MATT DAMON - DAMON RETEAMS WITH CLOONEY FOR SYRIANA

MATT DAMON can't get away from pal GEORGE CLOONEY - after filming OCEAN'S TWELVE with the movie star, Damon will reteam with him in political thriller SYRIANA.

Damon will play a businessman representing a Middle Eastern country's oil interests, opposite Clooney's CIA agent.

The film, which will be produced by Clooney's SECTION EIGHT company, is an adaptation of ROBERT BAER's book SEE NO EVIL: THE TRUE STORY OF A FOOT SOLDIER IN THE CIA'S WAR ON TERRORISM.