Variety reported today that Universal recently inked a deal to produce a fourth installment in the successful Bourne series:
More recently, Shmuger and Linde [Universal executives] landed Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon for a fourth "Bourne" movie, even though the director and star seemed ready to wrap it up after three pics.
Since each of the Bourne movies has been a critical and financial success, it's hardly a surprise to see the studio do everything it can to keep the franchise alive. And though there are no more official Robert Ludlum-penned Bourne books left to adapt for the big-screen, I doubt it will make much of a difference to the quality of the movies: the existing three Bourne movies are supposedly so wildly different from their literary sources, that it's almost as if they weren't adaptations at all.
As I've said before, the Bourne movies are the thinking-man's action films for our generation. I can't wait for more.
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Jon is officially giddy.
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Just a quick update: over the weekend, both Matt Damon and Paul Greenglass said that nothing has been formally agreed to with regard to the Bourne sequel, even though both are open-minded to it if they can come up with a compelling story.
Though slightly less exciting than it was when I posted it, it's definitely good news that both actor and director are in favor of a sequel.
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