That was until Universal Pictures decided to revive the world of Bourne through a spin-off/sequel – The Bourne Legacy. The three films (temporarily) completed the story, and for five years existed as a self-contained trilogy. Directed by Doug Liman, the film was both a critical and commercial success and was followed by 2004’s The Bourne Supremacy and 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum – both adaptations of Ludlum’s original novels. The Bourne Identity was the initial entry, which introduced Matt Damon as an amnesiac with a huge secret. The series began in 2002 and has since expanded to a series of pictures mostly (but not always) featuring Damon. In fact, matching Bourne's success was a major influence on the first two Daniel Craig James Bond movies, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.The Matt Damon Jason Bourne saga Image: ©Universal PicturesĪnd now onto the Bourne movie series that has made the greatest impact at the box office and with audiences – the Bourne film collection featuring Matt Damon. Paul Greengrass ( Bloody Sunday) then took over as the main director of the franchise and his shaky-cam handheld style became the new standard of the Bourne movies. However, Damon imbued necessary humanity into Jason Bourne and he proved himself to be more than up to the task of portraying an action hero. Director Doug Liman ( Go) was tapped to helm the 2002 feature film adaptation of The Bourne Identity, which was written by Tony Gilroy, who also penned the rest of the original Bourne trilogy. Matt Damon, who was best known for Miramax films like Good Will Hunting, was originally considered an unlikely choice to play the titular assassin. Portrayed by Matt Damon in four feature films, Jason Bourne essentially gave audiences an American equivalent to James Bond and helped redefine action movies in the 21st century.īefore Universal Pictures launched the Bourne movies, Ludlum's novel The Bourne Identity was turned into a 1988 made-for-TV movie starring Richard Chamberlain as Jason Bourne. There have been five movies in the Jason Bourne franchise but which one of them is the best of all? Adapted from the novels written by the late Robert Ludlum (and continued by Eric Van Lustbader), Jason Bourne is a deadly CIA assassin suffering from amnesia.
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