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26Jun2008

Jason Bourne 4 What? 4 Profit

DateThursday, June 26, 2008 at 2:27AM
I have grave misgivings about a fourth Jason Bourne movie for a lot of reasons. Primarily, I have an issue with tinkering with the legacy of a near-perfect trilogy. You couldn't end it any better than Bourne Ultimatum, and the series definitely got better as it went on. Can't say that about, well, anything else. The second movie trumped the first and the third movie was the best of the bunch, and in fact, it's the best action movie pound-for-pound since Raiders of the Lost Ark.

So that's the main reason. I also don't know what you do for an encore. Where does the character go from here? Organically, I don't think there's much else for him to do, so that poses a problem, as it did for Indiana Jones.

Another reason: Film goes better in threes. Fours are troublesome. They're not natural, like Joan Rivers or left-handed people. There's no place in society for them.

However, none of those salient points seem to be stopping Team Bourne from pursuing a lot of money. Producers Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley spoke to IESB at the Saturn Awards about the franchise.

The question was posed, "Will we see another one?"

"Oh, absolutely," said Marshall, ruining everything. "Bourne 4...Hopefully we'll be shooting next summer for release in 2010."

It was not addressed whether Matt Damon and/or Paul Greengrass would return, although it's borderline impossible to see this situation working without Damon, and there aren't a bunch of Paul Greengrasses out there. Marshall did say the story will probably not follow the fourth Jason Bourne novel, which was not written by Robert Ludlum. Look for him to pop up in South America this time around, and hopefully for him, he'll get there just in time for Carnivale. That guy needs some R & R.

I can't say news of a fourth Bourne movie is terribly surprising, but it just doesn't feel right to me. His journey's over, they pulled out all the great tricks in the third film, and it couldn't have wrapped up any more cleanly. Why create a mess now?

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment5 Comments |

Reader Comments (5)

30 years from now, the fourth actor to play Jason Bourne will be leaked to the press spawning epic hype and promises of a rejuvenated series. Later, in line at the theater, family in tow on a long Thanksgiving weekend, we will all tell our grandchildren how Matt Damon was always the best Bourne, promising to rent the classics on demand (or perhaps dust off our old-man smelling DVD collection). And I suspect that even then, on that far off future day, Julia Styles will still be hot.

Thursday, June 26, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterWill

Lefties rule

Friday, June 27, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterEmo

go fuck yourself. lefties are natural, dickhead

Monday, July 7, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBrandon

"Will"'s comment makes me sad, because it's so very true... I can't believe the greed of Hollywood -- go fuck up some other film idea that probably already sucks; don't mess with one of the best trilogies ever.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 | Unregistered Commenteryou know

No, he's right. Left-handed people are unnatural abominations, and are all secret agents of the devil.

And Julia Styles has never been hot.

Sunday, November 2, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterfunny

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