New ‘Jason Bourne’ Movie in the Works at Universal

Universal is in early development on a new movie about super spy Jason Bourne, with “All Quiet on the Western Front” filmmaker Edward Berger in talks to direct.

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So, it’s too soon to say if cast members like Damon — who first played the role of the amnesiac assassin in 2002’s “The Bourne Identity” and most recently reprised the part in 2016’s “Jason Bourne” — would return. The same is true about Jeremy Renner, who played black ops agent Aaron Cross in 2012’s “The Bourne Legacy,” though the involvement of the former might be more likely.

The only reason we got a Bourne movie with Renner is because the studio wanted to do a movie without Paul Greengrass who directed the second, third and last movies, but Damon wanted Greengrass to direct. If Greengrass isn’t directing, you ain’t getting Damon.

Now, if they want to reboot it and get a young fresh face as Bourne, since Damon is pretty old now and he was even saying this himself when the last movie came out, that would be different. I’m not entirely against it. If done correctly and with people who know what they’re doing, this could become kind of like an American Bond. I have zero belief in the studios doing this correctly, though.