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When Making Another BOURNE Sequel Proves Too Challenging, You...Make A BOURNE Prequel Instead!?


Merrick here...


There's been all kinds of speculation as to what's happening with another BOURNE movie - especially since Paul Greengrass departed the project a few months back. Empire recently grilled Matt Damon as to the status of the movie, and Matt's answer was a bit surprising.

“There’ll probably be a prequel of some kind with another actor and another director before we do another one,” he said, “just because I think we’re probably another five years away from doing it – we’ve got to get a script…”

...Damon told Empire HERE.

As Empire correctly notes, the word "probably" could mean/imply many things, so it's best to take this infobit as speculative until more solid details are gleaned.

So, does a potential Lil' Bourne = literally, a prequel? Or, might this end up being a franchise reboot?



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Goddamit
by Johnny T Williams
Feb 1st, 2010
10:27:14 AM
whatever
by FleshMachine
Feb 1st, 2010
10:27:55 AM
maybe he is just smart enough to wait
by j2talk
Feb 1st, 2010
10:28:18 AM
I really hate this whole
by Johnny T Williams
Feb 1st, 2010
10:29:18 AM
This really sounds like a lot of bullshit...
by Gods_Uncle_Bob
Feb 1st, 2010
10:32:20 AM
Better question...
by kells
Feb 1st, 2010
10:33:12 AM
Remakes Reboots?
by horrorguru
Feb 1st, 2010
10:33:24 AM
"We've got to get a script!"
by YackBacker
Feb 1st, 2010
10:33:30 AM
No, you've got to get a fucking steadicam.
by V'Shael
Feb 1st, 2010
10:35:44 AM
Way to screw a good thing!
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Feb 1st, 2010
10:36:21 AM
Hannibal
by horrorguru
Feb 1st, 2010
10:39:41 AM
It'll be OK
by JackSlater4
Feb 1st, 2010
10:39:56 AM
Richard Grieco! TEEN AGENT 2!! Make it happen
by palimpsest
Feb 1st, 2010
10:45:28 AM
Make a sequel without Damon.
by Drsambeckett1984
Feb 1st, 2010
10:45:53 AM
"The extremely well done Hannibal Rising"
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Feb 1st, 2010
10:46:19 AM
I Saw "Hannibal Rising"
by kevinwillis.net
Feb 1st, 2010
10:47:16 AM
I agree Red Dragon was far superior to Rising..
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Feb 1st, 2010
10:51:06 AM
Manhunter was best in the series
by JackSlater4
Feb 1st, 2010
10:51:46 AM

by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBIL LCOSBY
Feb 1st, 2010
10:53:50 AM
I wish my coworker wouldn't eat at her desk.
by tonagan
Feb 1st, 2010
10:54:15 AM
There's no reason for more Bourne movies.
by Chewtoy
Feb 1st, 2010
11:07:19 AM
Identity was good. The sequels were just runny/shaky for 2 hrs.
by Mr Nicholas
Feb 1st, 2010
11:16:50 AM
Oh I agree there's no reason for more...
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Feb 1st, 2010
11:17:44 AM
This is Damon's Way of Saying
by DKT
Feb 1st, 2010
11:19:50 AM
Supremacy is perfect
by Tom Whitaker
Feb 1st, 2010
11:26:44 AM
Still Bourne
by MajorUndeclared
Feb 1st, 2010
11:26:55 AM
The Bourne Reboot
by carlanga
Feb 1st, 2010
11:27:05 AM
So Who Is the "Younger Bourne"?
by btc909
Feb 1st, 2010
11:27:44 AM
Reboot Bourne
by Amazing Maurice
Feb 1st, 2010
11:34:09 AM
What about returning to Doug Liman?
by Astrogated
Feb 1st, 2010
11:35:35 AM
bourned to death
by Waka_Flocka_Flame
Feb 1st, 2010
11:37:27 AM
This would suck
by Hipshot
Feb 1st, 2010
11:39:05 AM
Jim Henson's Bourne Babies!
by AndrewWanKenobi
Feb 1st, 2010
11:41:01 AM
Speaking of Manhunter.
by Nice Marmot
Feb 1st, 2010
11:41:17 AM
BOURNE AGAIN?
by TehCreepyThinMan
Feb 1st, 2010
11:41:20 AM
Landry Bourne
by The Cabin Boy
Feb 1st, 2010
11:43:45 AM
Jesse Plemons *is* young Matt Damon.
by Johnny Smith
Feb 1st, 2010
11:44:31 AM
It'd be cool...
by JackSlater4
Feb 1st, 2010
11:45:23 AM
Hannibal Begins - oops, Hannibal Rising
by Turd_Has_Risen_From_The_Grave
Feb 1st, 2010
11:45:52 AM
At A Loss
by toxicbuddha
Feb 1st, 2010
11:47:01 AM
re: manhunter
by JAMF
Feb 1st, 2010
11:52:14 AM
The third movie wasn't planned
by Bass Ackwards
Feb 1st, 2010
11:58:57 AM
Just let it go, guys.
by Knuckleduster
Feb 1st, 2010
11:59:55 AM
Jason's Bourne
by Davidhessstation
Feb 1st, 2010
12:00:59 PM
The Bourne Obesity
by UltraTron
Feb 1st, 2010
12:13:50 PM
Good material for a sequel script...
by Adelai Niska
Feb 1st, 2010
12:28:55 PM
no thanks!
by Seth Cohen
Feb 1st, 2010
12:30:12 PM
how about a prequel
by mynamesdan
Feb 1st, 2010
12:38:18 PM
how about a prequel
by mynamesdan
Feb 1st, 2010
12:38:22 PM
The Bourne Nausea
by NinjaRap
Feb 1st, 2010
12:45:01 PM
So it's BOURNE BEGINS: THE SHAKYCAM MENACE?
by SpyGuy
Feb 1st, 2010
12:47:40 PM
Bourne = Banks
by Falcon-1
Feb 1st, 2010
12:54:51 PM
(500) DAYS OF BOURNE
by BringingSexyBack
Feb 1st, 2010
12:56:50 PM
THE BOURNE INFANCY
by BringingSexyBack
Feb 1st, 2010
01:00:44 PM
SexyBroughtBack!
by Dirk_The_Amoeba
Feb 1st, 2010
01:08:12 PM
THANKS DIRK!
by BringingSexyBack
Feb 1st, 2010
01:16:35 PM
I Think Damon Is Just Joking Around
by FreeBeer
Feb 1st, 2010
01:24:04 PM
Bourne to be Wild
by Dirk_The_Amoeba
Feb 1st, 2010
01:24:17 PM
Jake Loyd is Jason Bourne in: THE BOURNE INFANCY
by AzulTool
Feb 1st, 2010
01:32:25 PM
Hey, why not?
by FastEddie8139
Feb 1st, 2010
01:43:16 PM
BOURNE FREE
by daddyfatnads
Feb 1st, 2010
01:43:38 PM
What?
by Omar B
Feb 1st, 2010
01:44:11 PM
Sounds like he's making a joke to me.
by raw_bean
Feb 1st, 2010
01:47:03 PM
Sorry, BSB...Just caught that.
by AzulTool
Feb 1st, 2010
01:48:07 PM
Zooey Deschanel is to BRINGINGSEXYBACK
by ISleptWithKathyBatesAndAllThat IGotWasThisStupidTalkbackName
Feb 1st, 2010
01:48:54 PM
Pissing Emma...!
by themagicalhornofguntata
Feb 1st, 2010
01:55:42 PM
Bourne! James Bourne, Jr!
by iamnicksaicnsn
Feb 1st, 2010
01:59:21 PM
What the HELL would a prequel show us?
by D.Vader
Feb 1st, 2010
02:00:00 PM
Oh well
by SithMenace
Feb 1st, 2010
02:04:39 PM
Prequel: Born as the villain?
by dailysportspages
Feb 1st, 2010
02:09:22 PM
Elseworlds Bourne: Bourne in a Steampunk
by Dingbatty
Feb 1st, 2010
02:22:17 PM
Bourne Quality
by aversiontherapy2
Feb 1st, 2010
02:29:21 PM
The Hannibal prequel sucked
by kafka07
Feb 1st, 2010
02:30:56 PM
Red Dragon as directed by asshole Bret Ratner
by kafka07
Feb 1st, 2010
02:39:42 PM
Why not just call it Treadstone and start over
by MacReady452
Feb 1st, 2010
02:45:08 PM
Bourne as the villain would not be a retread.
by dailysportspages
Feb 1st, 2010
03:03:32 PM
Oh for fuck's sakes!!!
by AsimovLives
Feb 1st, 2010
03:12:06 PM
Let's have a prequel to 2001: A SPACE ODDYSSEY
by AsimovLives
Feb 1st, 2010
03:15:31 PM
SHIT!!!!
by Drath
Feb 1st, 2010
03:16:49 PM
kafka07
by AsimovLives
Feb 1st, 2010
03:19:10 PM
IT'S OKAY AZUL
by BringingSexyBack
Feb 1st, 2010
03:19:51 PM
I DON'T WANNA KNOCK KRISTEN BELL
by BringingSexyBack
Feb 1st, 2010
03:24:46 PM
Remake the Second Two Instead
by _Maltheus_
Feb 1st, 2010
03:34:38 PM
Pointless.
by Human_Bean_Juice_
Feb 1st, 2010
03:39:37 PM
L'il Wayne IS L'il Bourne
by j_difool
Feb 1st, 2010
03:45:41 PM
A Star is Bourne
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Feb 1st, 2010
03:48:49 PM
Bourne in East L.A.
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Feb 1st, 2010
03:50:24 PM
He's probably just surmising what the studio MIGHT do.
by Nick Michalak
Feb 1st, 2010
03:56:14 PM
HANNIBAL is a great movie
by palimpsest
Feb 1st, 2010
03:56:24 PM
I vote for Sam Worthington!
by jaysin420
Feb 1st, 2010
03:57:33 PM
Jensen Ackles can be "young Bourne"!
by Meadowe
Feb 1st, 2010
04:02:44 PM
Jensen Ackles can be "young Bourne"!
by Meadowe
Feb 1st, 2010
04:02:59 PM
Supremacy is fucking amazing
by kwisatzhaderach
Feb 1st, 2010
04:02:59 PM
haha I got craigslist on my mind.
by Meadowe
Feb 1st, 2010
04:04:50 PM
Oh no...oh no no no no no no
by Jubal_Early
Feb 1st, 2010
04:14:11 PM
jaysin
by Seth Cohen
Feb 1st, 2010
04:23:12 PM
seth cohen
by bourne7855
Feb 1st, 2010
04:45:12 PM
Great Trilogy
by Tumor_Binks
Feb 1st, 2010
04:54:38 PM
The Bourne Idemnity Form - High School Mercykill
by Pink_Loyd
Feb 1st, 2010
05:44:04 PM
Prequels suck.....
by Nuking the Fridge
Feb 1st, 2010
05:48:48 PM
Just shoot without a script
by HagCeli
Feb 1st, 2010
06:04:05 PM
...and yeah:
by HagCeli
Feb 1st, 2010
06:04:36 PM
Go ahead, fuck it up...
by Logan_1973
Feb 1st, 2010
06:20:58 PM
isn't Godfather 2 kind of a prequel
by MacReady452
Feb 1st, 2010
06:36:39 PM
UNBOURNE... A Terminator stalks his mom.
by CountryBoy
Feb 1st, 2010
07:05:43 PM
I like the Bourne films well enough, but Damon is clearly a DOUC
by Linguo_IS_Dead
Feb 1st, 2010
07:14:08 PM
^DOUCHE!!!
by Linguo_IS_Dead
Feb 1st, 2010
07:16:03 PM
"Paul Greengrass departed the project" - YES!!!
by Maniaq
Feb 1st, 2010
07:24:03 PM
BOURNE 4 LIFE
by Robots In Das Guys
Feb 1st, 2010
08:26:20 PM
BOURNE AS A WOMAN
by Robots In Das Guys
Feb 1st, 2010
08:26:40 PM
HE WAS BOURNE, BOURNE, BOURNE TO BE ALIVE
by Robots In Das Guys
Feb 1st, 2010
08:28:07 PM
THE BOURNE AND THE DEAD
by Robots In Das Guys
Feb 1st, 2010
08:28:46 PM
THREADSTONE: THE RISE OF BOURNE
by Robots In Das Guys
Feb 1st, 2010
08:30:54 PM
AGENT CODY BOURNE: CRUISE CONTROL
by Robots In Das Guys
Feb 1st, 2010
08:31:21 PM
BOURNE ON THE 4TH OF JULY
by Robots In Das Guys
Feb 1st, 2010
08:32:22 PM
D4REDEVIL: BOURNE AGAIN
by Robots In Das Guys
Feb 1st, 2010
08:32:58 PM
4 ST4R IS BOURNE
by Robots In Das Guys
Feb 1st, 2010
08:34:20 PM
JASON BOURNE RISING
by Robots In Das Guys
Feb 1st, 2010
08:35:12 PM
Bourne Free
by crankyoldguy
Feb 1st, 2010
08:53:33 PM
whoops, missed that one above...
by crankyoldguy
Feb 1st, 2010
08:54:03 PM
Bourne...in the USA
by crankyoldguy
Feb 1st, 2010
08:54:45 PM
stillBOURNE
by MacReady452
Feb 1st, 2010
09:04:28 PM
Bourne to be Wild
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Feb 1st, 2010
09:19:26 PM
Damon was being sarcastic
by Osiris3657
Feb 1st, 2010
09:23:18 PM
Everybody Calm Down!
by cymbalta4thedevil
Feb 1st, 2010
09:23:39 PM
AsimovLives
by cymbalta4thedevil
Feb 1st, 2010
09:26:00 PM
ReBourne
by Pouchstalker
Feb 1st, 2010
10:16:27 PM
TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN Bourne
by kabong
Feb 1st, 2010
10:25:11 PM
lol cymbalta
by mr. smith
Feb 1st, 2010
10:30:49 PM
A script???? They shot "Ultimatum" without a finished script
by Redmond
Feb 1st, 2010
10:37:34 PM
Hmmm. A couple things.
by Jaka
Feb 1st, 2010
10:39:59 PM
Pretty Good, Sure as You're Bourne...
by SK229
Feb 1st, 2010
11:27:25 PM
A Reboot sounds great
by My friends call me Killjoy
Feb 1st, 2010
11:48:03 PM
The Bourne Nausea
by Heckles
Feb 1st, 2010
11:59:47 PM
Get Bourne Again
by Time Duncan
Feb 2nd, 2010
12:32:09 AM
Still Bourne
by jbs9200
Feb 2nd, 2010
02:36:08 AM
Bourne is Born!!!
by iownyou
Feb 2nd, 2010
03:04:23 AM
Reboot it with Sam Worthington
by HarryBlackPotter
Feb 2nd, 2010
03:16:52 AM
cymbalta4thedevil
by AsimovLives
Feb 2nd, 2010
03:31:24 AM
Repeat viewings?
by Mr Gorilla
Feb 2nd, 2010
04:29:03 AM
Camera Hokey Cokey
by Mr Kite
Feb 2nd, 2010
04:34:47 AM
Mr Gorilla
by AsimovLives
Feb 2nd, 2010
04:42:08 AM
I Cant Wait!...
by RexBanner
Feb 2nd, 2010
06:07:09 AM
What Matt Damon is Really Saying
by Cobbio
Feb 2nd, 2010
06:29:16 AM
Cobbio
by AsimovLives
Feb 2nd, 2010
07:14:58 AM
Damon will do another Bourne when
by Dingbatty
Feb 2nd, 2010
07:53:35 AM
JERSEY BOURNE
by BringingSexyBack
Feb 2nd, 2010
08:00:11 AM
Zac Efron is young Bourne.
by Damien Chowder
Feb 2nd, 2010
10:50:08 AM
Good, get Christopher Egan and John McTiernan.
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Feb 2nd, 2010
11:37:42 AM
Hey, maybe Bourne can be a TEEN CHICK
by kabong
Feb 2nd, 2010
12:22:57 PM
BOURNE FROM THE START
by MrMysteryGuest
Feb 2nd, 2010
05:45:34 PM
Isn't Green Zone Bourne 4?
by BigTuna
Feb 3rd, 2010
12:51:22 AM
fzzzJqVv
by TmvEqK
Feb 15th, 2010
04:13:58 AM
VDkVtE
by TmvEqK
Feb 15th, 2010
04:14:41 AM

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