George Clooney Movie 'The Monuments Men' Coming Soon

George Clooney is producing and directing  an upcoming action-thriller titled "The Monuments Men." The Oscar-winning actor is also starring in the movie, along with an all-star, high-caliber cast including Cate  Blanchett, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman and Jean Dujardin.          

Based on the non-fiction tome by Robert Edsel, "The Monuments Men" will take viewers back to World War II when Western Allies protect heritage sites at risk during the war and recover art treasures from the Nazis.

Clooney who also produced the Oscar-winner "Argo" collaborates with writer/producer Grant Heslov in "The Monuments Men" to film an untold chapter during WWII when a group of men and women from different countries recovered thousands of stolen artworks perpetrated during the war.  The task began with a small group of determined art professionals drafted for war – architects, designers and museum staff who will identify and protect museums, churches and other significant "monuments" from damage.  As the Allies pressed farther into occupied territory, the team had to determine what had been stolen and where it was hidden.

An impossible mission with an unlikely set of platoon trapped within enemy lines, "The Monuments Men" found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture and risk their lives to protect and defend mankind’s greatest achievements.

From 20th Century Fox and to be distributed by Warner Bros., “The Monuments Men” is set to be released in the Philippine in January 2014.