Universal Developing Fifth BOURNE Film From ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ Director
The Bourne franchise remains potent according to Deadline’s Justin Kroll who reports that a fifth movie is in-development Universal. Edward Berger, director of the 4x Oscar-winning All Quiet On The Western Front, is up to take the director’s chair.
Kroll says that Berger will be the only name attached to the project if a deal goes through. Further announcements are pending on whether or not franchise star Matt Damon, who took the reins for The Bourne Identity, Doug Liman’s 2002 reboot of Roger Young’s 1988 adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel, will reclaim the starring role.
The Bourne franchise presently comprises of four films through 2016, largely chronicling the story of a CIA black ops agent whose amnesiac landing in France commences a breakneck journey across the globe, battling his way through hired assassins and mercenaries to expose the truth behind the program that he once volunteered for. Paul Greengrass helmed the second, third and fourth films with Tony Gilroy directing the 2012 spin-off titled The Bourne Legacy featuring actor Jeremy Renner.
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