It looks like the Bourne series will continue to grow in due time. We get wind of this news thanks to the mystical caves of yahoo:
Their ears ringing with the sound of three Oscar wins for the Bourne Ultimatum, Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass have reportedly committed to add a fourth film to the critically acclaimed action franchise. Per Daily Variety, Damon and Greengrass, who took over from Bourne Identity director Doug Liman to helm the second and third installments in the series, are on board but because of prior commitments it could be a few years before cameras start rolling.
That should give producers time to figure out Bourne’s next step, considering late author Robert Ludlum penned only three bestselling novels about the amnesiac secret agent on the hunt for the shady figures who turned him into a steely killing machine. Two sequels by Eric Van Lustbader, The Bourne Legacy and The Bourne Betrayal, haven’t been reviewed quite so kindly.
I am cool if they decide to grow the franchise, but I hope they get their own writers to pen the tale if the follow up books were so disappointing. It looks like both Damon and Greengrass have a love for the franchise and that is certainly encouraging. They have done a fantastic job with the series and as long as it remains in their hands, I am certain that they will want to keep the ball of acclaim rolling.
With 3 technical Oscar wins, they have to be excited, and the following announcement can be no coincidence. It looks like this may be on the shelf for a while before the two are free to tackle this project, but patience may be an ally in this case as they figure out what to do about the script.
International friends, would you welcome another Bourne film or was 3 enough?
LOVED the first three – excited about the fourth. As a previous commenter said “BOURNE AGAIN” is a perrrrfect title.
Take your time guys, and just make it great!
Personally I am definately waiting for Bourne 4, wish there was a tentative title for it though.
I think this movie should develope the relationship between Niki (?) and Bourne. That it pulls together his identity as David Webb. And that it is shot in Europe. Going to other countries other than Europe creates a big difference. The scene in Russia at the end of Bourne 2 was particularly interesting for me. My own personal request is that it is shot in Krakow, Poland. This is a great city for this kind of movie with a fantastic Old Town, nearby Nowa Huta (Russian Architecture) and many places of interest including the Wawel Castle on the banks of the Wisla River.
Poland would be great also because of the realatively recent transition of communism to privatization and Poland’s place in the EU.
So why am I so hot on Poland? I lived there for 2 years want to move there permanently and love the mix of East and West in a European setting.
I know its possible that an action scene could be more exciting with a shakey cam (if you really need that kind of trick), but most of the people that have mentioned the Bourne series have always said they “liked it…except for the shakey cam.” I just watched Ultimatum(again) and would love to avoid motion sickness on the fourth installment. Please, Mr. Director, try something else to “spice” up the action sequences.
I LOVE ALL the bourne movies!!! Matt Damon – so Fine!!! I love this character. I wish there was a 4th out now so I could watch it. What was up with jason bourne and the julia styles character? I sue would like to know more. I can’t wait to see if there will be a 4th. I really hope they make one.
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If anything, they have set up the perfect next 3 movies with the unanswered question of Why did JB go under and join the agency? Was it because, consistent with the novels, a wife and family died, killed by a master assassin. What better way to finally incorporate Carlos the jackel into the movies.
I agree that Nikki Styles must come back to complete the story. The previous movies have done great job in completing Jason’s stories. The Supremecy made her part if the story and must be completed as well.
As far as the shaky camera, its part of the action. Have you watched a scene in slow motion? Its the tool they use to make the scene caotic. As it should be. Good luck David Webb!!
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As a longtime fan of the Bourne books and also of the films I eagerly await another.
I disagree about Nicky Styles character and since she hinted at a relationship with Bourne in the third film I’d like to see them use that.
In the third book Bourne’s wife was kidnapped to force him into a confrontation and I think they should use that and follow up with Nicky & Bourne. That way we’d get a bit of a prequel, a bit of the third book AND some closure with Jason finding some sucess in a personal life and relationship. I want to see it!!!
I would add that I also hate the shaky camera routine.
Well, Ms Styles character was great for thinking people and she’s good as eye candy too. Left a clear air of linkage to the past and to the future, for the nutters who didn’t like her.
I like this series and wish for the best for them.
@Tom Whitaker.. “The book thing is of little relevance as the plots have deviated from them to a huge extent. ”
For the record let me enlighten all the folks….when the franchise was born, the producers/director at that time stated clearly that the movie adaptation WAS going to be a bit different.
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I was fine with Julia’s character but I would agree with Ransom, not sure where they were going with her character in the third film and doesn’t need to appear again.
Really and I can’t not emphasize this enough as already mentioned twice previous…no shaky camera work please. The first bourne was shot just fine. Third was luckily a bit better than the second where they were shaking that damn camera while bourne was freaking shaving in the bathroom (oooh how can we make this bathroom scene more exciting, I got it! Shake that camera! ARGH!)
The Bourne movies have been pretty good up until this point. I could do with a little less shaky cam, but otherwise I’ve enjoyed the films. I DO think they are a bit overrated.
One thing that I freakin pray that they do for the fourth is REMOVE JULIA STYLES’ CHARACTER. She was so boring and pointless in Bourne 3, and I was annoyed whenever they wasted screen time with her appearance. Take my advice and get her out. You will be guaranteed to have a better movie.
As long as it’s better than the second film, and less shaky cam than the 2nd and 3rd.
The second one I HATED and the third I liked. I wouldn’t mind another go with the Bourne, as long as they didn’t F it up somehow.
Maybe we can get a bourne movie with Carlos the Jackel in it.
I think a fourth movie would be alright. They seem to be getting better with each film with “Ultimatum” being the best one yet.
i want more.
I was about to chime in about the book thing and how the films had, for better or for worse, had only a loose spine of the novels instead (if that). Since that is so, is there nothing to say that they can use stuff in the three novels that they didn’t use? Say, for example, Bourne going up against a master terrorist and/or his mirror match?
Or since Eric Lustbader*’s books went spinoff from Ludlum, is there some reason why “they” can’t as well, as in, you know, commision a new script with no ties to the boks other than the main characters needed? Or, do to Eric Lustbader’s spinoff novels as they did to Ludlum’s (as mentioned by others above)?
Also it should be said that Eric Van Lustbader is not a bad author and his Bourne novels were approved by the Ludlum estate. In fact, I’m still hoping Fox goes ahead with the Ninja adaptation.
Bourne Again. It has to be the title. :-)
Yeah, the first movie was “somewhat” true to the book, the other two take quite a few liberties and go thier own way. That turned out to be a good thing though. I hope they do wait a few years to go back. It would be great to revisit Webb years later and have him thrust back into the life of Jason Bourne for some reason. This franchise has succeeded because they have made great action movies with a brain and a heart. You dont get that too often, but when you do, it is sweet.
I wouldn’t be too concerned about the source of the material for the upcoming film, because the 3 Bourne films had very little in common with the 3 Bourne novels anyway, except for the fact that the main character was an amnesiac assasin on the run.
Regardless, I’m definitely looking forward to a fourth Bourne film.
They could get Grover from Sesame street to write the screenplay for all it matters. They only chose a few things from the novels to put into the movies anyways, Supremacy the film was pretty much unrecognizable from the novel.
Moot point is all i’m saying.
The book thing is of little relevance as the plots have deviated from them to a huge extent. Anyway, I’d love to see another entry into the series, especially if a little more time has passed and some thought goes into it… I loved Supremacy so much that I found Ultimatum to be quite a disappointment (albeit with some great moments), so I suppose I should give it another try.