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Bourne 4 on the way
Just when we thought Jason Bourne had crushed every crooked government agency there is to crush, we hear that Paul Greengrass has signed on to direct number four in the increasingly popular Bond-a-like franchise.
Matt Damon has also agreed to step once again into the boots of America’s foremost chop-socky amnesiac, but has to finish work on two other films prior to shooting a fourth Bourne: first up is another Greengrass collaboration, an adaptation of Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s ‘Imperial Life in the Emerald City’ centring on Baghdad’s Green Zone.The other film is Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Informant’ where Damon plays a whistle-blower who testifies against the US government (Michael Mann’s ‘The Insider’, anyone?).
What Bourne still has left to achieve in his action-packed life remains a mystery, as by the end of his last film he had 90 per cent of CIA top brass with their metallic grey suit trousers around their ankles. Time Out predicts the fourth film will be called ‘The Bourne Incapacity’ and it will see Damon engage in a monumental row with his local benefits office who refuse to offer him back pay for the time he was suffering from amnesia.
Author: Time Out
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- michael said...
- ERM I was just wondering what age "John said" is? 12 possibly 14 or is that just his intellectual age. Posted on Jan 29 2010 23:50
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- john said...
- bourne kicks serious butt.put him with bond i know who will win....bring on loads more ace films Posted on Jan 15 2010 23:42
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- jimmy said...
- Prequel has a high risk of being lame-as; just look at starwars. Posted on Dec 21 2009 12:40
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- scotty said...
- @Ben - Not really. There was an official web site put up (to coincide with the release of 'Quantum Of Solace' as it happens) you know. Posted on Dec 19 2009 22:39
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- joyus said...
- the bourne trilogy was so loosely based on the books as they were set decades ago. As long as the fourth is as good as the first three. I LOVE IT. Three of the best movies of the decade Posted on Dec 19 2009 21:29
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- Pratham said...
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@House
He become professor of languages as far as I know. Posted on Aug 19 2009 20:26 - Report as inappropriate
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- Bag of sack said...
- You all lick sack, he's cool and got beef, hell be sound, peace out and chill. Posted on Aug 10 2009 00:24
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- Jason said...
- How about 'Bourne Free' in which the eponymous hero heads to Africa and fights lions with his bare hands? Posted on Jul 22 2009 10:19
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- Matthew Bayes said...
- I also believe that the character Neil Daniels, has his name 'Neil' correct on his files, but the female character types in 'Neal' when trying to find info on her laptop. I've only seen the film once but im pretty sure im right. I fecking love the bourne films. And im painfully cynical. Posted on Jul 05 2009 13:35
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- Beeyl said...
- Regarding the blood type issue (of David Webb's dog tags reading O- while Jason Bourne's file reads A+)... maybe Greengrass is merely suggesting that, when the CIA alters a person's identity, they do a really thorough job. :-)) Posted on Jul 03 2009 11:45
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- barry said...
- i don't think matt damon and paul greengrass would have signed up for the fourth if they thought for a second it wouldn't live up to the hype or reputation set by the first three, so i don't think we've anything to worry about. Posted on Jun 21 2009 22:15
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- scotty said...
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If you freeze frames when watching the Bourne Ultimatum you can see that David Webb's dog tags state his blood group as O negative but on an "Operation : Treadstone" induction report it states that Jason Bourne's blood group is A postive.
It's a loose end :-) Posted on Apr 26 2009 02:56 - Report as inappropriate
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- Ian said...
- So instead of fighting the American Intelligence Authorities (he has no need to now anyway?), he becomes their weapon to be inflicted on someone else. How about Bourne fighting my girlfriend Julie, who is giving me hell these days Posted on Mar 28 2009 21:07
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- Ian said...
- So instead of fighting the American Intelligence Authorities (he has no need to now anyway?), he becomes their weapon to be inflicted on someone else. How about Bourne fighting my girlfriend Julie, who is giving me hell these days Posted on Mar 28 2009 21:07
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- Bama boy said...
- The first 3 films were awesome and its hard 2 keep the sequles the same rating as the first 1 but i think the directors will manage it Posted on Mar 15 2009 23:02
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