When Matt Damon decided to walk away
from the Bourne franchise after Ultimatum, Jeremy Renner, who was coming from
two back-to-back Oscar nominations for The Hurt Locker (2010), and The Town (2011),
as well as a the mega hit Marvel's The Avengers, stepped in to take the
franchise in a new direction as Aaron Cross in Bourne Legacy.
The film didn't perform as well as
some might have anticipate, but it didn't tanked either, meaning a sequel was
always on the horizon, until now that is.
Speaking to Yahoo! Movies, Bourne
producer Frank Marshall did his best to not outright confirm that Renner's
Bourne storyline has been scrapped from any plans for the franchise.
"Probably not. I
don’t know," the producer replied when asked if we could see Renner's Bourne
spinoff continue. "That story is still out there as well but it’s not…
we’re not talking about it."
Meanwhile, Damon's return
to the franchise with this year's Jason Bourne could lead to a sixth film in
the franchise and fifth with him in the titular role.
"I have spoken to them
both," Marshall said about reteaming with Damon and director Paul
Greengrass. "Obviously they’re very pleased with how the movie turned out.
It’s really about the story, just like on this one, everyone said ‘if you come
to us with a good story, we’ll think about it. So right now, we’re taking a
pause and then we’re going to dive back in and try to find a story. We did
leave it wide open at the end of the movie to continue on in Bourne’s world so
we’ll see what we can come up with."
Jason Bourne opened
to average reviews, but grossed over $400M worldwide on a $120M production
budget. As for Renner's Bourne Legacy it also opened to average reviews,
however it grossed under $300M on a production budget of $125M.
Source - Yahoo!Movies
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