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  1. The Bourne franchise consists of action-thriller installments based on the character Jason Bourne, created by author Robert Ludlum. The franchise includes five films and a spin-off television series. [2] [3] [4] The overall plot centers around Jason Bourne, a CIA assassin suffering from dissociative amnesia, portrayed by Matt Damon. [5]

    • Matt Damon Felt Bourne Had Run Its Course
    • Why Matt Damon Came Back For Bourne 5
    • How The Bourne Legacy Was Received Without Matt Damon

    Director Paul Greengrass Was Also Ready To Move On

    It was certainly surprising that Matt Damon was replaced by Jeremy Renner for The Bourne Legacy, especially as it strayed from Ludlum’s novels. Damon was the one who decided to leave the franchise, and he had a number of reasons for doing so. Mainly, the actor felt the Bournefranchise had run out of road for his character. By the end of The Bourne Ultimatum, Jason Bourne had fully recovered his memory and dealt with the corrupt CIA officials trying to get rid of him. Bourne would have needed...

    Damon Reprised His Role Nearly A Decade Later

    In 2016, nine years after Damon’s last appearance as Jason Bourne, both Greengrass and Matt Damon returned for the fifth, and potentially final, Bourne movie, Jason Bourne. Universal Pictures was keen to get Damon and Greengrass back and felt there was more to Jason Bourne’s story. Damon was in conversation the studio and had realized he was not as done with Bourne as he thought he was. The actor also spoke to Greengrass who, fortunately, decided to come up with ideas for another film, and th...

    Jason Bourne's Absence Was Felt

    Despite Jeremy Renner being an Oscar-nominated actor who was proving himself a franchise star as well with the Mission: Impossible movies and his time as Hawkeye in the MCU, fans did not seem overly interested in a Bourne movie that did not have Jason Bourne in it. Matt Damon's Bourne movies exposed a wider universe that explored some intriguing ideas about surveillance, but in the end, the character of Jason Bourne was really the best part of these movies. Renner's The Bourne Legacy was a so...

  2. Jason Bourne. (film) Jason Bourne is a 2016 American action-thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass and written by Greengrass and Christopher Rouse. It is the fifth installment of the Bourne film series and a direct sequel to The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). Matt Damon reprises his role as the main character, former CIA assassin Jason Bourne.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jason_BourneJason Bourne - Wikipedia

    Actor Matt Damon, who portrays Jason Bourne in the film series. The Jason Bourne novels were adapted into a series of films – The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Bourne Legacy (2012), and Jason Bourne (2016). The films retain the titles and some base elements but otherwise feature ...

  4. Apr 10, 2023 · The Jason Bourne series begins with 2002's The Bourne Identity, wherein Matt Damon plays the amnesiac spy Jason Bourne. At the beginning of the franchise, Bourne has no idea who he is or what happened to him in the past and his attempts to uncover the truth—and evade the CIA—make up the bulk of the action in The Bourne Identity and its sequels.

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  5. Jason Bourne: Directed by Paul Greengrass. With Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel. The CIA's most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past.

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  7. Jul 7, 2022 · While Matt Damon is the face of the "Jason Bourne" franchise, equal credit must be accorded to director Doug Liman, who fought to make the first movie in the series; Paul Greengrass, who took over ...

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