Warner Bros. Pictures has released the trailer for “The Informant,” Steven Soderbergh‘s new film, starring Matt Damon, Frank Welker, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula, Patton Oswalt, Tony Hale, Thomas F. Wilson, Joel McHale, and Eddie Jemison.
In the movie, the US government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), who is the highest-level whistle-blower the FBI ever managed to flip. The film is based on Kurt Eichenwald’s 2000 best-seller “The Informant: A True Story.”
The film is made based on a nonfiction thriller book written by journalist Kurt Eichenwald. Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum) penned the screenplay.
“The Informant” is scheduled to open on October 9th, 2009, after debuting at the Toronto Film Festival.
