Well the time has finally come for the fourth installment of the "Bourne series", and I definitely have been waiting for this moment. This is one of the best consistent action series that I have seen in a while. It takes a lot to be able to have three great films in a series. well the wait is over.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Universal is going back to the drawing board with its "Bourne" franchise, hiring the Oscar-nominated writer/director of Michael Clayton to write a treatment for a fourth installment of the action series.
The project, with the working title of "Bourne Legacy," will be written by Tony Gilroy, who will disregard a pair of scripts already in the can. Gilroy also worked on the first three films. ("Bourne Legacy" is a book written by Eric Lustbader in novelist Robert Ludlum's "Bourne" series, but the film will not be based on this book.)
Universal wants to release the film in 2012. But it is unclear whether "Bourne" star Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass, who directed the sequels Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum, will return. Damon has said he does not want to make a new installment without Greengrass, while the director has said he is moving on to other projects. The duo's stance may soften given the multimillion dollar paydays involved.
With or without them, Universal is intent on making the movie, as the franchise is too important for the studio not to go forward. (The movies have grossed over $944 million worldwide.)
Now I am not quite sure how I feel about someone replacing Damon as Bourne, that might be a suicide move.
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