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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Nov 8, 2013 20:42:13 GMT -6
Universal Pictures is looking to Fast & Furious 6 director Justin Lin to helm the next installment of the Bourne franchise. Variety reports negotiations are in “the very early stages,” with Lin uncommitted to his next film despite having several projects in development. This is a sequel to the 2012 spinoff The Bourne Legacy — Matt Damon supposedly will only return to the franchise if Paul Greengrass does — with Jeremy Renner expected to reprise his role as Aaron Cross, a field operative for Operation Outcome, a black-ops program whose members are genetically enhanced. Directed and co-written by Tony Gilroy, who co-wrote the first three Bourne films, The Bourne Legacy grossed $276 million worldwide. Universal hired Anthony Peckham to write the sequel’s script in August. Attachments:
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Sept 15, 2014 18:21:07 GMT -6
deadline.com/2014/09/universal-reuniting-matt-damon-paul-greengrass-for-another-jason-bourne-film-834821/ Jason Bourne is coming back. Universal Pictures has begun making deals with Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass to reunite for their third film in The Bourne Identity series, sources tell me. This is an absolute stunner — and Universal would not comment nor would the reps — because Greengrass told Deadline as recently as last year that once Bourne regained his memory, there was no place else for the character to go creatively. His search formed the spine for the trilogy Damon starred in. Well, they’ve figured it out. I’m told that the studio is so bullish on this that the intention is to make the reteam the next Bourne film to go into production to make the July 16, 2016, release slot that Universal had previously assigned to an untitled Bourne film. That means it would step in front of the spinoff sequel that is to reprise Jeremy Renner and be directed by Fast & Furious architect Justin Lin. That film, which began with the Tony Gilroy-directed The Bourne Legacy, remains in development. I thought its premise— Renner plays one of several genetically altered assassins, all of whom are targeted for death — was smart and satisfying on its own. Universal intends to continue that series and to broaden its franchise base, much the way that Marvel cranks out superhero films. The Bourne Legacy was a good start to a new franchise, but Jason Bourne is a hard act to follow. Now, franchise-hungry Universal has both of them. Lin can probably use the time, as he signed on to direct the second season of the HBO series True Detective.
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