1.6 Billion Worldwide: One of the Best Revolving Sagas for a 6th Movie?

The Jason Bourne saga, launched in 2002 by Doug Liman, made a big impression, reinventing the codes of spy and action films. Directed by Matt Damon as sharp as ever, the franchise has been a huge success, grossing $1.6 billion worldwide across 5 films.

From 2001 to 2007, Matt Damon played super spy Jason Bourne before hanging up his gloves. In 2012, Jeremy Renner replaced him to direct the film, which will earn almost half the revenue of the third installment, Revenge at Cannes.

After that, we thought the saga was dead and buried in the cinema, Matt Damon often repeated that he turned it away. For a long time, the idea of ​​a new episode by the actor was unthinkable.

When the idea of ​​a fourth Jason Bourne adventure came to the table, Damon finally announced that he had only one condition to bring it back: Death at Cannes and Revenge at Cannes director, Paul Greengrass, would be back. Camera again. When the director accepted, this new part saw the light of day.

In August 2016, Jason Bourne hit the screens and brought in 415 million dollars internationally (120 million for the budget). This huge success allows Matt Damon to offer one last installment to fans before he dies. Note that in France this opus gathered 1.4 million viewers, the second biggest success of the saga in France after La Vengeance dans la peau (1.5 million). In total, there are a total of 5.9 million admissions in 5 departments.

If only Bourne were alive

Adapted from Robert Ludlum’s trilogy of spy novels, will the Jason Bourne saga return to cinema? In 2019, the Treadstone series is released, which takes place in the same world. Unfortunately it was canceled after a short season.

While promoting the series, producer Ben Smith, who worked on the last two films in the franchise, told CinemaBlend: “We’re definitely working on another movie. What are we going to do with it? Will it be connected to the series in the same universe? Absolutely. The details of all of that are still under wraps.”he confided.

A few months later, in May 2020, it was Saga’s historical producer, Frank Marshall, who spoke about the subject in an interview with Collider, though without providing more specific information.

“I love the Bourne series and I think there’s an opportunity for different directors to come into it. So hopefully we’ll find a new Bourne story and a new director. We’re looking.”she said.

Admittedly, filmmaker Paul Greengrass seems to be doing an out-of-this-world job. During a December 2020 interview, The Playlist asked the director if Universal had approached him about making a new episode.

“We haven’t spoken lately, so I don’t know what their plans are. I’m sure they’re going to do other Bourne movies, hopefully. I don’t know if I’ll be in it, but I’ve had my day, haven’t I? Let’s be honest. But I love the Bourne movies, I love the cast and I wish them the best of luck.”he explained.

Matt Damon on BOURNE DU TUNNEL

For his part, when promoting Jason Bourne, Matt Damon assured that this was not necessarily a farewell to the character and that he would not mind returning in the future. Speaking to Digital Spy, the artist even confided that if a good story was found in the meeting of Jason Bourne and Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), he would be ready for a crossover.

However, in 2017, the comedian told the Toronto Sun: “The last movie didn’t come out like we did 10 years ago, so maybe the audience is done with the character.” However, Matt Damon darkens the picture a little, the last part was almost as successful worldwide as The Vengeance in the skin (415 million against 444).

For now, the return of the super-spy is not on the agenda. However, it is possible that the hero will return in the guise of another young actor in the future.