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It once looked hopeful for a new Jason Bourne movie, but it turns out we are just out of luck. Paul Greengrass (the director of the last two bourne films) has said it is time for him to move on:

When I was honest with myself last Autumn, and I was starting to get going on other things, you just come to a point where you realize you’ve done it. You don’t have anything more to contribute to a franchise that needs to continue obviously, and in order to continue, a franchise needs to be rebooted and reenergized by new perspectives.

Since there will be no Paul Greengrass, that means there will also be no Matt Damon. Damon had said he would only be interested if Paul Greengrass would make the film. So what does that mean for us. Well, both Damon and Greengrass seem to give their blessing for a prequel/reboot for the franchise.

I think they have a good way to do a prequel with someone else, and basically make it about the Bourne identity, the actual identity. Any studio is interested in making it an evergreen that can just go on and on and on, and it never will with our character because he’s resolved his issues now. He’s got his memory back three times now. I don’t think anybody wants to see me say ‘I don’t remember’ again, but I think what we could do is that you can do some movies with another actor, anyone, whether it’s Ryan Gosling or Russell Crowe or Denzel Washington, and he’s Jason Bourne, and at the end of his one or two or three movies, you see them getting ready to pass the identity onto me, so it just becomes like a 007, it becomes the name that they give this certain person who is uniquely positioned.

Would you be ok with the Bourne franchise carrying on without these guys, sort of like James Bond?

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