Jeremy Renner stars in the spin-off/reboot of the Bourne franchise The Bourne Legacy, and now we’re getting a look at how director Tony Gilroy is handling the reset button in the film’s first trailer. With that title it means that Matt Damon‘s Jason Bourne is going to hover over the film – though it’s hard to say for how long of the running time. Check out the teaser…
Edward Norton‘s had a rocky path in Hollywood, partly by his own making. Known for tinkering with scripts, he’s done films out of contractual obligation, and never courted an easy path. And yet Hollywood keeps coming back, perhaps because he is rather talented. Perhaps he’s finally made peace with working within the industry, because he’s the leading contender for the role of the villain in Tony Gilroy‘s upcoming Bourne reboot The Bourne Legacy, according to Variety.
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Latino Review has posted that an offer has gone out to Jeremy Renner to play the new lead in the latest Bourne Spin-off, currently titled The Bourne Legacy. The film – being penned by Tony Gilroy with Gilroy attached to direct – will be in the universe, but Renner will not be playing a new Bourne. As Renner is a year younger than previous star Matt Damon, he couldn’t possibly be playing a younger version – which some had assumed would be the way to go.
Most of us had given up on Bourne 4 after Paul Greengrass decided NOT to direct another sequel. Having helmed the last two he developed a strong relationship with star Matt Damon, which might affect whether or not the actor would want to return without him. After a long period or silence (mourning) Deadline is reporting that Universal has found someone to take over where Greengrass left off — Tony Gilroy.
Universal refuses to let Jason Bourne die. There’s too much life left in the character and they want him on the big screen again. Late last year Paul Greengrass confirmed that he wouldn’t return to direct the fourth film in the series, and shortly after franchise star Matt Damon claimed there wouldn’t be another movie without Greengrass’s involvement. Regardless of their plans the studio had a few aces up their sleeve, one of them being the return of screenwriter Tony Gilroy.
How did the people behind the Red Dawn remake manage to swing this?! According to Latino Review, Tony Gilroy is on board to rewrite the screenplay for the film. That’s right, two-time Academy award nominee Tony Gilroy will actually involve himself with such a thing. It turns out that the screenwriter has been brought in to polish the script originally penned by Carl Ellsworth and Jeremy Passmore.
Here’s an ironic story for you. I remember when the latest James Bond film Quantum of Solace was released critics were saying how it strayed too much from classic James Bond. They saw Bond as trying to keep up with Jason Bourne and younger fans. So of course when I read via Cinemablend that Tony Gilroy has been added to the shortlist of potential director’s for the next 007 film it screamed irony.
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