It has been more than seven years since ‘Jason Bourne’, the last part of the action series of the same name, was shown in cinemas. Back then, after “The Bourne Identity,” “The Bourne Conspiracy” and “The Bourne Ultimatum,” Matt Damon slipped into the role of the former soldier for the fourth time, who not only lost his memory due to CIA brainwashing, but was also elevated to assassin. With the 2012 spin-off ‘The Bourne Legacy’, in which Jeremy Renner took over Matt Damon’s legacy, the ‘Bourne’ universe now spans a total of five films.
After repeated rumors in recent years that the series could be expanded with a sixth part, there is now finally hard information. How exclusively reported, are “Bourne 6is currently in the early stages of development at Universal and they already have a director in mind.
Accordingly, the director from Wolfsburg should do so Eduard Berger take a seat in the director’s chair for the action sequel, who recently made a name for himself at national and international level with his war drama ‘Nothing New in the West’ and has received numerous awards – including the Oscar for best international film.
Could Matt Damon return for Bourne 6?
Noisy Besides Berger, no other name has been linked to the project so far. However, industry insiders believe Matt Damon will be brought back for “Bourne 6.”. After returning to the ‘Bourne’ universe in 2016, Damon had already said several times that it was not money, but only a moving story that could motivate him to work on further parts. The script for ‘Bourne 6’ is now being developed before Damon is approached as an actor.
Already in 2019, TV producer Ben Smith spread the rumor that a new part of the ‘Bourne’ series was expected. At the time, Smith was at the Series “Walking stone” in the starting blocks, which was based on Robert Ludlum’s ‘Bourne’ novels and spawned several government-trained killers. The series was canceled after just one 10-episode season.
So now they’re trying to make another movie – after all, Jason Bourne is one of the greatest action heroes in modern film history and the brand is of great value to Studio Universal. If Edward Berger gets the assignment, there would at least be an exciting director on board when the project is actually realized after the development phase.