• 'Beirut' Screenwriter Tony Gilroy Isn't Impressed By Good Lines [Interview]

    The Academy Award-nominated writer and director behind Michael Clayton and Duplicity, Tony Gilroy, now has a 25-year-old script of his turned into a finished film with Beirut. In a wide-ranging interview, Gilroy recently told us about the film, writing great dialogue, why he doesn't write true-life stories, and more.

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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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  • '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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  • '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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  • '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' 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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  • '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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  • 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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  • How Jeremy Renner Won The 'Bourne Legacy' Role

    Late last week, we announced that Jeremy Renner had been offered the lead role in The Bourne Legacy, the fourth installment of the Bourne franchise and the first one not featuring title character Jason Bourne. The news came right on the heels of another report stating that director Tony Gilroy was pushing Aussie actor Joel…

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  • Jeremy Renner Offered Lead In 'The Bourne Legacy'

    Jeremy Renner has, inexplicably, become your new action franchise star. Well, it isn't quite inexplicable: he's a great actor who has left a mark on audiences with performances and scored consecutive Oscar nominations for his roles in The Hurt Locker and The Town. It's just that it seemed at one point like he might go…

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