Bourne to be Rich
Date : February 25, 2008 Writer : Clint Morris

I find it funny that Matt Damon would want to do a fourth “Bourne” movie – especially because the last one (“Ultimatum”) wrapped things up so nicely. But then, Damon doesn’t seem to be the type to do things for money, so all I can assume is that he and director Paul Greengrass have come up with one killer story for the next installment. We hope.

Whatever the case, Jason Bourne will be the subject of a forthcoming DVD Quadrilogy box set – with word from Variety that Universal, Damon and Greengrass (director of the last two “Bourne” flicks; Doug Liman did the first) are brainstorming over ideas for another sequel.

As I believe the original “Bourne” book series ended at “Ultimatum” and the series then went on to tell the story of – granted, Ludlum didn’t write these ones – Bourne’s son, they'll probably be writing something from scratch this time around (not that they basically didn't do that for the "Bourne" films anyway - the books didn't really resemble the movies).

I had heard about this and hoped that it was not true. The best one was the first one. The second one was pretty good. The third one just sucked. I got so dizzy in the third movie from the fights scenes being so "in your face" - I couldn't follow anything that was happening during the fights. And the story... well, that was pretty lame, too.

It's funny how you describe the 3rd movie because I felt the same about the 2nd movie.
The fight scenes in the 2nd movie actually caused me to close my eyes to save myself from puking in the theatre.
I thought the 3rd was more like the first, not quite as good but still a great action movie.

Maybe the script will make the 4th movie a prequel.
That's what I'm guessing.
No reason to bring him out of retirement.

Paul Greengrass is officially over Jason Bourne
by: Niki Stephens Feb. 26, 2010 Devin over at CHUD got a very interesting and long answer to a BOURNE question while interviewing Paul Greengrass about GREEN ZONE.

Back in December, we caught wind that Greengrass was leaving the fourth film in the series due to "creative differences". From Matt Damon's perspective, he had seemed rather optimistic, but when he talked about a reboot it was fair to say that his days as Jason Bourne were done. That on top of his loyalty to Greengrass.

Here's what the director had to say, "I have moved on. I finished [Green Zone] in July, had the summer off, and I came back and thought I could find a way to get engaged and make [a fourth Bourne film], [but] I thought in my head there were so many other things and films I wanted to make. I didn't have the fire in my belly. Not that I don't like Jason Bourne, not that I'm not extremely grateful to the franchise, not that I'm extremely close to the studio - there were no arguments. I didn't feel like I had anything else to contribute. It just happens with franchises; you get to a point where you feel like you've done it."

Even without him, Greengrass sees the franchise continuing as well as his association with Universal, "They need to find someone else to come in to take it in a new direction I wouldn't have thought of and it will be better. I'll continue to make movies with the studio, and I'll continue to make movies with Matt, because there are a lot of movies I'd like to make with him. In the end in your creative journey through life you need new challenges, and I've come to that place."

So, what's Greengrass looking to do next? "Could it be a romantic comedy? Probably not. It'll probably be some gigantic action movie, but it'll be fun and new."