Well, we didn't think this was likely since Jeremy Renner seemed to have taken over the franchise with
The Bourne Legacy, but according to the ever-reliable Deadline, we will be seeing Matt Damon return to play Jason Bourne under director Paul Greengrass. The site reckon that Universal Pictures still plan to produce another spin-off with Renner and Justin Lin, but that this would take precedent, and look to make a July 16, 2016 release slot -- bumping the
Legacy sequel back! To be fair, this re-teaming was reported previously by a number of
sites (most recently
Latino Review) but dismissed by both Universal and Greengrass, who actually laughed it off. Just goes to show you can never believe director/studio denials! Does this mean we could eventually see Bourne and ..uhh, whatshisname go head to head someday? It has to be a distinct possibility. Thoughts?
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