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Matt Damon Says Jason Bourne’s Next Adventure Will Be a Prequel

by Matt Goldberg Posted: February 1st, 2010 at 8:54 am

You can’t keep a good spy down, but you can dig deeper into his past. In a red carpet interview with Matt Damon, Empire learned that the next Bourne film is looking like it will be a prequel. Says Damon:

“There’ll probably be a prequel of some kind with another actor and another director before we do another one,” he said, “just because I think we’re probably another five years away from doing it – we’ve got to get a script…”

This sounds like more of a stopgap than a real Bourne movie. Maybe it’s because I’m too attached to the Damon/Greengrass mix but I’m not sure what a prequel has to offer. The whole point of the Bourne trilogy is Jason Bourne’s attempt to discover his past. By the end of The Bourne Ultimatum, we know what happened to him and so any new ground would probably just be a random mission featuring the character. On the bright side, we could see his training process and how he learned to kill someone with a rolled up magazine.

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Paul Greengrass Confirms That He’s Quit BOURNE 4

by Matt Goldberg Posted: December 1st, 2009 at 3:50 pm

the_bourne_ultimatum_movie_image_matt_damon_paul_greengrass.jpg As we reported yesterday, director Paul Greengrass has will not direct the highly-anticipated fourth installment of the Bourne franchise . Greengrass issued to following statement [via BFDMemo]:

You won’t find a more devoted supporter of the Bourne franchise than me. I will always be grateful to have been the caretaker to Jason Bourne over the course of The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. I’m very proud of those films and feel they express everything I most passionately believe about the possibility of making quality movies in the mainstream. My decision to not return a third time as director is simply about feeling the call for a different challenge. There’s been no disagreement with Universal Pictures. The opportunity to work with the Bourne family again is a difficult thing to pass up, but we have discussed this together and they have been incredibly understanding and supportive. I’ve been lucky enough to have made four films for Universal, and our relationship continues. Jason Bourne existed before me and will continue, and I hope to remain involved in some capacity as the series moves on.

Now whether you think that’s just a long-winded way of saying “creative differences” or that Greengrass is making sure not to burn a bridge or if this is the straight dope, the truth still remains that whenever we see the 4^th Jason Bourne movie, it won’t have Paul Greengrass as its director. Now the question becomes if Greengrass’ departure means Matt Damon, whose loyalty lies with his director, will still return.