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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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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...

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

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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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JDKB said...

Many of you have been linking the next film to the forth book, but remember that the Bourne films are based very loosely on the novels, so don't expect a similar plot to the book. I also think that Bourne has fought all the fights and it would be a mistake to make another film, how are they going to continue the story? They've already tied up all the loose ends, I think the only gripping story would come from Bourne's past, before the events of The Bourne Identity - but even then it may not live up to the first three films and prove to be an ugly wart on an otherwise beautiful finger. Be careful Damon, Greengrass and Co. Posted on Mar 15 2009 17:35

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chris said...

C'mon people read the books - You find out he wasn't the first experiment - A Russina was the first who is as good as Bourne - When he finds out one of his friends has been murdered by Bourne he comes after him.
If they stick to the book it will be an excellent film. Posted on Jan 26 2009 19:32

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Gaz said...

They should make a prequel that tells the back story of what happened to him to make him join the agency in the first place. Ultimatum suggests that there may be something interesting that led up to it. The end of the movie would see him entering the training centre. Posted on Jan 23 2009 11:56

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House said...

I stopped reading the first book after I found out he'd become a professor - absolutely absurd. He doesn't have the character for it, nor the knowledge, nor the paperwork, you can’t just decide one day to BECOME a university lecturer/professor, it requires a lot of study and peer academic approval - it doesn't happen overnight FFS (which it would need to for the plot to make sense, no doubt JB will look the same and be just as sharp combat wise 20 years on *rolls eyes*)! Posted on Dec 02 2008 13:30

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ben said...

i bet you all feel pretty stupid now. Bourne 4 was the best yet! Posted on Dec 01 2008 22:09

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Agent-9 said...

The 4th book in the Bourne series has Jason 'retire' form spy work and become a professor at a prestigious Univ in New England - but an assasination attempt on his life brings him back into the scene to track down just who still wants him... Posted on Nov 06 2008 16:55

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Silly Boy said...

How about if the 4th film were called:
Bourne Again: whereby Jason has become a born again Christian, kicks down peoples doors, and forces them to become sales reps for the Christian Information Association. Posted on Oct 30 2008 14:25

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Daver said...

It should be called Bourne Reality, and should backtrack to before he was shot and ended up in the sea. It should include his early missions, and his training& early missions killing the bad guys the CIA wanted killing, with then all chasing him (bad guys), but then also jump into the other three films. I love these films and can't wait. Posted on Oct 21 2008 19:50

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