As much as I would love to see an amazing fourth movie in the Bourne series, and based on an article out of Variety it is already in production, but it seems star Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass are still hesitant to commit to anything despite allegedly already having been “landed” as Variety put it.
The duo were on hand for the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards and were approached about the proposed fourth film and the response was the same as it was so many months ago.
“We’ve just kind of been amused by the whole thing,” said Matt Damon of the rumour suddenly circulating everywhere after a Variety article last week. “I think it’s one of these stories that has a life of it’s own. Not that we’re against it, we’re all for doing a fourth movie but it means coming up with a good story. There are a lot of things that would have to happen before we would sign up for it.”
Hmmm, so they aren’t signed yet or “landed” according to Variety jargon. Greengrass was equally skeptical, “I think the truth is that it’s a very well loved franchise, but we’re in the process of trying to work out what kind of film you could make. If there is one, what would it be? How it could go? Without any pressure; without any commitment to it, but everybody loved the franchise. We love it, but none of us would want to go again unless we’re sure there’s a worthwhile film and that could take some time. You don’t want to do that when you feel like you’ve got to make it and none of us need to, so that’s where we are.”
Seems Variety jumped the gun on this one.
