(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Matt Damon finds a new writing partner for his new film "Promised Land."<br/> <br />The Oscar winning screenwriter teamed up with actor John Krasinski to pen a film about a small Pennsylvania town in economic decline fighting to keep corporate outsiders from drilling on their land.<br/> <br />The screenplay is based on a story by author Dave Eggers. Damon and Krasinski wrote the script in between working on separate projects.<br/> <br />"It was great, it was exactly like writing with Ben Affleck actually. It was really fun, really funny, you know, two actors jumping around a room, you know, improvising and occasionally writing down a usable phrase or line," Damon told Reuters.<br/> <br />Damon won an Academy Award for screenwriting with Ben Affleck in 1997 for the movie "Good Will Hunting," and on the red carpet Krasinski joked about taking Affleck's place: "Yes, I am the new Ben Affleck and I will be directing "Argo 2," so let's get it on," he said referring to Affleck's new film Argo which is receiving Oscar buzz.<br/> <br />"Promised Land" will open in New York and Los Angeles on December 28 and will have a wider release in January.
