Universal 'to make fourth Bourne'
Fictional CIA assassin Jason Bourne will appear in a fourth film, according to trade newspaper Variety.
It says actor Matt Damon will reprise the lead role in the fourth instalment of the Bourne franchise, with Paul Greengrass directing once again.
It will be the first Bourne film not to be based on the novels of late US author Robert Ludlum, Variety said.
George Nolfi, who co-wrote last year's Bourne Ultimatum screenplay, will pen the story, it added.
Robert Ludlum wrote a trilogy of Bourne novels before his death in 2001.
Since his death, there have been a further three Bourne novels - all written by thriller and fantasy author Eric Van Lustbader.
Bond criticism
British director Greengrass has directed the last two film versions.
It was previously thought The Bourne Ultimatum movie, which followed 2004's The Bourne Supremacy and 2002's The Bourne Identity, would be the last of the films in the franchise.
It topped UK and US box office charts and made nearly $450m (£258m) around the world.
Last year, Damon dismissed rival franchise James Bond as being stuck in the past.
"The Bond character will always be anchored in the 1960s and in the values of the 1960s," he said.
The suave spy was "anachronistic when you put it in the world we live in today", he added but said that Bourne was no better or worse than Bond.
The latest Bond film, Quantum of Solace, is released across the UK on 31 October.
2 comments:
They should cast Sarah Palin as the villain, but she might kick his ass.
Bond has had a resurgence the past two films because of Daniel Craig and a much better Bond himself. But, I have to say I'm more of a fan of the Bourne movies overall. I said it when the first one came out, it was putting Bond to shame.
Bourne is a much more believable character and Damon does him very well.
Having said all that, I can't wait to see the new Bond, but I wish it wasn't a sequel; a fresh story would have been nice.
And now, having said all that, the best character ever on screen would be Harry Paget Flashman. He'd put all Bonds and Bournes to true shame. Flashman's THE international man of mystery.
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