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'The Bourne Legacy' (2012) sequel greenlit by Universal

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A fourth Jason Bourne film greenlit by Universal Pictures.

Per THR, both previous screenplays for a fourth Bourne film have been canned and Gilroy will be working from scratch with a targeted 2012 release date.
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“Bourne Legacy” is a book written by Eric Lustbader in Ludlum’s “Bourne” book series, but the film will not be based on this book.
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The Bourne Legacy, which we can safely assume is the final name at this point, is a sequel to The Bourne Ultimatum and not a reboot
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http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Frank-Marshall-Updates-on-Indiana-Jones-5-and-The-Bourne-Legacy/6892

Tony Gilroy Writing 'The Bourne Legacy'
Gilroy penned The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum.
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All indications are that Matt Damon will not reprise his role as Jason Bourne, having stated on record that he will not return unless director Paul Greengrass follows up helming the last two Bourne films with a new outing.

Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley are back to produce "Bourne Legacy" alongside Captivate Entertainment's Jeffrey Weiner and Ben Smith.
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Universal is aiming for 2012 release.
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http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/06/bourne-goes-back-to-basics.html


a 2-year old TrekBBS thread:
Universal moving forward with fourth "Bourne"
 
What a stupid movie to destroy any bit of the franchise that might be left.

I'll make sure to ignore it.
 
Why and how so?

Gilroy wrote all the other Bourne films. And Greengrass said he's not returning, and Damon said if Greengrass isn't, neither is he. What are they supposed to do?

I think, however, that if Gilroy turns out a great piece of work, Greengrass and Damon will return.

I'm willing to bet, actually, that if Gilroy's script is great, the studio will give him the director's reins, and with Greengrass's blessing, Damon will do it. You heard it here, first. ;)
 
Not based on the book they're taking the title from? No way! The Bourne sequels have been so faithful to the books so far! :lol:
 
It's a Bourne sequel...without Matt Damon? Yeah, right. He'll be back, or this will sink faster than...something, er, fast.
 
Maybe they can pull a Bond.

After the bomb that was Green Zone though, I wonder if they shouldn't be happy to get any work at all.
 
I read a Matt Damon interview recently - I think it was on the Empire website - and he talks about how the next Bourne film is going to be a prequel. Obviously the new film will star a younger actor. Then Matt Damon will star in the fifth film as a much older Jason Bourne. I could have just imagined this though.
 
I don't know if it would be any good without Matt Damon, but the films are usually pretty entertaining so I'd see it anyway.
 
Temis the Vorta said:
No Damon? I'm out.
Maybe they can pull a Bond.
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Bond's got a lot of gimmicks to keep it from being dependent on any actor. Bourne doesn't depend on gimmicks, so without Damon, it's sunk.
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Bond is an over the top British spy who likes women. Any Brit can fit that role (Daniel Craig proves that.), but Bourne is different, he has some depth.
 
I love Bourne, but his character is that he has no character... there are a lot of stoic male actors out there that could potentially play that character if they went that way.
 
^ Indeed ... they are good films. i saw them last year. But with this film ... not sure, as no Greengrass or Damon ... then I ain't interested.
 
firehawk12 said:
Yeah. They're worth watching if you're interested in the genre.
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Not a fan of action flicks in general, but I make exceptions. I notice the films continue to be well regarded long after such could be dismissed as mere market frenzy.

In particular I notice that the Bourne films continue to attract comparison to 007, a franchise that I am interested in. Not so much for the notability of any particular Bond film so much as that - by virtue of its highly structured nature and unusual regularity and longevity - the franchise offers an unprecedented opportunity to examine the evolution of masculine and feminine ideals, worldview and self-image and awareness, cinematic techniques, and so on. Bond is significantly more than the sum of its parts, and for all that I've heard that Bourne is '007 for the noughties', lacking such a broader context I doubt the films can engage my interest in the same way.

But I'll try and check 'em out. I've put it off long enough.
 
Bourne is very much of its time and in the same way that nuBSG was anti-Trek, Bourne is anti-Bond in so much as it's brutal and grounded in some kind of reality.

It's why people who don't like the Craig Daniels films like to call it the "Bourne-ification" of the Bond franchise.
 
I'd be very surprised if Damon wasn't back - certainly, if the script is up to scratch I think he will be.

I always got the impression that the 'prequel' remark was a joke on his part. I mean, we saw Bourne's origins in TBU and between then and TBI, presumably he's just a by the books assassin. What is there to tell? I think Damon was gently mocking his own age (he's virtually an oldie by modern Hollywood standards).

Hard to see any other actor filling the part, especially so soon after the last movie. I'm not sure that this role is like Bond and can be recast so easily (yes, I know all about Richard Chamberlain, but still ...). Damon really does own it.

Greengrass won't be easy to replace either but I think he's more replacable than the star. I'd also worry that the previous movies have been so good that this can probably only be a let down by comparison. Additionally, the last movie really finished off the story - where can they go from here? Making him a conventional spy for hire or the likes?

Can't help but think that it would be wiser to plunder some of Ludlum's back catologue and update them the way that they did for Bourne.
 
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