Comments on: Matt Damon Open To ‘Bourne 5,’ But If ‘Legacy’ Is A Hit, He Expects The Franchise To Move On Without Him

By: j bone

j bone — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:03 +0000

matt damon's a tool

By: tristan eldritch

tristan eldritch — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:03 +0000

Man, I don't know why anybody would want to sit through Damon stoically and blankly running through another two hour obstacle course of spatial/temporal confusion. With figures in the background making phone-calls that imply that the US intelligence might be a little bit bad, but not really, for the sake of mild edginess.

By: SweetSoul

SweetSoul — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:03 +0000

I would gladly sit through another Bourne with Matt Damon. I love all 3 movies and would have loved to see him in the next. There a plenty of people that feel the same as I do.

By: John

John — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:03 +0000

Why not have a tie-in 'Bourne 5' with both Renner and Damon? I would watch that movie any day.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:03 +0000

Bring back Matt Damon, I don't like Renner and I hope the movie under performs.

By: Aidan Williams

Aidan Williams — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:03 +0000

I think Jeremy Renner is a good actor too i loved him in Mission Impossible 4 and it would be a really good idea if him and Matt Damon could star together in Bourne 5 and The Bourne Legacy sunds really exciting and i cant wait to see it.

By: rodie

rodie — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:03 +0000

If Legacy is a hit, then Gilroy has the keys to the franchise? Not so fast. While I think it will do well, it'd be hard pressed to surpass Ultimatum's numbers. My guess is, Renner's film will be a solid hit, but not super huge. 2-3 years from now their will be another Bourne film with Damon and Renner both in it, going toe-to-toe for a time, then teaming up against some greater threat. Greengrass will direct and Gilroy will pen the script and get producer credit.

Then they'll cap this new trilogy with one final film with Renner and Damon both…one of them will die in the film (probably Renner) and Bourne will walk away from the spy game forever.

By: Ajay

Ajay — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

I was very excited to read that a New Bourne Movie is going to be released, but as I read Damon is no more Bourne I can't digest this. No Damon No Bourne.

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

I am a big fan of the bourne movies and would love to see both bourne and cross on the next movie

By: justin mcg

justin mcg — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

Seroously? I am not sold on the angle they are going with.. sounds a bit xmen to me. Greast cadt.. and the flick seems to have some style. But the obvious jumping off point.. did bourne get it all back? Why did he choose to join treadston. Who was jason bourne? We never met the real bourne.. in the books bourne murdered webb's family and was a traitor. When he joined treadstone he took on the identity.. speaking of.. why the identity? Ehat was its purpose? All things covered in the first book that wss a great open area to mine for a fourth film.. too bad they never went that way with it.

By: FOSSIL

FOSSIL — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

No Damon, no movie. You don't remove the main guy and think that is going to appeal to the original viewers, do you? Sure, you will have new viewers and they may think that is good, but you lost the ones before, and that is a huge loss in movie revenue. Will see who's right at the end.

By: Playhouse

Playhouse — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

Personally, I think this is an ingenious way to expand the franchise. I'm all for another Damon 'Bourne' movie, but they have the unique opportunity to create and explore a larger world outside of David Webb's story. While it would be cool to see both Bourne and Cross in the same movie at some point, I think they should consider just letting the Cross story move along its own trajectory for the immediate future. There's no reason why they can't have a Cross trilogy, bring Bourne back for his own fourth film, create more off-shoots of the franchise, and then consider crossover films down the road.
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I'm looking forward to this.

By: Zinjo

Zinjo — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

It will all depend on how they end "Legacy". It appears quite clear to me that "Legacy" is a companion piece to the Bourne series, in that it takes place in parallel to the Jason Bourne films. Thus they would have to find a reason to bring Jason back into the mix. He ended his run with a threat to the powers that be to leave him alone. Perhaps that is what is needed for a premise to be created to bring both characters together and for the CIA to try and "finish the job" of the Treadstone cleanup. It isn't impossible, it just requires more than 2 dimensional imagination to figure it out.

By: Toya C

Toya C — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

That is very upsetting that they couldn't come up with a plot. All they needed to do was re watch the other 3 movies before it!!! First question, who are Jason's parents? was he an orphan? who else was in his group?? What ever happened between Bourne and Julia Styles character. They alluded to a relationship but never explained where and how it developed and how it ended. They should of took the step of filling in all the gaps. How did he learn the languages? Show the training he received, injections. Show how they recruited the people. Did Jason have siblings? There were so many questions I have answered I was really looking forward to a Bourne, and then when it comes out its with totally new people. That makes absolutely no sense. I will not be supporting the Legacy with Jeremy Renner. He may be great but he is no Matt Damon!!!!

By: w.b.h.

w.b.h. — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

I think that I was under that 'proverbial rock' because I didn't know that Damon had walked away from the Bourne movies. I kept thinking how could they make another Bourne without Matt Damon. Now, I see. But I probably won't be seeing the movie. It just won't be the same. As we look at the sequels to other movies, all of the original characters are there. In the "Dark Knight Rises," Bale is there, Freeman is there, and even the guy who played the butler is there. The only person missing is Heath Ledger, of course, because he died. But the other main characters are there.
In the Bourne Legacy, all of the characters are back, including "Pamela Landy," and the guy who was supposed to be in jail, "Noah Vossen," I believe. If they wanted to bring those characters back, then they should have made some sort of deal to bring the original Bourne (Jason) back; if only in cameos. Let's say, bring him back on the part where he jumped in the lake and his body was never recovered. Maybe, go from there where he went into retirement. Show him in some distance place or something. Don't just come on with a whole new story line and a whole new "Bourne." Damon made that character. Damon is that character. I will NOT be watching another Bourne—I don't care how good it is—until Matt Damon is back in that role.

By: penny

penny — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

matt damon is amazing it's either jason bourne or nothing really it wouldnt be the same and no one could act as amazing as matt damon so matt damon pleaseeeeeeee come back!

By: soso

soso — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

For me it's not a Bourne Movie without Matt Damon. I also don't care for the new lead actor.

By: Zoso187

Zoso187 — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

There is no Bourne without Damon

By: King James

King James — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

MATT DAMON is the real Bourne I'm sorry, Its like the Terminator without Arnold Swazzengear or Rambo without Sylvester Stallone NO WAY WE WANT DAMON!!!

By: Stardice

Stardice — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

MATT DAMON is the real Bourne I'm sorry, Its like the Terminator without Arnold Swazzengear or Rambo without Sylvester Stallone NO WAY WE WANT BOURNE!!!

By: Bad Teacher

Bad Teacher — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

I am actually looking forward to The Bourne Legacy WITHOUT Matt Damon. Where else can the story go? A different agent in the same universe freshens things up a great deal and I have to wonder at the people whining about Damon being absent. I'm a fan of the original trilogy but I'm also intrigued at what else could exist in the Bourne universe. Renner is a great actor and I like the way the trailers look. I'm in.

By: ANONYMOUS

ANONYMOUS — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

Renner doesn't look the part. We want Matt Damon!

By: Illusionist

Illusionist — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

I'll skip legacy and go watch the real Matt Damon kick a in Elysium. It'll be out in 7 months.

By: David

David — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

Matt Damon is a great big lefty pinko, but he's also Jason Bourne. I don't see this movie doing real well without him. The dude they picked to be the lead looks a like ninja turtle. No X factor. Maybe not even a Y or Z factor either. We really need to find some macho American actors, because for the most part we're turning out a buncha runts and fluffs these days. The movie is probably not gonna fair very well.

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:02 +0000

No offense but Legacy is goddamn awful, from the way he failed his training by losing his pills, flirting with a bio-chemist in a lab, to ultimately relying on pills to stay strong is just absolutely poor plot.

All those rockets, cheap pinoy labors and especially the dwarf sized Philippines policemen, are such turn off(not being racist, if you remember police in Moscow, Zurich, etc, they look much realistic than those in Legacy) when they are 'trying' to stop a supposed 'assassin'. Renner or the director doesn't have the genuine idea of the feelings of assassins, Aaron Cross smiled way too much, too relaxed, and his combat scenes are too robotic and unrealistic.

To sum it up, Aaron Cross can't even match a fellow assassin in the entire movie, in fact, the bio-chemist he flirted with applied the finishing touches to end an assassin's life while Aaron Cross is struggling for balance on a bike when he knows he's not in a condition to ride one.

If Renner is going to feature in Bourne 5, don't expect me to hit the cinemas.