The Bourne Franchise Is Up for Grabs

Common Footage has owned the rights to the Jason Bourne motion spy franchise for many years, however that might quickly change. Matt Damon has starred in 4 of the 5 present movies that includes the character created by creator Robert Ludlum, going again to 2002’s The Bourne Identification.

In response to the Hollywood Reporter, WME and the property of the late Ludlum have begun procuring across the IP for a possible reboot of the franchise at a brand new residence. In response to the commerce, the events embrace Skydance, Apple, and Netflix. With the chaotic state of film theaters and streamer tentpole duds, studios are positively scrambling to get their arms on tried and trusted IP, as was simply seen with Amazon taking creative control of the James Bond sequence.

Common might retain the Bourne rights if it chooses to outbid potential patrons in competitors for the franchise. Underneath Common, the franchise additionally consists of sequels The Bourne Ultimatum (2004), The Bourne Supremacy (2007), The Bourne Legacy (2012, with Jeremy Renner stepping to star), and Damon reprising his function in 2016’s Jason Bourne. As THR notes, “it’s too early to say if [Damon] could be concerned within the new iteration.”

The sequence has additionally attracted expertise behind the digital camera, with Andor creator Tony Gilroy writing or co-writing all entries besides Jason Bourne, and directing The Bourne Legacy. Different sequence administrators have included Doug Liman and Paul Greengrass.

There’s additionally a staged stunt present impressed by the sequence at Common Studios Florida referred to as The Bourne Stuntacular. With the studio seeing an enormous success in style with Wicked, it is going to be fascinating to see if it sticks with the spy-fi content material it has mined from Bourne through the years.

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