Jeremy Renner = the new Matt Damon/Tom Cruise in Bourne Legacy and Mission Impossible

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Matt Damon's time as the star of the "Bourne Identity" series is over, and the search his successor is over, the Latino Review reports. The site reports that a source indicated that "The Town" and "The Hurt Locker" star Jeremy Renner has been offered the lead role in the next generation of Bourne movies, starting with "The Bourne Legacy."

If true, Renner is a strong, experienced choice, but not one that had been rumored to be on director Tony Gilroy's shortlist in February. Then, potential Bourne 2.0 stars included Jake Gyllenhaal, Garrett Hedlund, Taylor Kitsch, Kellen Lutz and Tobey Maguire.
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Renner will be seen this summer in another action film, "Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol." In fact, he will be taking over the franchise from original star Tom Cruise, with whom he co-stars in the fourth film. He'll also play the hero Hawkeye in the upcoming Avengers film, as well as in a cameo in this summer's "Thor" big screen adaptation.
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Renner overload? There is no way the same actor can anchor both series.
 
Considering the options they were going for, Renner is definitely the best of the bunch.
 
Ok this will be weird when two big spy franchises have the same star.

I think good for Renner though. Dude deserves his success and I like him.
 
It'll never be as successful as Damon's. That role is his. He said he didn't even know that they weren't considering him - he found out reading an online article
 
Xater said:
Ok this will be weird when two big spy franchises have the same star.

I think good for Renner though. Dude deserves his success.
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Is Jason Bourne a spy or an assassin? I deem him the latter. I deem Ethan Hunt more of a spy (stealing/retrieving international secrets, stopping big bad, espionage).
 
Need to see this actor in a couple of more roles before I pass judgement. He was decent in The Town. How charasmatic is he?
 
reilo said:
Is Jason Bourne a spy or an assassin? I deem him the latter. I deem Ethan Hunt more of a spy (stealing/retrieving international secrets, stopping big bad, espionage).
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Yeah maybe, they are still kind of similar franchises I think.


DoctorWho said:
Need to see this actor in a couple of more roles before I pass judgement. He was decent in The Town. How charasmatic is he?
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Watch the Hurt Locker.
 
Or they could do the right thing and not make any more Bourne movies unless Matt Damon is on board.
 
Tobe fucking Maguire was a choice to play in the Bourne series?

What the fuck are those execs smoking?
 
Plinko said:
Or they could do the right thing and not make any more Bourne movies unless Matt Damon is on board.
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They're obviously taking a James Bond approach to these franchises. Eventually the actors move on, but the franchise is still alive.
 
It's like if they kept making Layer Cake movies after Daniel Craig was picked as the new Bond.

The studio might be taking a cue from Bond with a blond Renner becoming the new Bourne action star.
 
Daniel Craig turning down the Thor role because he can't "play Bond and Thor" struck a really strong tone with me. It makes a lot of sense. Renner, right now, is slated to be three not-quite-iconic-but-almost-there roles at the same time. It's a bit of an overload. And I know that he's up for it because Renner is one of the best actors on the face of this planet. He is consistently great, not good or fair or alright, but great. Just seems like a bad decision when you take in all of the factors.

On the plus side, he has to be making some fat cash. So good for him.
 
Nothing is confirmed AT ALL for Bourne. Universal wants him, Tony Gilroy doesn't. That's all we know. They've tested tons of others.
 
I don't have any problem with Renner. Thought he was excellent in The Hurt Locker and The Town. This is too much though, both franchises don't need the same guy, it'll just be weird. I hope the rumor's false.
 
The real question about M:I4 isn't who's the lead, its how will Brad Bird do with live action? I caught the final 40 mins of The Incredibles yesterday for the first time in a couple of years and goddamn does it ever shit on every other Pixar flick from great heights. If he can do live action half as well, M:I4 should be great.
 
Solo said:
The real question about M:I4 isn't who's the lead, its how will Brad Bird do with live action? I caught the final 40 mins of The Incredibles yesterday for the first time in a couple of years and goddamn does it every shit on every other Pixar flick from great heights. If he can do live action half as well, M:I4 should be great.
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If preview impressions have been any indication, he does it very well.
 
Solo said:
The real question about M:I4 isn't who's the lead, its how will Brad Bird do with live action? I caught the final 40 mins of The Incredibles yesterday for the first time in a couple of years and goddamn does it every shit on every other Pixar flick from great heights. If he can do live action half as well, M:I4 should be great.
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I have The Incredibles on my queue to watch. It's somehow one of the few Pixar movies I haven't seen.
 
Renner was pretty bad in The Town. Both of these franchises have been dead to me for some time. Mission Impossible never returned to the first movie's quality. The Bourne films we're all pretty weak from the getgo and got progressively worse with the enhancement of shaking cam.

Seems like a sub par actor is doing a bunch of sub par movies. The transformers crowd will eat it up.
 
Solo said:
The real question about M:I4 isn't who's the lead, its how will Brad Bird do with live action? I caught the final 40 mins of The Incredibles yesterday for the first time in a couple of years and goddamn does it every shit on every other Pixar flick from great heights. If he can do live action half as well, M:I4 should be great.
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It looks very good, almost Bourne-esque. Not in the shakycam way, but in the no frills approach. Different from Abrams' hyper MI:3 style.
 
reilo said:
I have The Incredibles on my queue to watch. It's somehow one of the few Pixar movies I haven't seen.
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You are in for such a treat. Hits all the right notes for me, and manages to be sweet without being maudlin, something Pixar usually struggles with for me.
 
DoctorWho said:
Need to see this actor in a couple of more roles before I pass judgement. He was decent in The Town. How charasmatic is he?
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He was good in the Hurt Locker (and that one episode of Angel).

Pickles the Firecat said:
Daniel Craig turning down the Thor role because he can't "play Bond and Thor" struck a really strong tone with me.
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You sure that was a real thing? I'm pretty sure Craig was only rumored when people thought Donald Blake was going to be a part of the movie. Seeing the direction they're taking, I seriously doubt they ever considered Craig as Thor.
 
The Hurt Locker sure has made this guy huge. I actually think that black dude was the better actor though.
 
Expendable. said:
It looks very good, almost Bourne-esque. Not in the shakycam way, but in the no frills approach. Different from Abrams' hyper MI:3 style.
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I hated the way Abrams shot M:I3 (he was too engrained in television techniques at the time; I thought he came a long way with Star Trek, which I really loved his style in), so that sounds fine to me.
 
reilo said:
I have The Incredibles on my queue to watch. It's somehow one of the few Pixar movies I haven't seen.
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You need to leave now and watch it.
 
otake said:
Renner was pretty bad in The Town. Both of these franchises have been dead to me for some time. Mission Impossible never returned to the first movie's quality. The Bourne films we're all pretty weak from the getgo and got progressively worse with the enhancement of shaking cam.

Seems like a sub par actor is doing a bunch of sub par movies. The transformers crowd will eat it up.
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otake said:
Renner was pretty bad in The Town. Both of these franchises have been dead to me for some time. Mission Impossible never returned to the first movie's quality. The Bourne films we're all pretty weak from the getgo and got progressively worse with the enhancement of shaking cam.

Seems like a sub par actor is doing a bunch of sub par movies. The transformers crowd will eat it up.
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Renner was fantastic in The Town as an unhinged Boston loonie.

I wanted to see more roles for the guy since S.W.A.T.

Solo said:
I hated the way Abrams shot M:I3 (he was too engrained in television techniques at the time; I thought he came a long way with Star Trek, which I really loved his style in), so that sounds fine to me.
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The bright digital style worked for Trek. M:I 3 was a goddammed film version of Alias. I hate the story, direction, and action.
 
The Bourne franchise is heavily built on Matt Damons play and his characterization of Bourne - and one of my most favorite movies. If the film studios decide to change the lead role, I'm out and not going to watch the movie(s).
 
Renner plays the same guy he's played in The Unusuals. However, more power to him despite his lack of range.

I don't see him as a Bourne clone but could work in Mission Impossible.
ReturnOfTheRAT said:
The bright digital style worked for Trek. M:I 3 was a goddammed film version of Alias. I hate the story, direction, and action.
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I knew that's why I loved Mission Impossible 3 since Alias is a lot better than Mission Impossble 2.
 
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