‘Bourne 4’ Gets a Writer

Yeah, Jason Bourne looks a little flustered in that picture there.   He’s just heard he’s gonna have to come back for a fourth round.   The as-yet-unnamed ‘Bourne 4’ has picked up a screenwriter.

George Nolfi (‘Timeline’, ‘Ocean’s Twelve’, ‘The Sentinel’, and ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’) has been hired by Universal to punch out the screenplay.

Unlike the first three Bourne films, this one will not be based on a novel by Robert Ludlum.   It won’t even be based on any of the newer Jason Bourne novels by Eric Van Lustbader.   Instead, it will be an original story involving the assassin with a bad case of memory loss.   This really isn’t an issue, since the movies departed from the novels’ storyline long ago.

Director Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon are already attached to return.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter