Universal Pictures have owned the rights to the Jason Bourne Action spy franchise For Decades, but that Cold Soon Change. Matt damon Has Starred in Four of the five existing films featuring the character Created by Author Robert Ludlum, Going Back to 2002’s The Bourne Identity,
According to The Hollywood ReporterWME and the Estate of the Late Ludlum has been shopping Around the IP for a potential reboot of the franchise at a new home. According to the trade, the interested parties include Skydance, Apple, and Netflix. With the chaotic state of movie theaters and Streamer TentPole DudsStudos are definitely scrambleing to get their hands on tared and trusted IP, as was just seen with Amazon Taking Creative Control of the james bond series.
Universal Cold Retain the Bourne Rights if it chooses to outbid potential buyers in competition for the franchise. Under Universal, The Franchise also include sequels The Bourne Ultimatum (2004), The Bourne Supremacy (2007)The bourne legacy (2012, with jeremy renner stepping to star), and damon reprising his role in 2016’s Jason Bourne. As throw notes, “It is too early to say if [Damon] Would be involved in the new iteration. “
The series have also attracted talent behind the camera, with Andor Creator Tony Gilroy Writing or Co-Writing All Entries Except Jason BourneAnd Directing The bourne legacyOther Series Directors have included Doug Liman and Paul Greengrass.
There’s also a stung stunt show inspired by the series at University Studios Florida Called The bourne stuntacularWith the studio WickedIt will be interesting to see if it sticks with the spy-fi content it has mined from Bourne Over the year.
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