The Bourne Franchise Is Up for Grabs

Common Photos 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 writer 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 purchasing across the IP for a possible reboot of the franchise at a brand new house. 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 undoubtedly scrambling to get their arms on tried and trusted IP, as was simply seen with Amazon taking creative control of the James Bond collection.

Common might retain the Bourne rights if it chooses to outbid potential consumers 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 position in 2016’s Jason Bourne. As THR notes, “it’s too early to say if [Damon] can be concerned within the new iteration.”

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

There’s additionally a staged stunt present impressed by the collection at Common Studios Florida known 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 over time.

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