The trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s new project, The Informant! is online.

The film is based on the 2000 non fiction book The Informant by journalist Kurt Eichanwald and tells the real-life story of Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), a whistle-blowing executive who informed on the dirty tricks of the agricultural company he worked for. The case was unusual, what with Whitacre having manic depression and the numerous twists and turns, so it’s easy to see the film prospect in it.

It’s interesting to see Soderbergh, a man whose work I watch from the sidelines with little actual interest, tackle this story as a comedy. He’s even added an exclamation mark to the book’s title. However the press notes describe it as a ‘dark comedy/thriller’ so I wonder whether the tone of the film itself will be different.

Nonetheless I love this trailer. Unusual and amusing.