The people behind the Jason Bourne franchise, which includes the hits ‘Identity,’ ‘Supremacy,’ and ‘Ultimatum,’ have tried desperately to make the spy films work without the titular character played by Matt Damon. First, they tried with “The Bourne Legacy,” starring Jeremy Renner, but that crashed and burned, leading to Damon’s triumphant return in “Jason Bourne.” But now, they’re going to try to spin off the franchise yet again, this time on TV.

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It’s the last full week in August, but just before Summer Madness segues into Fall Folly, we thought we’d have a go investigating a claim we’ve been hearing asserted with some frequency: that Summer 2017 is one of the best blockbuster seasons in recent memory. We decided to pit it against the 17 other summer seasons this century (yes, pedants, we count the year 2000) to see how it stacks up.

Of course, the several-billion dollar questions are: how do we define “Summer Season” and how to we define the kind of films we want to focus on?

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Matt Damon is back cracking skulls and tracking down heartless bureaucrats this weekend in “Jason Bourne,” playing the title role for the first time in nearly a decade. The movie has a hard act to follow, coming after a pretty perfect trilogy of films that closed the loop on Jason Bourne/David Webb. But before you check out the new film this weekend, this Honest Trailer is a pretty good reminder of where the franchise has been.

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It’s been nearly a decade since audiences last saw Jason Bourne run across the big screen, but that’ll change this week with Paul Greengrass’ fittingly-titled “Jason Bourne.” And while most know the film series began with Doug Liman’s “The Bourne Identity” in 2002, not as many likely read the source material that inspired it, Robert Ludlum’s 1980 novel of the same name, nor do they know how the film adaptation compares to the nearly 600-page book.

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For Your Eyes Only: Watch This 3-Minute Supercut Of Spy Movies

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Retrospective: The Films Of Paul Greengrass

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5 “Cursed” Movie Productions That Survived Bad Buzz And 5 That Didn't

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“I am happy to have done it, but I’m sad that it has turned so violent,” Moore told Reuters before the New York premiere of “Quantum of Solace.”

The new Bond landscape is obviously irrevocably changed after The Bourne spy series changed the game with a darker, grimmer tone that both audiences and critics completely responded to.

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“Kung Fu Panda” writers Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger have teamed up with over-caffeinated comedian Jack Black for a live-action comedy at Universal Studios.

According to the the Hollywood Reporter, Black’s character is “an American who finds himself washed up the shores of Cuba with no idea of who he is and how he got there (gee, sounds familiar).

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