Matt Damon to Possibly star in and Direct FATHER DAUGHTER TIME

Warner Bros. is going to acquire the the rights to a spec from Matthew Aldrich called Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses. The studio will pick up the spec for a $500,000 against $800,000 deal which is in the process of being finalized. 

It's also being reported that Matt Damon will end up joining the film as it's star and will possibly end up directing it. So this could be Damon's first directing gig. He will produce the project as well through his WB-based company Pearl Street, with partner Ben Affleck.

The story focuses on a man who goes on the lam with his daughter, his accomplice on a three-state crime spree.

The writer of the spec script, Matthew Aldrich, had this to say in a statement regarding the script,

Specs are turning out to be a pretty good business model. But the idea wasn't to make a deal, it was to make a movie. The script is not high concept, it's a smallish, very personal, dark but playful road movie about a father and daughter.

He went on to talk about Damon's involvement saying, 

When one of the biggest movie stars in the world, who also happens to be an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, gets on the phone with your client and offers to protect the writer's vision and opens his hand to be a creative partner, it's hard to say no. The money becomes secondary. This script is not the obvious studio movie. There are no explosions. It will require delicate handling. Avoiding years of development hell was our goal.

There really isn't much to go off of on the short description we have, but it sounds like it will be a strong character focused film, that the creative team is very passionate about, which tells me this could end up being a solidly good film.