Matt Damon told a room full of press at the Cannes Film Festival that he would not be returning for a fourth Jason Bourne film. Here is an account of some of the conversation thanks to Variety.
“We have ridden that horse as far as we can.” He admitted to feeling like “a bit of a prostitute for putting out two number threes in one year.”
“That’s better than three number twos,” added [George*] Clooney.
So the question now becomes, will the Jason Bourne series move on without Damon? The James Bond series did that and is working out just fine. But in many senses, this is different since Bourne’s story is a continuation while Bond’s film’s are more episodic than anything else. Could the series continue with a new actor at the helm? And if so, who?
May 25th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Clive Owens would do Bourne justice.
May 25th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
clive owen was killed in the first bourne.
May 25th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Wasn’t Clive Owen killed in 1?
May 25th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
What does it matter, there were only 4 books and the movies have not stuck to the story line that much.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
No. There were only 3 books written by Ludlum.
Two more were written by Lustbader.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
I bet Jason Statham would be a good Bourne.
May 26th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Mark Warlbug (or however you spell it) could do it
May 26th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
“I bet Jason Statham would be a good Bourne” Oh dear, you don’t like acting do you?
May 26th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Thank good that series is getting worn out.
May 26th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Of course they’ll come out with #4 and #5 and they’ll suck. And then 10 years later, they’ll do a Bourne Begins Reboot 2.0.
Btw, whoever thinks that Wahlburg or Statham would do a comparable job needs to stop sniffing the glue.
May 28th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
matt damon is the best for this position and if not him no one will suit for tht
place
May 28th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
I don’t think that the series will be very good with out Matt Damon. If I’m wrong
and it does end up being good with who ever the decide to cast I’ll be very
shocked. but even still I don’t think that it will even compare to the first three movies.
May 29th, 2007 at 1:21 am
Come on people! Why does it have to be some “celebrity”? There are billions of people in the world. I’m sure that someone else could play the part. Hollywood really has brainwashed the public. This is why “celebrities” get paid so much, because ignorant people assume that they are the only ones capable of playing the part. Two words…casting call.
May 29th, 2007 at 10:08 am
I don’t mind the series ending with this one. Better that way than squeezing out a few more mediocre sequels with a replacement cast and crew of second-rates.
May 29th, 2007 at 10:35 am
Sean, I think you’re right on this one. I’m sure there are other actors who could play the role, but I don’t think that another actor would have the same sucess with it that Matt Damon has had.
June 21st, 2007 at 7:55 am
we are probably all tired of the old premise of bourne being hounded by gov’t bad guys from bourne’s past continually hounding him. I agree that horse is dead. But Matt is still a great actor, and Bourne is still a great character. I love his fight scenes, I love Matt’s intensity, I love the international flavor the movies have. My suggestion is that the studio simply moves on with bourne’s life story, letting him choose to help someone instead of being forced to simply defend himself. He brings his skills to bear to accomplish what he has chosen to do. After all, he did help Marie. He has a heart. Let him make a choice that is led by his heart, and let us watch him put his heart into it. I’d pay to see that.
June 21st, 2007 at 7:56 am
sorry for the double “hounding” ! :)
July 22nd, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Perhaps Clint Eastwood could fill in the role?
July 25th, 2007 at 5:29 am
How about Gary Coleman?
July 26th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Damon, though a decent actor, was always a liability for me playing a lethal assassin. I never bought it, and I’ll have an even harder time in ULTIMATUM in the wake of him calling James Bond an “imperialist” and a “misogynist” in his recent GQ interview. Wahlberg would be more believable as a tough guy, but isn’t much of an actor. Statham is a badass but hasn’t shown any ability to draw at the box-office. If Bourne does continue, I’d look for a relative unknown to take the role. As for Clive Owen, forget it! If Owen turned down Bond, he won’t be slapping on his rather shaky American accent to pick up Matt Damon’s leftovers.
July 30th, 2007 at 3:21 am
I think jason alexander of the Seinfeld tv series would be a good bourne
July 30th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Damon, though a decent actor, was always a liability for me playing a lethal assassin. I never bought it, and I’ll have an even harder time in ULTIMATUM in the wake of him calling James Bond an “imperialist†and a “misogynist†in his recent GQ interview. Wahlberg would be more believable as a tough guy, but isn’t much of an actor. Statham is a badass but hasn’t shown any ability to draw at the box-office. If Bourne does continue, I’d look for a relative unknown to take the role. As for Clive Owen, forget it! If Owen turned down Bond, he won’t be slapping on his rather shaky American accent to pick up Matt Damon’s leftovers.
you’re an idiot. Damon is perfect for this film and any true fan of the series
knows Damon is David Webb a intelligent, loving, and caring man. He loves
Marie and his 2 kids. Harry potter fan’s can’t moan about how inaccurate the movies are to the books until they suffer through reading the 3 ludlum books.
Nicholas Cage could play the part well… family man with some action.. I think
it would be a good transition for him but man in this book Bourne looks great for
someone who fought in Vietnam.
August 1st, 2007 at 7:14 am
the one thing you are all not choosing to see is that Matt Damon is in a very goog negotiating position right now.
I will admit, having just seen the Ultimatum, that I could see how he could not want to do it anymore. Doing your own stunts can be really hard on your body, but the film is spectacular and he truley does capture Jason Bourne.
But the truth is many an actor has said they will not do another one, and, like Bruce Willis with Die Hard, they feel no one else could do it justice and the story really gets thier atention and they say, “Okay, well, maybe one last time…”
Also take into account the norm with Hollywood has been misdirection lately. He could easily SAY he’s not doing another one, while they may actually be secretly filming part 4 as we speak.
Though, to be honest, I really don’t see Lustbader as truely capturing the Bourne character, and it would be just fine if they left it where it was.
August 1st, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Two cheeky little inputs. Sean Bean… fantastic as 00whatever in goldeneye and Adrian Paul from the Highlander series. Excellent actor who would have made a crackin’ 007 (got a bit of the Connery about him) and has all the moves for the bourne role!
August 2nd, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Samuel L. Jackson. Yeah, Samuel L. Jackson would fit the bill.
August 3rd, 2007 at 7:20 pm
No way no one can play jason bourne except Matt Damon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 3rd, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Matt Damon gets so into his roles he learned to play piano just for the film “The Talented Mr. Ripley” Just like how he got so into the bourne moVies, so in conclusion nobody else couod play jason bourne, I would rather it to be oVer than not to haVe matt damon!
August 4th, 2007 at 9:37 am
According to the books Bourne was not a “tough guy” or super-hero, but someone who was unrecognizable, and indistinguishable as your next door neighbor . . . except he was probably “out of town” more than your neighbor. Who can play Jason Bourne? Anybody here from Missouri? Matt Damon does the role some justice, but the movie storyline does little justice to the books.
August 4th, 2007 at 11:18 am
What’s left him just finding on what went on with him in training with Nickey?
They closed ultimatum nicely.
The ppl who created tredstone and blackrier were brought to justice (Abbot already), I haven’t read the books but have seen all 3 movies now and all loose ends are tied, we know he is alive after jumping into the river, we saw Nickey’s reaction when they on a TV news station said no body was found, Just end it here.
I would of liked for him to meet with up with Nickey and talk in depth more with Landy (maybe about his family) but still a good ending, but I strongly sense in 2 years they will release another, which will have some tread stone mission as the story line, he will remember something a girl or something.
August 5th, 2007 at 8:16 am
OK, I loved the ultimatum, but I disagree that it tied up nicely in the end. What about Nicky? What did she mean when she told him it was always hard for her with Jason? She asked him “You really don’t remember do you?” and there was some serious tension on her part. Looked to me like she may have some romantic history with David/Jason or she longs to tell him about his real life before he became a killer.
Also, what about the whole story of his “real life”? Can we have another one where he is discovering who he really was? How about his wife and kids? Matt Damon does such an excellant job of making you feel this charater’s pain and internal turmoil, no one else will ever do it justice. I want at least one more Bourne movie to give Jason/David his history back and allow him to walk off into the sunset, free of his demons.
No one—I mean NO ONE– can do Bourne justice and if Matt Damon doesn’t come back to wrap this one up, I won’t watch it.
August 6th, 2007 at 5:37 am
Nicky? There was no indication that she had ever seen him before in the previous movie . . . was there? That scene and the scene with Marie’s brother were unnecessary in Ultimatum . . .
August 8th, 2007 at 5:27 am
I agree with Erin, No one, and I really believe, no one can play Jason Bourne except Matt Damon. I too would like to learn more about his life before the training, what was his relationship with Nicky (By the way, I loved that devilish smile that came over her face when they said that no body had been recovered.) and more time with Landy to clean up that whole government mess. I’m glad they didn’t do the typical “Hollywood Gaff” and have Nicky and Jason enter a torrid “one-night” stand but, as a “romantic” at heart, I wouldn’t mind seeing them reunite and finish with a happy Hollywood ending. I really enjoyed all the Bourne movies and would love to see them continue; but, without Damon, Stiles, and Allen it would just be another movie. The one truly great thing about the Harry Potter movies is they’ve kept most of the original cast and allowed them to grow in each movie. Matt Damon was a perfect cast as Jason Bourne; and, if he chooses not to continue, “Ultimatum” is a great place to end the story for me. My romantic side can fill in the blanks. Thank you!
August 8th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Yep, it’s the romantic in me that wants another one. You’ve got to admit that the heart of David/Jason rests with Marie. But doesn’t he have the potential to work through all the demons? Doesn’t he deserve the chance? Can’t he find someone who will help him open up his past and see himself as more then just an assassin? Matt Damon makes you really cheer for this character. As a women, I must admit that I like these movie for their action, but it’s the characters that attact me back each time. Something about the way that Matt Damon plays Jason just pulls me back in. Jason is so conflicted. He is highly intelligent and physically capable of taking out any obstacle. But he is so very emotionally fragile at the same time. HATS OFF to Matt for making that real to the audience. I must admit that I never really thought much of Matt Damon before these movies. But in this role, he is sexy as all get out and makes me just want more. And Joan Allen is just the perfect protector for him. On the inside, she has his back like a den mother. And Julia Stilles as Nicky, standing in the wings with what appears to be a lot of secrets that she can reveal. The women of these movies really bring it home.
The romantic in me wants one more, just to see how they would wrap this up. Can he go good guy and work with the government after Joan Allen takes out all the bad guys on the inside? Will he just stay on the run? Will he find someone (maybe Nicky maybe someone else entirely) who will help him remember his past and understand why he why he feels so much remorse?
The movies have deviated so far off from the books at this point, they have a life of their own. In the books, Jason goes in to the agency for a reason. He’s suffered a tragic loss (his wife and two children) and he can’t feel anymore. So, he falls off the grid and into the kill squad to seek revenge. But the Jason of the movies has no clue why he “choose” to be a killer. I would like to see him realize it, finish grieving and be set free.
Can’t we talk Matt and the rest of the cast into one more?? Pretty Please??
August 8th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
They should do one more and call it “Bourne, the Beginning” and it should be about why and how he became an assassin. It should end where the first one began with him being shot by Wombosi and floating in the sea.
August 9th, 2007 at 6:24 am
As far as a “past history” between Jason and Nicky . . . my kids figured it out . . . Nicky is Jason’s sister . . . get it . . . Star Wars . . . ha! Go back and look at the first two outings of Bourne (Identity and Supremecy) and you have no basis of a prior relationship, other than she kept track of all Treadstone’s operatives.
As far as the relationship between the movie(s) and the books . . . Now that Jason has “settled down” somewhat, they could introduce a nemesis from his past (Carlos the Jackal, anyone?) who comes out of seemingly nowhere . . . or better yet, take on the evils of today (certainly the only evils in this world don’t exist in our government).
Actually, James Bond, in his latest outing in Casino Royale seems to have gone to Jason Bourne levels in his attitude, except for he is the hunter instead of the hunted and has a sense of humor that we never see, nor care to see, in Jason.
So, there is money to be made by making another Bourne movie, and as we don’t see a lot of computer generated effects here, these are movies we can appreciate more. If nothing else, make a television series out of them . . . or are there already a host of them???
August 12th, 2007 at 11:04 am
why don’t they make “Bourne vs. Bond”? that would really kick ass! YEAH! hhahahaha!
August 12th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
The films are nothing like the books, only Bourne the character remains the same, the actual story is a completely different tale. Having said that when reading them i always think of Damon as Bourne.
The next book (Legacy) has Bourne as a 40 something… maybe in 5 to 10 years Damon would feel like a resurrection to do the film….?
It would need to be a US actor for me and the characters beginnings makes Damon a believable Bourne imo, he was after all a Scholar, who’s family being murdered turned him into Delta.
August 13th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
I think Matt Damon would be smart to say he’s not doing another ‘Bourne’ so that he gets bumped up a tier in terms of his hollywood salary. Not that he would sacrifice his true character for a monetary value, but it certainly wouldn’t be bad business… honestly, who really cares? yea it sucks there may not be another “Bourne” movie, but we’ll all live.
August 17th, 2007 at 7:11 am
mark warlburg or leonardo dicaprio could be jason bourne, i guess..
August 17th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Mark Walhberg lacks the intensity of the Bourne character, but he may be able to pull it off. I won’t go see it in theaters, but I would rent the DVD.
Leo Dicaprio? No, I just can’t take that man seriously as an actor. He doesn’t do complex very well, he is always very transparent. Besides, there would have to be some sort of political message for him to preach on. You know, GOVERNMENT BAD–GO GREEN. Bourne just don’t play that.
I read an article in Entertainment Weekly where Matt Damon complains about 140 days of shoting and having no idea where the character was going. They apparently had a script that was a work in progress. He also complains that his only direction from the director was “butcher and more intense”. I think this is why the man doesn’t want to make another one… I can’t blame him on that one. I will continue to hope that he comes around for the right script with a reasonable shooting schedule. If it is character driven and well written (well in advance), maybe he will come back.
August 20th, 2007 at 5:47 am
I’ve liked Matt Damon in the role . . . I have a military brother that looks like him . . . but why they chose to butcher the books so early I don’t know . . .
In the books we eventually find David Webb as a college professor. It will be a few more years before we see Damon ready for that role.
So, a) forget the books and release Bourne to do the world some good, b) get Alec Baldwin off his haunches and give him something to really fuss about . . . he did a great Jack Ryan . . . . but that was how many years ago . . . ? It would be good to see him sweat for a living . . .
As far as not having a “sound” script . . . how can you go to that much trouble and rake in that kind of cash and not take the time to make the whole package absolutely awesome . . .
August 21st, 2007 at 12:32 pm
when i heard an interview with matt damon he said ‘i doubt there will be anougher bourne movie because jason has found everything he wanted to know’.
i do hope there is anougher movie because i was hoping to find out about nicky and jasons relationship in the ultimatium but that was a let down!
If there was to be anougher movie they could start it off by having jason bourne living somewere n its lyk 3 years after or something and he keeps having flash backs of a women in his life that he seemed to love alot…. to cut a long story short he finds out it was nicky! …
that would be awwsssuuum!!!
August 21st, 2007 at 12:46 pm
wentworth miller would make an excellent replacement because he could pull of the intelligent killer with a conshonse
i meen look at him in prison break he amazing!!
August 28th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
it is all about the money if the first bourne movie did not do well the producers wouldnt do the second bourne movie and then the third. matt damon will be in 4th and 5th bourne movies. money talks…
August 29th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
I guess it’s a good thing I haven’t read the books, but then I always make the distinction.
As for a finding another person to play the role, true it wouldn’t be that hard to find someone to play the part.
I like Damon in this role I think he does it pretty damn good. I also like the chemistry that has developed
between him and Nicki as well as Landy. They’ve left plenty of space to do the origin movie and I just can’t see someone else playing the part.
I respect Damon’s decision not to do another one, but I would like to think that if the script is right that he’d change his mind. Anyone else playing the part they might as well call it something totally different and just drop the Bourne serial altogether.
August 31st, 2007 at 8:56 am
In response to those who offered their opinions as to who might star in a Bourne 4, I would offer the guy who played the dead guy on weekends with birney.
He did not get a chance to act much more than laying around as a stiff–although they did get him some cool beach clothes–and no one knows what he sounds like…kinda like a mystery….
August 31st, 2007 at 5:35 pm
No, One could do better than Damon, no one. I’m fine with ultimatum being the last movie, it ties everything together in the right way and we don’t need another one to further explain things that don’t need explaining, Bourne’s great journey is finished and were happy for him.
(Besides, if they made another one and gave it the same name as the Lustbader novel, it’s not like they would stick to the crappy Lustbader plot, (except for a short scene with Marie’s brother
they didn’t stick to Ludlum’s plot, they made it better.) If they did make another one though, it would be unneccesary. The coolest thing I could think of would be that Bourne comes out of the water and doesn’t remember the event’s of the bourne movies, and he thinks he’s still a treadstone agent working for conklin! (I got that Idea copyrighted). But that would still ruin the whole great idea of JAson bourne movies, so lets just stop making them. The first three are great, and I’m satisfied watching those over and over again.
September 1st, 2007 at 5:33 pm
If they do make more Bourne films, let’s hope they don’t go the way of Terminator or, worse still, Robocop.
September 3rd, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Matt Damon is the only one for the role. Case Closed. There is not another actor out there that could compare with Damon’s performance. The series was tied off perfectly with the Ultimatum. If they tried to make another one (especially if they used an actor other than Damon) It would not do as well.
September 12th, 2007 at 6:10 am
Heres a thought..
They could not carry on with Bourne storyline and maybe pick it up with “the asset” he didn’t kill and questioned him at the end..
Just a thought.
September 13th, 2007 at 7:28 am
I just could’t imagine anyone else playing bourne! Matt Damon just embodies the character so well and it would be a crying shame if they somehow can’t come to terms. Matt did say that it would have to be a great script and Greengrass directing. If somehow held a gun to my head and asked whoI would chose to take Matt’s place, it would have to be Mark Wahlberg.
September 13th, 2007 at 7:28 am
I just couldn’t imagine anyone else playing bourne! Matt Damon just embodies the character so well and it would be a crying shame if they somehow can’t come to terms. Matt did say that it would have to be a great script and Greengrass directing. If somehow held a gun to my head and asked whoI would chose to take Matt’s place, it would have to be Mark Wahlberg.
September 16th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Jason Bourne is still out there at large…..
Nicky Parsons reaction seemed satisfied that Bourne was never found after a 3 day search.
In Ultimatum, Nicky tells Jason that she had a difficult time to cope with him..
Was Nicky part of Bournes’ life before he volunteered for the program ran by Dr Hirsch or was it after?
In Ultimatum, Bourne discovers where it all started, but… he never discovered why he volunteered.
CIA director Ezra Kramer, senior CIA official Dr Albert Hirsch and CIA Deputy Director Noah Vosen are under investigation and they’re not yet brought to justice..
No political figures are yet implemented…
When Vosen calls Kramer in the middle of the Ultimatum to tell him that Bourne and Nicky Parsons are dead, Kramer says to Vosen…
Kramer: I cannot afford to have this come back to me
Veson: Don’t worry, you’re protected..
Kramer: Just remember why we put Landy there, if Blackbriar goes south, we’ll grow it up, hang it around her neck and start over.
What treat and connections did the characters assassinated by bourne have..
Landy build a good relation with Jason and she was the only one that wanted to bring him in, both in Supremacy and Ultimatum, Would she need his help…
I beleive there will be a 4th Movie, it will be absurd from the studio to kill the Bourne series after just a 3rd with all the ratings and records and Matt Damon will still run the show.
If it wasn’t for Matt Damons’ acting skills, a good chemistry of casting, great cheography of fights, action thrilled close to reality sequences and fast paced direction, it wouldn’t have been a success.
September 30th, 2007 at 8:19 am
I think the Bourne series is awesome! For every movie that has come out, i’ve been deployed to Iraq and have missed it on the big screen! THERE MUST BE A FOURTH!!!! However, with my luck, i’ll be back here or Afghanistan. So…..maybe not.
The intensity Bourne captures can’t be duplicated. He’s an Army Captain (Army dog tags) and apparently he’s still in, or had just gotten out of service. I’m SURE there can be a 4th or even 5th Bourne. This is one of those series you can continue until he eventually goes back to find his parents in Nebraska, or wherever he was from and tie in the book with his family. I just see too much potential in the movie to think it will end.
October 1st, 2007 at 2:24 am
He wasn’t in the army, he was a foreign services agent, stationed in Vietnam. What I don’t understand is why the film did away with his whole Delta One history - the motivation behind him becoming Jason Bourne.
Having seen the Chamberlain performance as Bourne, i’d lean towards Damon being the true Bourne, even though he is still a bit young for the part (he was late 30’s in the first book and over 50 in the Ultimatum)
October 9th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
I have read every Ludlum and Ludlum collaboration book (read Lynds) and they are complex plotting if a litlle jingoistic in tone, forgiveable in the overall entertainment value. The oringinal Bourne trilogy stands out from the rest and has been excellently broought to life in the films so far. Matt Damon has been a revelation in terms of not romanticising or over-heroing the role - a repressed but explosive and relatively ordinary guy.
I hope you do go for another Bourne film Matt - we do not need a Tom Cruise type in there (no offence to Tom) - as you have the menace combined with the common touch.
October 13th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
I agree with Erin. Everything about the Bourne movies thus far is excellent from talented author Robert Ludlum for writing superior action thrillers. Tony Gilroy, screen play writer for all three Bourne movies deserves highest accolades for truly capturing the Bourne character. The joint efforts of producers, cast, crew and director Paul Liman in the Bourne Identiy and director Paul Greengrass in Supremacy and Ultimatum place the Bourne movies squarely in first place as the most satisying modern action films. If the studio is smart, they will pay Robert Ludlum, Tony Gilroy, Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon as much as they can to still make a profit and make subsequent Bourne films a reality. Thank goodness Damon’s acting talent far exceeds his political savvy. Actors enjoying star status longevity are astute enough to realize that just because news media, Hollywood and movie stars think the public wants to hear what movie stars have to say regarding politics doesn’t make it so.
October 14th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Well, I honestly don’t expect any new writings from Mr. Ludlum, but I do believe the talent is there to exceed even what we’ve seen so far.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:38 am
^^^ neither do I, he died 15 years ago.
October 27th, 2007 at 6:46 am
dears
Matt Damon is the real Bouren,the Ludlam himself would have writte new Boune book just thinking of matt.
October 29th, 2007 at 11:38 am
jason statham would b perfect 2 play the roll
November 3rd, 2007 at 4:46 am
sorry, I love statham but he just doesn’t have the brain to be bourne. Remember the premise or difference between bourne and bond is that bourne uses his brain too and he blends in. An assasin or field agent is supposed to blend in, not look like clive owen (well except when he was a geeky piano teacher in the 1st one). Wahlberg and Dicaprio are both too good looking to be a super spy assasin. Statham is too cool and “dump” (crank…transporter….panerai wearing karate guy?) Damon is perfect at the time the first movie came out….if they remade it today, there are a ton a yound actors who could do it….if producers want a 20 year old bourne…what was his rank in the movie? Captain? 20 yr old captain?
As for a part 4…just because some guy is writing it on behalf of the Ludlum estate doesn’t mean there is a movie. Greengras most likely won’t make it anyway. Where can you go? the whole motivation of the trilogy was revenge and getting his memories back. He got both. God, we don’t want another Rambo 4 sequel now, do we? Bourne going back in to help a friend? He has no friends except Nicky…who is in hiding and who would want to kidnap her anyway? The project is over. Sorry, Bourne is over….Tony Gilroy is a director wannabe now and you think he would want to work for Greengras as a writer? No way… Look how bad ocean 12 andd 13 sucks….
November 8th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
if damon doesn’t want to do another Bourne film, which made him a bigger star, then Dicapprio can make a good bourne
November 9th, 2007 at 3:29 am
Dicaprio is too good to play bourne. he wants to win oscars…not make millions. nah…when the dvd comes out, the sales will go thru the roof and both greengras and damon will do it again…it might suck but I don’t think greengras wants to do it either. he also wants oscar after united 93 and he should. the second unit guy whatever his name his, responisble for all stunts and driving may be given the chance to do it.
November 9th, 2007 at 7:18 am
MATT DAMON is the best bourne. no one would suit anither jason bourne
December 5th, 2007 at 2:15 am
matt damon did an awesome job playing jason bourne. i think he should finish the series if they make them. if not him then they need someone that has a military background, and the brutal and letal knowledge that jason bourne has. although damon was taught those skills. i just think that it would be a lot better with someone with the experience, and a lot more realistic, if damon doesnt do it.
December 5th, 2007 at 4:53 am
I thinnk “money” will be play the new Bourne movie…. Believe me, I would love to see a 4th with Damon but where do you go or about what? He has gotten his revenge if that was what he was looking for. Closure is a better term… I hate to say it, sometimes, something needs to go out on a high note. I read elsewhere one pitch was that he looks for his parents and find they were killed…boring already. If they absolutely have to make another which you can bet your Universal Stocks with, maybe make something on how he became bourne, a prequel…
December 5th, 2007 at 7:04 am
Two reasons for Matt Damon to do another Bourne movie . . . If the storyline is over-the-top in suspense and substance, and secondly the fun of playing a major leading-man role and scoring big at the box-office without Clooney or Bradley P. anywhere in sight . . .
But, I’ll say it again, if not Matt Damon, give the role to Alec Baldwin . . . make him earn it.
;-)
December 6th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
I think the first Damon movie I saw was Good Will Hunting and did not think must past that as far as him as an actor. But i really enjoy the spy movie genre and was a big James Bond fan when I was young, but Matt Damon playing Bourne was the ultimate. I think he was extremely confincing and would hate to think that they would try to get another actor to play the part. It would be like the Punisher movie, Thomas Jane did such an awesome job that anyone else will not do it justice. I think they completed the story of Jason Bourne and I am satisified that he got his answers and it is now left to the imagination how he lives his life after the Bourne Ultimatum.
December 12th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Just give Damon more money, seems to always work.
Next one: BOURNE AGAIN
December 12th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
After watching Ultimate, I had this feeling that he and Nike were former lovers. Couldn’t you just see it in her face? You know Hollywood, they will think of somthing!
December 17th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
If anyone thinks that Matt Damon is the worst actor ever, they can go suck…my…finger… so up yours people Bourne is the Matt Damon
December 17th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
As long as Matt Damon is playing Jason Bourne/ Daivd Webb i will see the movies! I also think that one more bourne movie would be good enough. After watching the Bourne Ultimatum, i felt that some questions needed to be answered about who is David Webb and what about his relationship with Nikki! MATT DAMON IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN BE THE ACTOR OF JASON BOURNE/DAVID WEBB
December 17th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Damon not being in the next Bourne movie is not the biggest problem. I think the writers and directors are way more important. Damon is right. They have ridden the train as far as they can
Now I haven’t read the books. I know other than Bourne and Treadstone, the rest of the characters are all made for the screen by Gilroy….which by the way is trying to be a director and I don’t know who can continue where he left off, George Nolfi maybe? Sure there are a lot of good writers out there (well on strike) but I doubt Tony Gilroy wants to go back and write screen plays. I mean ever heard of a Guild of Directors strike or SAG strike?
Damon, I still agree cannot be replaced. He IS Jason Bourne. (anyone watched Ocean 13 and saw the scenes when they had to reshoot a scene wiith Damon. It was hilarious!!! I must admit I did NOT notice the 1st time I saw Ocean 13 in theater but as soon as I rewatched Oceans 13 DVD and saw that scene, I knew it was a reshoot immediately and sure enough, Sodenberg commentery confirmed it. (Off topic Ocean 13 DVD commentary…worst commentary ever made, well, worst Oceans movie ever made for that matter). If you have no idea what I am talking about which I am sure no one does…or care. Watch Oceans 13 with commentary and you will see. I thought it was cool. In fact, I think every Oceans movie, a Bourne movie was also being made at the same time (well the last 2 for sure).
Sorry side track and long ass post. Please skip to here. Bottomline. 4th movie…80% sure. Damon is cast at the main star, 90% Whether as good as the 3rd one…that’s a 99% no. But please proof me wrong. And please proof me wrong Greengras will return and Gilroy will return and the stunt people and the second unit director, Bradley? sorry if I got the name wrong…he is good. He can direct the 4th one for all I care if Greengras produced and Nolfi and Gilroy writes. Nolfi is a great writer too in his own right. I thought he wrote the best Ocean’s trilogy. 12. Most people didn’t like 12 but I liked 12 the best, more than the 11. 11 the best for costume designer….oops sidetracked again…where is my ritalin.
Bourne 4, sure I will watch it. I probably won’t like it but I will watch it. Meanwhile I will go watch Ultimatum for the 78th time (no kidding, 6 times in the cinema, 4 times by myself, litterally, whole theatre was empty!!! That was awesome).
My name is Bourne, Jason Bourne. Hey I know Bourne vs Bond!! or co-op! You know, like Alien vs Predator….never mind…can’t believe I wrote that. Then again we are on strike…got to find something to write about.
December 17th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Is the book version of the ultimatum the same as the movie other than the characters? I mean the premise of the book of ultimatum? Or is it completely different as I suspect? Since the movie version is really a behind the scene look of the 4-6 weeks or less since the actual end of the second which was meeting the daughter of Neski. I mean 95% 0f the movie version of ultimatum was really a back story of how bourne ended up in New York, I mean pretty cleverly done, typical of George Nolfi;s idea injection into the writing. Nolfi, one of the besy sequel writer like ocean 12. So can the 4th mpvoe be based on the real Ultimatum as it appeared in rhe book?
Still, I am a big proponent of tje 4th being a prequel, a trilogy of how Webb became bourne and what he did as the bad assasin Bourne a . It will not ruin Bourne’s image of loyalty and morality regained.
December 17th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
damon is not the problem. Gilroy and Greengras is. Damon will do for the right money…no doubt. The other 2…money not enough of a factor. one wants to be a director, Gilroy, one wants to win Oscars, Greengras. Nolfi can step in to write the 4t, he is perfect as a sequel, prequel type writer. The second unit director for all 3 films, Bradley?? will do just fine since he the stunt guy anyway and the whole movie is about fight and stunt…story telling true but writers can fix that these days and producers.
The other hold back for 4th is do we want a sequel or continuation or a prequel, to see how Webb became Bourne, the training, the selection, the first kills, that sort of thing and so obviously you don’t need damon, or rather you cannot have damon unless really good make ups and stuff. But rather, with so many good young actors, why not go fresh and get someone else, much younger. Remember, you don’t want a super hot looking guy (that;s why they casted damon), this is not a Bond film…many ppl think there are similarities but I think otherwise. You want ordinary ppl who don;t stick out to be field ops. You want to do a trilogy of how Webb became Bourne. Now, that’s I will watch. Don’t get me wrong, Ultimatum is the best yet but leave on a high pitch. Then pull a reverse timeline trilogy a la Star Wars. Then the legacy of Bourne contmues and Ludlum will not stir….
ppl say there are still a lot of questions to be answered. Well that’s what a good film is supposed to do. Leave the audience thnking and let them form their own story in their own head. Also, the answered can easily be answered by having prequels, not necessary sequels. Made famous by Metal Gear Solid series of video games. It works!
But since we are on strike, I can’t pitch anything yet….but when the strike is over, a lot of good original stories will be made. Trust me
December 18th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
OMG! no more jason bourne movies.. i love his charecter so much. matt i love you .. u rock (K) i would love if u made a fourth tho
December 18th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
i have to disagree with yonT on the fact that a good movie should leave a lot of questions unanswered. for one, i like a movie that has a good conclusion, not a movie that leaves me hanging. this story needs an ending. how did Jason/David become who he is? why did he choose the life of a loner assassin? There is so much more to tell here. Jason/David is such a romantic character in that he has this very strong sense of right and wrong and struggles with the demons locked inside his soul. I would like to see him unlock those doors and face the dark side of himself and understand who he is and why he is the way that he is. Jason deserves that. David deserves that. And Matt Damon has to be the one to bring it all home. It can’t be a prequel because Matt isn’t getting any younger. It has to be another sequel, told with some flash backs, as Jason discovers who David is and deals with the dark corners of his soul by sheading light on them. People LOVE this character (and Matt Damon looks pretty damn hot as Jason) and need to have the closure that one last one will bring. It doesn’t have to be that whole shakey camera work suspense thing because they’ve done that 3 times. The last one needs to be a character piece with lots of talking for a change. Of course, a good car chase would pick it up and Jason will have to chase down his past by chasing down those people who know.
PLEASE make one more…. pretty please????
December 18th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Read the books. There is way too much foul language in there (for me anyhow), but there is adventure, intrigue and twists that can in no way fit into 10 sequels. Please realize the setting is in days gone by that a younger generation may have a hard time connecting to.
And although Damon’s picture may be on the front of the newer releases of the books he is not the Jason Bourne within those pages.
Has anybody out there read the books? What do you think? How do you compare the books with the movie?
December 19th, 2007 at 4:15 am
Erin:
I think you are a bigger Damon fan than a Jason Bourne trilogy fan which is fair enough. Like I said, I think Damon was a good cast in Identity, relatively unknown at that time still, fresh, not trying to be Bond, not all bulked up like Wahlberg doing a Kelvin Klein underwear commercial in Shooter (Wahlberg was good at shooter, not as Bourne though, imo, I mean a force recon marine has to be big and strong, not necessarily good looking like that but hey doesn’t hurt since he wasn’t really a spy in shooter unlike bourne)…almost perfect…a little short but who cares, they just make sure his adverseries are about the same heights and use the hand held roving cameras and make us dizzy, lol
You are right, a prequel won’t work, not with him in it. That’s why I said they must cast someone else with a flat nose…and short…gee like me!!! If the studios do not sell out, (Universal…good luck), they will do a prequel and cast someone else. If they sell out as usual, they will make another with Bourne and pay him at least 20 to millions, how much did he get paid for the 3rd? Probably not that much but since it did so frigging well, (I pay more than 100 bucks myself seeing it with my wife once and forgot how many more matinees). Plus the HD DVD sales…which I bought 3 copies…1 in box set…1 for myself, 1 for my brother in law….that’s another almost 150 bucks. Crap, he will ask for so much more for a 4th that even Universal will think twice. I mean remember, Universal rejected a joint venture with Fox to make a movie for the video game HALO, HALO 3 made over 500 millions the first few weeks world wide…more than all 3 bourne movies…
With the writer strikes, studios will be very reluctant to take on any risks on a frachise like bourne….it will be years before s script could be close…. or maybe not, good writers are writing in advance and can refine and refine but they won’t get paid…will they do it? Writers don’t make very much….I support the strike 100%. Give me a chance to catch up on the newly released high def dvds during x’mas….not to mention videogames!!! go HALO…Damn Universal for not paying their writers and damn them for not making HALO into a movie even though it will suck…. Actually, since rumor is Peter Jackson is developing it and since he is from New Zealand, with his own studios, won’t the strike in the US benefit him or any other “foreign” movie? I mean Lord of the Rings, if made by a foreign and released by a New Zealand studio, theoretically wouldn’t that be branded as a foreign film? Hilarious if LOTR: Return of the King was nominated as a foreign movie…and let the real best movie that year win the Oscar which should have been….anyone? Trivia time….cookie for right answer :)
Above is just my humble opinion but it is the better than yours :)
December 19th, 2007 at 6:28 am
Tom:
I read the books. SPOILER ALERT FOR THOSE WHO WANTS TO READ THE BOOKS!!!!
You are right. Completely different Bourne…I mean he was married…hell he was a nam vet…which makes him approximately in his 50’s in current film’s era. So, he is not as much as an ass kicker but still pack a punch. The twists, are like, wow, good old fashion spy movie twists a la John le Carré. Tom, if you like Ludlum, I am sure you have read or at least heard of and liked his work. BTW, Mr. or is it Sir Le Carre, he and I went to the same English boarding school in a little town called Sherborne, Dorset County in England. I had the honor of meeting him when he came back to our campus to give a talk and of course, he instantly became for me and certainly many others’ inspiration to be a spy-espionage thriller genre fiction or screen plays writer. Real spy, not Ian Fleming’s Bond stuff…Le Carre was actually a real spy working for MI6 at one time but was busted out and found out he was better at writing. He calls himself a fictional writer but I would not be surprised if he was writing actual accounts of his experience…with a bit of salt added. No license to kill, martinis or Aston Martin or Omega watches….real spy wears Timex or Citizen or Casio without lasers…no Walter PPK either…just a pocket switch blade or mutlitool…pretty boring stuff he said. No Bond girls…duh…nor Spectre or a guy with a boomerang shoe that chops heads off.
As username: Cue (btw, do I know you from work? as sunder) posted earlier, he wasn’t in the army, so that dog tag thing was well, not from the book. Spy or field agents usually don’t wear dogtags. But since the movie really just loosely based the main character and really the backbone of the storyline which was to recover his memory from amnesia, everything else was…well, different. Yeah the Delta One back story would be great to add for the prequel. You totally could use the original Ludlum plots and make it work. But, Ultimatum ruined it by making him a soldier…way to go Gilroy and Nolfi, you just made it harder for yourself to write that prequel, which means the 4th movie will almost must be a sequel now…darn. Hell, but I will still watch it. Make Bourne like older, like 15 years from now, coming back onto the grid and teach new recruits. They can use Damon then, just wait 5-10 years since Damon don’t age well I have noticed. He would be married to Nikki…a little forced, no?
December 21st, 2007 at 7:47 am
I wondered if the ending of ultimatum didn’t suggest a 4th film. i wouldn’t enjoy it as much if damon didn’t play bourne, but my gripe is that they replaced a strong woman, marie, with a rather wimpy one, nicki. since nicki and bourne seemed to connect in ultimatum, why not bring her back and make her less wimpy. she was somewhat stronger in ultimatum, but, come on. i, for one, am sick of women standing around as window dressing to the strong men.
December 22nd, 2007 at 2:29 am
stiles is pretty in her own rights but she isn’t exactly window dressing type with all due respect. The ending is Hollywood. Typical of tonY gilroY and Nolfi. It was not very subtle unlike the 2nd. And the end of the first was the least suggestive. I like the end of ultimatum. It’s a little far fetched by it is bourne here…
December 22nd, 2007 at 8:23 am
A sequel would only work in the same way as the 4th book - albeit not written by Ludlam, i.e. his son, pesumed dead, come back to discover why his dad left him.
I think the connection with Nikki i because she knows about his history and feels for him - the reason why he became bourne.
Maybe because i’ve read the books i’m looking too deep into the plot, the films are simplistic compared to the interweaving characters in the books (what you’d expect)
Loosing the Carlos plot was good for the film as it dates the plot to mid 70’s. But there’s still a major question mark, which must have been left for a 4th film to answer - perfect prequel material, why did he give up his David Webb identity, yet still have his David Webb passport - as seen in Identity???? Didn’t Ultimatum make it clear that David Webb was dead?
December 22nd, 2007 at 8:45 pm
read your review of movies you are all wrong the 3movies and 3 books was not sbout spies it was about the program the us gov. had in place during viet. nam. how some military personel had volunteered for expermental training,including mind altering and how these men and some women suffered for it. but some of them have survived.
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:37 pm
Matt Damon was a surprise as Jason Bourne in The Bourne Identity. Comparing the character to Wil in Good Will Hunting, I didn’t think he could pull off playing the Bourne character but he did. And he did it extremely well. Sequels usually aren’t better than the original, in my film-viewing experience, so I was surprised by the two sequels. Of course, Matt could continue to play Bourne but Bourne would have to age as Matt does. Of course, Hollywood would rather not do that — they have a preoccupation with youth and faux-youth. I would love to see Matt continue to play Bourne but only if the character ages just as Matt does. It would be interesting because some of the physical feats would not be as possible and some might still be surprisingly possible — depending on his ability to stay in that type of physical condition. And some people do. But usually it is the experience and strategic thinking that sharpens with age (and then does some regressing in older age). That could be interesting too. Depends on how it is done. I don’t want to see a different actor playing Bourne. For the same reason I did not like seeing Ben Affleck playing a young Jack Ryan after Harrison Ford had played that role twice (Alec Baldwin played the character once, I believe). It just didn’t work. Was it Ben or was it his poor-to-average acting abilities? Probably both. Regardless, I would rather see Damon play Bourne than anyone else. Or wait ten years and then do the next sequel to the films. Then I won’t have the “attachment” to Damon as the character perhaps.
December 27th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Chuck Norris can do it
December 31st, 2007 at 12:04 am
Next Bourne movie without Damon? No one like him. I like his character very much.
December 31st, 2007 at 7:26 pm
I think Matt Damon did very good in the Bourne movies…I think he was very believable, even though I haven’t read the books. I loved all of the movies, and I was hoping they would do another one. Then I read that Matt didn’t want to do another one, I don’t want there to be another one. I don’t think it will be the same without Matt.
If they do make another, I don’t think i’ll be interested at all to see it without Matt. I would like it to be explained more, though, because a lot of the Ultimatum just leaves you hanging. I will also be surprised if they do make another with someone new and its good. I don’t think another Bourne movie will be good without Damon, though. The three were enough if there’s no more Matt Damon.
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:25 pm
On 12/17/07, Sunder wrote: “(Off topic Ocean 13 DVD commentary…worst commentary ever made, well, worst Oceans movie ever made for that matter). If you have no idea what I am talking about which I am sure no one does…or care. Watch Oceans 13 with commentary and you will see. I thought it was cool. In fact, I think every Oceans movie, a Bourne movie was also being made at the same time (well the last 2 for sure).”
I have the “Ocean’s thirteen” DVD … it doesn’t contain a Commentary.
January 5th, 2008 at 10:20 am
The only way that they should make a 4th or 5th movie is if Matt
Damon is the one playing Jason Bourne. noone could take his place. I think that there should be atleast one more movie because not everthing ws explaned in the Bourne Ultimatum.
matt Damon is the best.
January 14th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I dont think they should do another Bourne without Damon, simply because we all have Damon in our minds and I personally would be comparing the acting through the whole movie. Then again, I do want to see the writers resolve the Jason/Nicky cliff hanger from Ultimatum. There was obviously something there before Bourne lost his memory. But I’m a romantic so…
January 14th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Matt Damon is now an A-List actor in my book. I always wrote him off as just another cheesy actor but…My girlfriend and I just watched the trilogy (not back to back to back). She didnt want anything to do with it, but I said give it a chance like I did. She loves it.
In my opinion, Bourne without Damon is like McClane without Willis.
Can’t happen.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
As a late comer to the Bourne films I’d just like to say how exceptional they are. They’ve been called the poor man’s Bond but they are so much better. But like Bond and Sean Connery, there is only one person who can carry the part and that is Matt Damon. He fits it so well that any latecomer will fail even if the box office says different. Only Daniel Craig has looked “real” but the action in Casino Royale wasn’t realistic. The Bourne films are A1 and I hope that the next two books by Van Lustbader are eventually filmed when Damon is old enough not to need ageing make up, always poor, it will be well worth the wait.
Matt Damon is Bourne…period.
January 25th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Somebody please change Matt Damon’s mind. James Bond movies were not the same after Sean Connery left the series.
January 25th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
A lot of ppl compare bourne to bond’s movies….you can’t. One is an assasin, one is a…well as Mke Myers pur ir, satssqiasj.
January 25th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
= Sorry, typo…..satssqiasj = SASQUATCH lol
January 26th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Just want to clarify something for the people who haven’t read the books but Bourne is only an assasin in the films.
In the book he’s a carrot in a plan to catch an assasin, taking credit for other peoples kills. A much deeper plot than in the films but still what can you get across in just under 2 hours.
January 26th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
yes thank you for making my point, cue… The two plots are COMPLETELY different. There is a 4th book but of course not written by Ludlum…dead. So people instinctively think there is a 4th. In fact, the 4th book is almost as if setting up or a “pitch” for a 4th for those who have read it. But I don’t know if I would use that as a script…terrible book in my opionion….sry. Now, I never watched Chamberlain’s tv series…so no comment on how they made a series out of it. not very successful apparently. Anyways, enough on this I think…I think we pretty much agree that there probably will be a 4th if Damon is offered A LOT OF money and it will probably suck compared to 3rd.
January 26th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
I usually enjoy Matt Damon’s movies very much - but I would be hard pressed to call him a good actor. In fact I find his emotions and facial expressions rather dead. Which, in a way, may be why he is excelled at playing Jason Bourne. I mean here’s a guy that doesn’t know what makes him happy, why joy he has had in life. His purpose is to find out who he is - and Damon plays that very well. I do think there are enough open ends to make ONE more. Although I would prefer Damon, I do think a guy like Mark Wahlberg would do a great job as well.
January 27th, 2008 at 7:10 am
Sunder, compared to the films the Chamberlain ’series’ hasn’t aged well. It was as close to the plot of the book as i think you’ll get - set ini the early 80’s also. (not sure when it was made)
A good watch and having read the books i think Chamberlain is a better fit to the Bourne character than Damon but that’s not taking anything away from Damon, he’s made the character his own… so much so i’d wouldn’t be suprise to hear they changed the plot so much just to fit Damon’s age.
January 27th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Cue, how long did the chamberlain series run for? Did they complete the story of the 3 books? I would love to get my hands on that…I wonder where I can find it tho.
As for Score’s comment on Mark Wahlberg, I thought he would be great having seen him in Shooter. He is more versatile as an actor. However, I am just guessing that the producers were looking for someone who were relatively unknown at the time of the first movie and someone you would never even think could do the things Bourne did in the movies. I can still remember the first trailer when it came out in the theatre in the scene where he was hassled by 2 German Cops and in 3 moves “disabled” both. At first I was like wow,,,that must be a silly movie, a skinny short guy playing this ass kicking whatever…and then finding out that it is a Bourne trilology adaptation, I was very skeptical to say the least and in fact I waited it came out on pay-per-view before I even saw it…I warmed up to it but still not sold. When the 2nd came, Damon has bulked up and much more enjoyable, 3rd movie, he did become Bourne.
The box office sales is evidence of how well the casting was. I mean Joan Allen’s in this genre of movies…wow and she said she loved doing it and would return if there is a 4th. I mean one of the classiest and good looking actress ever? Not to mention her acting…
Hey never say never, there is Rambo 5 and Rocky 6? I lost counts after like 2…
January 29th, 2008 at 3:49 am
Not sure how long the series ran for - bought the DVD a while back, after the first film came out as it strayed from the book and wondered if the series had…. have a look on Amazon - I think i bought mine for about £3.
January 29th, 2008 at 7:00 am
What is the deal with everyone being so impressed with Joan Allen??? Obviously she’s on other shows that anybody knows who she is . . . I’m not so impressed to think that the movie couldn’t go on without her.
Where are we now with Jason Bourne/David Webb? So, he knows who he is . . . he knows who Nicky is . . . a past “relationship”? … NOT
In number 4 you can only go in one of two directions . . . either before the whole amnesia thing or later in life.
I suppose you could do both at the same time . . . . let him be getting settled in life and, like in the books, his past catches up with him through some arch enemy . . . which stirs up action-packed episodes from years before . . .
. . . and where could all these episodes take place? We’ve done the European scenes (which I love) . . . what’s left? Asia . . . Central/South America . . .
So far the only enemy he’s had has been those who “created” him . . .
I guess I see Matt’s point . . . there may be no future here . . . unless the story is over-the-top.
January 29th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Nikky Parsons is Jason Bourne’s sister. Am I the only one who can see that INCREDIBLY OBVIOUS point??
January 30th, 2008 at 3:43 am
1. he had an older brother, no sister
2. his name is David Webb, she’s single and is named Parsons….
Not sure on were you’ve got the sister link, personally I don’t think there is a link. I just think she feels for him as she knows his past and why he became Bourne.
February 2nd, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Have you guys seen Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon’s song - I’m f**king Matt Damon on youtube? Hilarious.
February 4th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Three books by the original author, three films all done by the same actor - that’s perfect for me. Anything that follows now will simply be cashing in and I totally agree with Damon for walking away now, that’s exactly what I’d have done.
If there are any more movies entitled Bourne now I won’t be watching them….three fantastic films that reached a conclusion is good enough for me.
February 6th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
No one can play Jason Bourne except for Matt Damon. It simply will not work. These movies will not succeed the same without him, in terms of the acting and the story. Please don’t make more Bourne movies if they won’t have our Jason Bourne in them.
February 7th, 2008 at 11:11 am
I agree, Matt Damon is thee quintessential Jason Bourne character. While listening to Audible’s version of (Eric Van Lustbader’s) “The Bourne Legacy”, I pictured an older Matt Damon as Jason Bourne/David Webb… which, for me made it ‘feel’ more realistic.
Being a huge fan of Matt Damon, would not hesitate catching the next ‘Bourne’ movie.
February 9th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I think he should come back for one more, the prequel. To show exactly how he became the killing machine he is.
February 10th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
just make borne #4 this series is great serius
February 12th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
whats up chad
February 12th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
whats up chad
February 16th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
I think he should still do the movies, I mean without Matt Damon there’s really no point to making this movie. He’s perfect for the part of Jason Bourne. And the movies just blow me away,because there’s so much action and I can’t stop watching those movies. So my point is without Matt Damon there is no Jason Bourne.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
no one can replace matt damon as jason bourne. and i agree with with case. no one can jump throught the windows like he can!!
February 29th, 2008 at 10:57 am
If not Matt Damon, just end the series. It isn’t the same to make 3 movies with one acter than bring in someone else to take the place.
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:53 am
hey …………only matt can do justice to this role and believe me …he has no other choice but to return back to bourne series and he realises it too ….watch out bourne series next.
March 3rd, 2008 at 3:30 am
Hey Matt.. don’t do it man..
You are damn gud than anyother JamesBond…This movie series shud become competative to 007 movies… common man…
March 8th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
i think dat if dey make a fourth movie matt should actt in it cause hes such a gudd actor i actuallii want a fourth movie…. the 3 series were so gudd and addictive
March 8th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
i think dat matt should stay… cause almost everyone loved him and if hes gone den the movie is ganna be ruined… it better with matt….. no one can take his place in this movie…. please matt stay
April 5th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
I really liked the way the ended the final movie. (#3)
4th cant really have a solid story like, that makes any sense.
As for the