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Universal Plan 4th Bourne Movie

Greengrass and Damon Onboard

When Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon were doing the publicity rounds for The Bourne Ultimatum last year, they seemed pretty certain that the wildly successful thriller (now the winner of three Oscars – techie ones, maybe, but Oscars nonetheless) would be the last outing for the amnesiac assassin.

But there was a caveat to that – Damon said he would consider doing one if Greengrass did it; and Greengrass said that he would consider doing another one if Damon did it.

And now it looks like that may be the case, after Universal rather casually and sneakily announced plans for a fourth Bourne movie, with the director and star on board.

The announcement is tucked away in an article about Universal and its upcoming slate on Variety. ‘More recently, [Universal’s chairman, Marc] Shmuger and [co-chairman, David] Linde 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,’ reads the sentence in question. And after that, nothing. No more news, or any indication of where a fourth Bourne might take us – or, crucially, when.

At the moment, Damon and Greengrass – rapidly becoming one of the best actor-director teams around – are hard at work on their Universal-backed Iraq-set thriller, The Green Zone. After that, Damon starts work on Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant, while Greengrass has several things pencilled into his diary, too, including They Marched Into Sunlight.

So, it’s entirely possible that Bourne 4 might not even begin pre-production until 2009 or 2010 at the earliest. But that’s still not too early to get excited.

Or should we? After all, the Bourne trilogy is one of the best Hollywood franchises in a long while, and the two Greengrass entries in particular (Supremacy and Ultimatum) pretty much single-handedly revitalised the mainstream thriller. Do we want the dream team to risk sullying their legacy by making a fourth, or are we keen to see Jason Bourne run for his life yet again?

Readers, have your say in the comments board below. In the meantime, we’ll see if we can’t bring you any more info. One thing is for sure, though – this is unlikely to have any connection, even title-wise, with a Robert Ludlum, or Ludlum-inspired, novel.
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I'd much prefer them to draw a line it. Can't have them ruining one of the best movie trilogies to date for the sake of cashing in.
 
I might be the only one but no, I'm not all that excited about the prospect. It is a pretty good trilogy but, and I know this runs counter to many, I don't think it is the best thing since sliced bread nor do I reckon they have a good chance of topping those already made so I'd be quite happy if they quit while they are ahead so to speak.
 
As much as I wanted more Bourne after watching the third, I think a fourth would have to be something pretty special to do justice to the trilogy. I'd err on the side of saying I'd prefer not to see another.
 
Belmit said:
As much as I wanted more Bourne after watching the third, I think a fourth would have to be something pretty special to do justice to the trilogy. I'd err on the side of saying I'd prefer not to see another.
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Whilst I agree with this, there's also the chance they could make it really good.
 
I'm up for it, even though the other ones aint ment to be as good.. but I'm sure they can pull it off
 
I'm glad there's a thread on this :)

Watched Ultimatum for the first time on Saturday night and the first thing I did once it was over was google 'Bourne 4' :p

I really can't get enough of these films, Supremacy left me wanting more as did Ultimatum and personally I do think there are things still left needing answerers for example what is the relationship between Bourne and Nicky? As they'res obviously more than meets the eye there (hopefully Julia Styles comes back otherwise this is a moot point)

Really cant wait for this one
 
There were another two books written: The Bourne Legacy, and The Bourne Betrayal. I'm not sure in which order though, and neither were written by Robert Ludlum.

As for the fourth film, I'm still in two minds about it. Words cannot depict how much I enjoyed The Bourne Ultimatum, and the trilogy as a whole. Probably the best trilogy I've ever watched in my life. But this new one will have to be nothing short of spectacular, for me not to be very disappointed. I'm glad that both Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon are on board, or the film would easily be doomed from the off. At the moment, I would say that I would prefer not to have a fourth Bourne film, and keep it as a trilogy. But I'm not going to write it off just yet, as I know how good it COULD be.
 
it's a winning formula, they'd be silly not to make the 4th and 5th films

the 6th should be "Jason Bourne vs Jack Bauer : The JB title bout" :p
 
Didnt Maaattt Damoooonn say his done with Bourne?

One think i really like about the films is the fight scenes, I dont know why but love them.
 
naffa said:
There were another two books written: The Bourne Legacy, and The Bourne Betrayal. I'm not sure in which order though, and neither were written by Robert Ludlum.

As for the fourth film, I'm still in two minds about it. Words cannot depict how much I enjoyed The Bourne Ultimatum, and the trilogy as a whole. Probably the best trilogy I've ever watched in my life. But this new one will have to be nothing short of spectacular, for me not to be very disappointed. I'm glad that both Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon are on board, or the film would easily be doomed from the off. At the moment, I would say that I would prefer not to have a fourth Bourne film, and keep it as a trilogy. But I'm not going to write it off just yet, as I know how good it COULD be.
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I'm in ths ame mind..I watched it last week for the first time...and its a great film...but how many more peoples careers can Jason Bourne finish off?

who left to come after him?

maybe a foreign govt..either that or its save the president from an internal organisation, and then your straying in 24 territory

but it is the pacing and the action of the story that usually runs these films and they have been superb in all 3
 
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