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Fifth "Bourne" Delayed For Matt Damon? / Producer Frank Marshall tells Heat Vision the talk of Damon returning is not true.
Fifth "Bourne" Delayed For Matt Damon?
The delaying of the fifth film in the "Bourne" series by nearly a year has led to much speculation about the reasoning behind it. Today, Latino Review has posted what they have been hearing about the matter.
Their source claims the delay is because Matt Damon is in fact coming back to play Jason Bourne again for the film's director Justin Lin. Damon has previously said in the past he had no intention of returning unless Paul Greengrass was the director and they had a good story they can crack because "I love that character and I'd love to see what happened to him".
The Jeremy Renner-led "The Bourne Legacy" under performed for Universal, its $113 million domestic tally only half that of Damon's third and final entry "The Bourne Ultimatum".
UPDATE:: Producer Frank Marshall tells Heat Vision the talk of Damon returning is not true.
[Director] Justin Lin is working with Andrew Baldwin on an Aaron Cross script/story that they pitched us a few months ago. I talk to Justin all the time and the script is not ready. It's a summer movie, and if we don't start pre-production now, we can't make next summer. Therefore, it's a wise decision to move to 2016."
Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon are close to finishing negotiations to return for Bourne 5!
It will be released July 15, 2016 replacing the Justin Lin/Jeremy Renner film which has been pushed back but not cancelled. Thoughts?
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/33908/damon-greengrass-back-for-bourne-5\
Months a go (see 21 June) producer denies it, but if true mabey it is because of Renner have a lot of other movies and mabey he confirmd to them he not be avaible for 2016.
That's the original article. So with two films planned, the crossover has to at some point happen.
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=42171
Damon was awful IMO.
New films could work with the continuity contained in the EVL continuation books.
The 4th movie even used the title of the first EVL book for Legacy.
There are at least nine EVL Bourne books I think. I've read all but the last two, which I have on order. There is lots of good material to work with in the new books.
Here is the Hollywood Reporter article:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bourne-producer-talks-matt-damons-733445forward.
Greengrass understands the character but I'm not really a fan of the way he directs. But since Damon won't come back without him I'd get him back in some capacity.
I reckon Bourne 5 should be written by Paul Greengrass, should star Matt Damon (or a new actor playing Bourne, but this time Bourne has to be in it) and should have Justin Lin directing.
The story should be something new. No more running from the CIA, no more super assassins (Treadstone, Blackbriar, whatever, it's all the same thing a the end of the day). If they want the series to continue they need to try something different. Have it set in a location unlike any of the others used in previous films (so no more Europe or America, maybe South Africa or somewhere), perhaps even base it on one of the continuation books.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=124924
I'm excited, looking forward to a whole new story with Matt Damon as Jason Bourne. Why are they still making the Legacy sequel though?
Damon and Greengrass are coming back so what's the point? And Legacy didn't do that well anyway. I doubt a sequel will do well, especially if it's pushed back even further. Who's going to want to see a sequel to a disappointing film 5 or 6 years after the first one?
They've got Damon back, they've got Bourne back. So can they just admit that Legacy was a disappointing failure and forget about it?
The only thing the Legacy sequel has going for it is Justin Lin (if he's still directing). I'd rather he directed the next proper Bourne film than Greengrass tbh.
I'm with you, for sure. There has been talk before from the current production team of doing a Crossover (see what I did there?) with Bourne and their current protagonist, which I wouldn't be unhappy about if it was done well. If they're bringing Bourne back and the old team is interested in doing a new one with Matt, the conflict has to be something substantial and the script worth getting behind, especially if they got Greengrass to sign on for it.
Because Bourne and Cross are very much rogue figures now, off the grid and with a grudge against the CIA and its experimental programs, the idea of them teaming up to take out a new threat isn't at all implausible. I think come 2016 we'll find Bourne in a state of comfort and decent enough security, but something will happen where his cover is either blown by those still hunting for him, or an event occurs that draws him out of hiding and into action. Either of those options could involve Cross directly: Cross could come looking for Bourne (after seeing him flashed on the news and his connections to the CIA programs of the past), or Bourne hears tell of an even more experimental agent conditioning program than Treadstone and Blackbriar put together (that Cross was signed up for), where drugs are enhancing the capabilities of those under the government's employ and decides to act.
While I still hate that Gilroy and co. made that stuff cannon (the "magic pills"), I admit that it would be cool to see an older Bourne taking on an enhanced enemy who has him outclassed in youth, strength and ability. We'll have to see as this film develops, and pray that it works out in the end. After the massive disappointment on a critical and financial level that i]Legacy[/i] experienced upon debut, the team need a big winner coming up.
Fully agree with all the above. It may well prove a turning point for the franchise also?
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/37481/stiles-set-mortensen-tipped-for-bourne-5
Mabey idea for Viggo Mortensen (Picture) comes from Oscar Isaac who together be seen in The Two Faces of January (2014) and Oscar Isaac was also seen in Bourne Legacy (2012).
As far as the 2nd Bourne Legacy is concerned, they can flush that thing down the deepest toilet they find, along with Renner for all I care.
Yup. And like in the old USSR: this one never existed.