'Jason Bourne' Sequel Likely To Happen, 'Bourne Legacy' Sequel Less Likely To Happen
We can probably expect to see a Jason Bourne sequel. Producer Frank Marshall says he's "spoken" with Matt Damon & Paul Greengrass about a follow-up.
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VOTD: Recap The Whole Bourne Movie Franchise In Under Three Minutes Before 'Jason Bourne'
If you need a refresher on the Jason Bourne franchise, but don't have time for all the movies, then this Bourne movies recap in three minutes is for you.
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Sequel Bits: Bourne Franchise, 'Bill & Ted 3, 'Neighbors 2,' 'Creed 2' And More
There's so many Sequel Bits here, they might start forming Sequel Chunks: Jeremy Renner still wants Bourne crossover movie Michael B. Jordan says Creed is first in a franchise Alex Winter still hyping up Bill & Ted 3 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising confirms returning cast Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials gets MPAA rating Barbershop 3…
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Universal Sets New 'Bourne' In Motion, Jeremy Renner Set To Star Once More
Briefly: Jeremy Renner's first turn as the lead of a Bourne film wasn't quite as well-received as the first three films with Matt Damon, but that hasn't stalled the series. Universal is now moving on a fifth film in the franchise to follow the 2012 release The Bourne Legacy, with Renner again in the lead.…
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Matt Damon Approached 'Dark Knight' Scribe Jonathan Nolan For 'Bourne 4'
This summer, Tony Gilroy and Jeremy Renner served up The Bourne Legacy, a Bourne movie without its title character. But those who've been following the franchise over the years will recall that that wasn't always the plan. After the success of The Bourne Ultimatum, star Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass tried for years to…
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Matt Damon In Talks For George Clooney's 'The Monuments Men,' Says 'The Bourne Legacy' Complicates His Franchise Return
Matt Damon and George Clooney have a great history together on screen thanks to Syriana and the Oceans films, and now they're set to make history together. Or re-make history, as it were. Damon is in talks to join the cast of Clooney's Monuments Men, the film that will chronicle "a crew of art historians…
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WTF: WWE To Produce Animated 'Scooby-Doo' Film Set At WrestleMania; Man Shoots Himself In The Butt During 'Bourne Legacy'
The next two statements are totally true. World Wrestling Entertainment is producing an animated Scooby-Doo film centering on a murder mystery at Wrestlemania, and a man shot himself in the ass while sitting down in a screening of The Bourne Legacy. After the jump, read the details on the crazy but true stories. First up,…
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/Filmcast Ep. 197 - The Bourne Legacy (GUEST: Scott Mendelson From Mendelson's Memos)
This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam lament the fact that The Campaign doesn't take itself more seriously, praise Beasts of the Southern Wild as a beautiful tone poem, and complain about the lack of found footage in REC 3. Special guest Scott Mendelson joins us from Mendelson's Memos. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com,…
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'The Bourne Legacy' - What Did You Think?
One of the final big films of summer 2012 is Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy, which casts Jeremy Renner as a new super agent brought up in a secret government program similar to the one that created Jason Bourne. The movie also stars Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, and Oscar Isaac. It has some of the…
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'The Bourne Legacy' Review: Light On Action But Still Lots To Like
Even with a two hour-plus run time, The Bourne Legacy feels short. Tony Gilroy, who wrote the first Bourne three films, directed this extension of the franchise which gives an intricate, chemical context to everything you loved about the first three. However, in its run time, the percentage of actual action is pretty small. When…
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LOL: "The Damon Legacy"
Story-wise, it would've made perfect sense to end the Bourne series after Jason Bourne's arc came to a graceful end in 2007's The Bourne Ultimatum. Money-wise, however, it's another story. While all three films have done well at the box office, the Ultimatum blew the other two out of the water with a $442 million…
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Sequel Bits: 'The Expendables 2,' 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' Possible 'Dredd' Sequels, And 'The Bourne Legacy'
That's a new banner for The Expendables 2, above, and it does just about as good a job as it could possibly do informing audiences of who is in the film. Click for a larger version, and break out the measurement tools to check out the photoshop work that seems to have re-sized a few…
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'The Dark Knight Rises' Pushes 'The Bourne Legacy' Back A Week
Universal has just moved the release of The Bourne Legacy back one week from August 3 to August 10. The official reason? They're scared of The Dark Knight Rises. Seriously. Read the statement below. Here's the statement from Universal: Just as THE AVENGERS demonstrated marketplace sustainability that well outpaced traditional patterns earlier this summer, the…
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'The Bourne Legacy' Trailer: Rebuilding Killers, And Franchises
Universal is planning a nice transition from the summer to fall movie seasons with the August release of The Bourne Legacy. The film is from writer/director Tony Gilroy (who co-wrote with Dan Gilroy) and outlines a new branch of the spy storyline created in the three Bourne movies starring Matt Damon. This time, Jeremy Renner…
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Sequel Bits: Anna Faris On 'Scary Movie 5', Tony Gilroy On 'Bourne Legacy', 'TRON: Uprising' Art, More 'Men In Black 3' Clips
Yep, Scary Movie 5 is happening, but will its stars return? Anna Faris isn't sure. Also after the jump: Sony unveils two more clips from Men in Black 3 Tony Gilroy talks balancing old and new in The Bourne Legacy Check out some concept art for TRON: Uprising With writers and a director on board, the next step…
Read MoreCinemaCon Reactions: 'Savages', 'TED', 'Bourne Legacy', 'Les Miserables', Judd Apatow's 'This Is 40', ' 47 Ronin', 'Oblivion', 'R.I.P.D.'
Thursday afternoon at CinemaCon, Universal Pictures presented footage, clips and trailers from their upcoming 2012 line-up and beyond. Included in the presentation were clips from Snow White and the Huntsman, Oliver Stone's Savages, Seth MacFarlane's TED, The Bourne Legacy, Les Miserables, Judd Apatow's This Is 40, Carl Erik Rinsch's 47 Ronin, Joseph Kosinski's Oblivion, and…
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'The Bourne Legacy' International Trailer
Here's the Japanese teaser trailer for The Bourne Legacy, in which previous Bourne series writer Tony Gilroy directs Jeremy Renner in a film that expands the fictional world of the Bourne films. Renner isn't the successor to Matt Damon exactly; rather, he's a parallel character in the same world. Edward Norton and Rachel Weisz are…
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'The Bourne Legacy' Update: First Look At Edward Norton, Tony Gilroy Talks Visual Style And Tone
Part sequel, part spin-off, but all action-packed spy thriller, The Bourne Legacy is the rare live action summer blockbuster without aliens or superheros. It stars Jeremy Renner as an agent who, much like Matt Damon's Jason Bourne of the first three films, is a highly trained killing machine, triggered into action in a story related…
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'The Bourne Legacy' Teaser Trailer: Jeremy Renner Is The New Bourne
Tony Gilroy, the writer who provided the script backbone for the three Matt Damon Bourne movies, has started a parallel Bourne series, which kicks off with the film The Bourne Legacy. This picture features Jeremy Renner as a Jason Bourne-like agent. A teaser trailer has just been released for the fim that will give you…
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/Filmcast Ep. 172 - Melancholia (GUEST: Alison Willmore From Movieline)
This week, Dave Chen, Devindra, and Adam chat about the virtues of Downton Abbey, debate the merits of Another Earth, and discuss their most anticipated films of 2012. Special guest Alison Willmore joins us from Movieline. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us at Slashfilm's Live…
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First Look: Jeremy Renner As Aaron Cross In 'The Bourne Legacy'
It's been over a year since we learned that Matt Damon would not be reprising his role as Jason Bourne in the fourth installment of the film series, The Bourne Legacy, and about nine or so months since Jeremy Renner was announced as the new face of the franchise. Now, with about seven months to…
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Jeremy Renner Says 'The Bourne Legacy' Is "More Expansive And Bigger" Than Previous Bourne Movies
There's a new Bourne movie planned for release less than a year from now: Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy, which features Jeremy Renner as a new killer agent trained by the same people who put Jason Bourne (Matt Damon, who won't be in this film) into action. We don't know too much about the new…
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'The Bourne Legacy:' Scott Glenn Is Back For More
When Universal gave Tony Gilroy a mandate to make a new Bourne film that might establish a series parallel to the existing trilogy starring Matt Damon, he pledged a story that would take place in the same world and expand upon some background elements seen in the three Damon films. To that effect he has…
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Casting Bits: Stacy Keach In 'The Bourne Legacy;' Forest Whitaker In 'Vipaka;' Katrina Bowden In 'Nurse 3D'
Stacy Keach is the latest actor added to the growing cast of Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy, which stars Jeremy Renner as a new ultra-capable agent who emerges from the same training program that created Matt Damon's Jason Bourne. We don't know Keach's role, but do know that he will play alongside (or against) Rachel…
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Sequel Casting: Joe Mazzello In 'G.I. Joe 2;' Joan Allen & Albert Finney In Talks For 'The Bourne Legacy'
Sequel news! Jon M. Chu is assembling the cast for G.I. Joe 2: Cobra Strikes like a kid lining up action figure purchases after Comic Con. (Too labored? Sorry. I'm trying to work out of that SDCC mentality.) He's got Channing Tatum, Ray Park and Lee Byun-hun returning from the first film, and Dwayne Johnson,…
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Edward Norton In Talks For Villain Role In 'The Bourne Legacy'
Briefly: Jeremy Renner is going to lose his memory as the lead of Universal's Jason Bourne spin-off franchise, which will be launched by a film called The Bourne Legacy. Now he may have an adversary in Edward Norton. The latter is in talks to play a character whose identity we do not yet know (appropriate…
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Rachel Weisz A Likely Pick For 'The Bourne Legacy'
Is Rachel Weisz's career taking a turn back to the mainstream? While she made her first big impression on many audiences in The Mummy, she's not really known for big-budget action flicks or mainstream genre stuff. But working with good directors and casts can be a lure, as can a big paycheck. She was recently…
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