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Feb 7, 2016
Trailer: Matt Damon's Jason Bourne Returns in... Jason Bourne
In a bit of a shocker, the new Paul Greengrass/Matt Damon Bourne movie will not follow the standard Robert Ludlum title convention of "The Bourne ______." Instead, it will simply be called... Jason Bourne. While it makes sense to make the title so personal now that Damon's former amnesiac has remembered all of his past at the end of 2007's The Bourne Ultimatum, I'm not really a fan of the "hero's name" school of title that gave us Jack Ryan, Jack Reacher and John Carter. (I still think we're incredibly lucky that the first 007 picture didn't turn out to be called James Bond of the Secret Service! Imagine if the producers had ended up beholden to that formula?) But not only does Jason Bourne strike a personal chord (though shouldn't it really be David Webb if that's what they're going for, since that turned out to be the character's real name?), but it also sends a clear message that this movie really is about Jason Bourne, the hero we want to see, played by Matt Damon, and not about some random stand-in like Jeremy Renner's Aaron Cross! (Don't get me wrong; despite not particularly liking The Bourne Legacy, I'd still like to see an Aaron Cross follow-up, just not misrepresented as a Bourne movie.) So here is our first look at the man himself, Jason Bourne, back in action, in, as expected, this Super Bowl spot.
Jason Bourne is scheduled to open on July 29. Alicia Vikander (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.), Vincent Cassel (Agents Secrets), Ato Essandoh (Elementary), Tommy Lee Jones (Yuri Nosenko, KGB) and Julia Stiles (reprising her role from previous Bourne movies) also star.
Read my review of Paul Greengrass's The Bourne Ultimatumhere.
Read my review of Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacyhere.
Read my review of the 1988 miniseries of The Bourne Identityhere.
Read my review of Robert Ludlum's novel The Bourne Identityhere.
Read my review of Robert Ludlum's novel The Bourne Supremacyhere.
Read my review of Robert Ludlum's novel The Bourne Ultimatumhere.
Wow! Short and to the point. Looking forward to this one. It would seem that The Year of Thespianage continues. Hopefully, it'll make up for "Spectre". Thanks for the heads-up. I thought this trailer was still months away.
Wow! Short and to the point. Looking forward to this one. It would seem that The Year of Thespianage continues. Hopefully, it'll make up for "Spectre".
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads-up. I thought this trailer was still months away.
One word: yes!!!
ReplyDeleteRumor on Twitter: some of the scenes in the trailer had just been shot, (within 24-48 hours before Superbowl)