
It centers around the story of Mark Whitacre, a high-level mole at the self-declared "supermarket to the world," Archer Daniels Midland. Whitacre wore an FBI wire for more than two years to uncover a major price-fixing scam with ADM's Japanese competitors that brought the company millions of dollars in profit. ADM pled guilty in 1996 and paid a $100 million fine.
It is unclear when the picture will start shooting, as Soderbergh is expected to first direct
Ocean's Twelve in March 2004.