Interesting. We were just thinking about this film today for some random reason. When word first came out there would be a fourth installment of the Jason Bourne series we sort of scoffed. Both director Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon seemed done with the series, it had ended on a relatively high note and the franchise never embarrassed itself (quite the feat with most McFranchises these days).
So there would seemingly be no reason to go back because life is to short and you want to take on different creative avenues, right? Well, Universal is dead serious about moving forward and they’ve hired George Nolfi, a co-writer of the “Bourne Ultimatum” film to write the next film in the soon-to-be quadrology.
But Tony Gilroy, the man writing braintrust of the series who wrote the first two installments and provided the story of the third film won’t be involved. In fact, though the series is based on the Robert Ludlum novels, this fourth film will actually be an original story.
But most importantly, Greengrass and Damon are attached to the next film. And that to the fans, is all that really matters.