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

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Blurgh, I don't really think this guy fits Bourne. He's not got the acting chops.

What happened to this:

On October 11, 2010, Gilroy confirmed that Damon would not return, that there would be a whole new hero. Gilroy further explained,

"This is not a reboot, it's a whole new chapter. The easiest way to think of it is an expansion or a reveal. Jason Bourne will not be in this film, but he's very much alive. What happened in the first three films is the trigger for The Bourne Legacy, and everyone who got into them will be rewarded for paying attention. I'm building a legend and an environment and a wider conspiracy. We're going to show you the bigger picture, the bigger canvas... The world we're making enhances and advances and invites Jason Bourne's reappearance somewhere down the road."
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If that's still happening and Renner is just some other spy in the Bourne world, then that's fine.
 
MI:1 was better because the pacing was perfect. Sure, it did have its over-the-top moments, but it wasn't just some constant adrenaline ride trying to be a crazy action movie. MI:1 felt like an actual spy thriller.

After MI:1, Ethan Hunt becomes some invincible superhero.

Oh, and PLEASE bring back John Powell in Legacy. If not, then the movie is already trash.
 
Ushojax said:
If that's still happening and Renner is just some other spy in the Bourne world, then that's fine.
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Although the script is kept secret, this seems to be the gist of the plot.

The conspiracy goes way beyond after what happened at the end of Ultimatum. The new anti-hero(?) will be pretty much like Bourne who went through Treadstone/Blackbriar. Only question is whether he will have amnesia or not.
 
Jason's Ultimatum said:
MI:1 was better because the pacing was perfect. Sure, it did have its over-the-top moments, but it wasn't just some constant adrenaline ride trying to be a crazy action movie. MI:1 felt like an actual spy thriller.

After MI:1, Ethan Hunt becomes some invincible superhero.
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Mission Impossible 1 had Hunt at his most intelligent. He was almost at precog levels.

I agree about 2. However, 3 had Abrams mix of heroism and weakness throughout that made sense in the context of how much Hunt was removed from the field at that point. Unfortunately, it does not fit with 2.

To me, it was a refreshing change of pace from 2 which really should have been a stand alone movie.
 
I didn't say that Renner is the new Ethan Hunt/Jason Bourne in the thread title on purpose because he's not playing the same characters again (a la Bond). Rather he might become both franchises' leading man in the same vein as Damon as Bourne and Cruise as Hunt,
 
Um, cool news? I guess? I like Renner, but this feels like an overload, but it's cool he's getting noticed.

On a side note, what's with Hollywood trying to make Jake Gylennhaal an action star? I mean, I've only seen PoP and he was boring as fuck in that but ads for The Source Code make him feel so out of place for me.

Also, MI:3 > M:I2. Everything about M:I2 is an embarrassment to action movies. I still like the first one the most.
 
Solo said:
M:I > M:I2 >>>>>>>>>> M:I3

Hear that, bitch! M:I3 is some kind of reject Alias episode, complete with shitty talking heads.
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You're already dead to me, so it's all good.

And even still, an Alias episode> that John Woo nonsensical complete gibberish MOTORBIKE BATTLING piece of shiiiiiiit.
 
It looks like Luke Evans is still in the run, and is scheduled for a screen test:

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/04/06/luke-evans-the-bourne-legacy/

Yes, I'm testing next week," Evans said when asked if he was still in the mix of actors up for the role. "No pressure," he joked.


"Good luck, Luke!" Evans' "Immortals" co-star and future "Superman" Henry Cavill is heard encouraging, off-camera. "Go Luke!"

"It's an amazing role," Evans continued. "Tony Gilroy is brilliant."

With regard to what he knows of the film's plot, Evans (predictably) said he is sworn to secrecy.

"No one has read the script," he said. "We've been given... I can't speak about it really, they've signed me off, I'll be dead if I speak about it. I have a few scenes from the film and they're under lock and key right now."

Evans added that he'd love to work with Gilroy and that a role in a "Bourne" film would be a dream come true.

"[Tony] is amazing and he's written a fantastic script," he said. (Wait - perhaps Evans has read the script then? And just can't tell us about it?) "The role is just brilliant, it's any actor's dream to play it."
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So it looks like Renner was never officially confirmed:

Could Aussie Joel Edgerton Be the New Star of the Bourne Franchise?

Insiders tell Vulture that Bourne Legacy director Tony Gilroy wants to cast Australian actor Joel Edgerton (Animal Kingdom) as the new hero in the Matt Damon–less franchise — an agent named Martin who was part of a Treadstone-like program. But the studio has two issues with this plan: First, they worry that Edgerton, who will next appear in their remake of The Thing, doesn't yet have enough worldwide recognition to carry this franchise. And second, our spies tell us that the studio is strongly considering Edgerton for the role of the Huntsman in Snow White and the Huntsman, now that Hugh Jackman passed on it last week. (Edgerton's lack of global fame wouldn’t be as much of an issue here, as Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron would be the names selling the film.) But a decision needs to be made, as both films have to happen soon.

We’re told that the studio has made significant commitments for Snow White, and Stewart (who’s playing Snow) has already slashed her fee to make the film happen; this is clearly a top priority for the studio, and with most of the pieces in place they want to get it going quickly. And Universal is also facing pressure from the Robert Ludlum estate to get another Bourne film going. Currently the plan is to start shooting by July.

While Universal wavers on Edgerton for Bourne, we hear that some of their top preferences for the role are James McAvoy (who starred in the studio's Wanted) and Shia LaBeouf. So here's the decision tree: If you read that Universal has announced Edgerton for the part of the Hunstman, well, then there’s a good chance that McAvoy or LaBeouf could be playing the lead in the new Bourne. Whereas, if someone else entirely is cast in Snow White and the Huntsman, then we may just have our next biologically enhanced super-spy in Joel Edgerton.

Minor spoiler alert: In a draft of Bourne Legacy shared with Vulture, the film opens with one hell of a chase scene that's carried out on foot, so … memo to all Bourne aspirants: Time to start with the wind sprints!
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The spoiler alert made my dick go hard.

The part about Shia still being considered made it go limp.

EDIT-I'll retract my comment about Renner. I don't want him in the film. I'd rather have someone who is less well known like Joel to play the new character.

EDIT 2-Taylor Kitsch is also being considered. He said his screen test went well.
 
Well, it's official. Renner will be the lead characater in Bourne Legacy:

http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/universal-chooses-jeremy-renner-for-the-bourne-legacy/

BREAKING: The search is over. Universal Pictures has formally offered Jeremy Renner the lead role in the Tony Gilroy-directed The Bourne Legacy. Renner, who has been nominated for Oscars the past two years for his work in The Hurt Locker and The Town, is expected to sign on quickly to play a new character in the spinoff film that begins production in September. Like the Jason Bourne character played by Matt Damon in the first three The Bourne Identity thrillers, Renner will play an operative from a covert government program that is even more dangerous than the Treadstone brainwashing program that hatched Bourne.

Renner was one of the names rumored as the studio went through two cycles of tests over eight weeks to find the right guy. That decision was made today. Even though Renner plays an operative in the upcoming Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol, the studio felt clearly that he was in a position similar to where Damon was when his career took off with Bourne. Renner is not a kid, but he is really hitting his stride and poised to become a big star after numerous strong performances.

The studio looked closely at a number of up and coming stars, and tested the likes of Joel Edgerton (The Thing), Dominic Cooper (The Devil's Double), Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy) and Luke Evans (The Amateur American). Other names in the mix included Taylor Kitsch and Anthony Mackie.
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I guess they couldn't get Joel due to conflicting schedules.

If John Powell doesn't come back, then the movie will suffer. Powell's music in the Bourne movies made them even better. A bit non-traditional than what we hear most from action/thriller movies.
 
Rachel Weisz is close to landing female lead in Bourne Legacy [Deadline]

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Funny that her and Renner are less than a year apart.
 
‘Bourne’ in Manila

Oscar-nominated screenwriter and director Tony Gilroy has chosen Manila as location for “The Bourne Legacy” – the next instalment in the popular action franchise that previously starred Matt Damon.

Film Development Council of the Philippines head Briccio Santos said the country bested other Asian countries as location for the film.

“It’s the biggest Hollywood production to shoot here since ‘Apocalypse Now,’” said Santos. Gilroy will shoot 40 percent of the film in Manila.
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http://entertainment.inquirer.net/2275/‘bourne’-in-manila

Interesting choice for a location.
 
At least we won't get shaky cam in this film. It's interesting reading Gilroy's original script for Identity, though it wasn't that drastically different from the what we got.
 
Jason's Ultimatum said:
At least we won't get shaky cam in this film. It's interesting reading Gilroy's original script for Identity, though it wasn't that drastically different from the what we got.
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Go on.
 
Jason's Ultimatum said:
Well, it's official. Renner will be the lead characater in Bourne Legacy:

http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/universal-chooses-jeremy-renner-for-the-bourne-legacy/



I guess they couldn't get Joel due to conflicting schedules.

If John Powell doesn't come back, then the movie will suffer. Powell's music in the Bourne movies made them even better. A bit non-traditional than what we hear most from action/thriller movies.
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Renner over Shia is definitely a sigh of relief, although I'm still hesitant. In a perfect world Universal would just wait 10 or so years for Damon to get older, then do the last Bourne film. Old Bourne would rock
 
Damon still wants to do another one. Legacy leaves open for Bourne to come back. Damon/Greengrass will be back in a few years.

SnakeXs said:
Go on.
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Basically a lot of cussing, Bourne in a suit meeting Wombosi face to face in his office, and a high speed chase in a city with the Professor. I'm sure there's more, but I'm tired. :)
 
I found this particularly funny:

Labeouf Was In The Running To Take Over Bourne Franchise

Transformers star Shia Labeouf was in talks to take over from Matt Damon in the upcoming Bourne sequel, but walked away from negotiations after realising he was no longer interested in making another action movie.

The 25 year old has made a name for himself in the hugely-popular Michael Bay franchise, but insists the latest release, Dark of the Moon, is his last in the series - and all similar movies in that genre.

The decision prompted Labeouf to drop out of the running for The Bourne Legacy, a role which has since gone to Jeremy Renner, while the star also quit talks for the upcoming Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

He was also approached to take on leading roles in Oscar-nominated films 127 Hours and The Social Network, but while Labeouf enjoyed the finished movies, he turned down the jobs because he wasn't convinced they were "game changers".

And the star is adamant he will continue rejecting major projects until he finds one which allows him to emulate his Hollywood icon.

In a new interview with Details magazine, he says, "I am trying to impress myself. I have yet to do it. I'm looking for Warren Beatty-type game changers."

Labeouf is also a major part of the ongoing Indiana Jones film franchise after playing the adventurer's son in 2008's Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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Stop making shitty movies. And emulate what? More shitty movies?
 
Jason's Ultimatum said:
I found this particularly funny:



Stop making shitty movies. And emulate what? More shitty movies?
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It's all talk. He tried to act like a badass in the interview those quotes were taken from. Came off more as a conceited douche rather than anything. Though, his new moonshine movie does look good.
 
You fool, Bourne "The later years" has already come out. It's called Taken and it has Liam Neeson taking a behind closed doors sneak peak at what your daughters wear when they get taken by the boogeyman.

Damon doesn't need to come back. Fuck him. That's right i said it. Time to go James Bond on this bitch.
 
Renner is a boss so I am happy it's him and not some generic pretty boy (Gyllenhall).

Trying to do both franchises might be tough though, however at one point it looked like Bale would be doing 3 (Batman, Terminator if it took off and they also wanted him for Bond if Craig pulled out due to funding issues).

Studio Execs and imagination don't go so well together.
 
I will wait to see Renner in Ghost Protocol. Obviously different characters but depending how well he is in that film it will give me a better feel for how well he will be in the Bounre series.
 
WrikaWrek said:
You fool, Bourne "The later years" has already come out. It's called Taken and it has Liam Neeson taking a behind closed doors sneak peak at what your daughters wear when they get taken by the boogeyman.

Damon doesn't need to come back. Fuck him. That's right i said it. Time to go James Bond on this bitch.
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Unlike Bond, the central element to Bourne is character development. Not having Damon come back after the emotional investment put into the character after 3 movies would be a crime. I don't mind Damon and shitty Greengrass doing just one more, but personally I'd like for the two to create three more movies.


Wait why isn't Matt Damon doing it?
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Damon has a hard on for Greengrass. Once Greengrass found out Universal was ghost writing Bourne 4, he got pissed and bailed out. So did Damon.

i love this guy, but i wont watch a bourne movie without matt damon, just write a new trilogy for renner
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It could be a new trilogy or not. The movie lets Bourne come back for a sequel. So if Damon doesn't, then either Universal finds a new Jason Bourne or create a Renner trilogy.
 
Overkill on this guy. I remember watching SWAT when it came out and noting that Colin Farrell and that bad guy would be big in the future.

I saw a lot of Farrell after that but this guy was ghosted until Hurt Locker came out. Now I feel he's just coming in too much in such a short span. One of these franchises would be good but both seems a bit much. Especially if Tom Cruise steps down and gives MI to Renner.
 
Mother effer you beat me. Do that again and I will rub sand in your eyes.....I'll also need you to buy some sand. I don't know if they grade it but...............coarse.

While Edward Norton certainly has some questionable titles on his resume, but he is easily one of our best actors. From Primal Fear to American History X to Fight Club, the man has proven time and time again that he can play anything, but it always seems that he is at his best when utilizing his creepy/evil vibe. One can imagine that will only serve him well as he hunts down Jeremy Renner in The Bourne Legacy.

Variety has learned that the twice Oscar nominated actor is now in talks to play the lead villain in the Tony Gilroy directed film. The first Bourne movie that doesn't star Matt Damon, the film is a spin-off of sorts, following a different character in the same universe crafted in the first three films. The script was also written by Gilroy, who wrote the first three movies in the franchise, but plot details are currently being kept under wraps. The site has apparently also confirmed the casting of Rachel Weisz, who will be playing the film's main female role (it's unknown if that means she will be a hero or a villain). Norton joins elite ranks by being cast as the antagonists in a Bourne film, previous baddies including Chris Cooper, Brian Cox and David Strathairn.

Though I still find myself questioning the value of a Bourne film without Jason Bourne, it seems that they are trying to make you forget that by loading the new film with recognizable names and faces. Should the deal be closed, the movie will be Norton's first mainstream studio movie since 2008's The Incredible Hulk. The project currently has a release date of August 3, 2012.
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Not sure how I feel. I can't see him being a Bourne baddie. For one thing, his voice annoys the hell out of me. Chances are he'll be an agent trying to kill Renner's character. Not the old farts like Conklin or Abbott fom the previous movies. I always thought it'd be cool to get Christopher Waltz to play the same role as Conklin and Abbott did.
 
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