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So exactly like they did with the first 3 movies... Won't bother watching this one either.
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Originally Posted by Hero_of_Steel
From Comingsoon.net
The Universal release has taken the title from the Eric Van Lustbader book based on the series created by Robert Ludlum, but they will not be using the story. "This is not a reboot or a recast or a prequel. No one's replacing Matt Damon. There will be a whole new hero, a whole new chapter...this is a stand-alone project," said Gilroy. |
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They kind of used the premise for the 1st, but modernized and changed it....a lot. The only thing the others share with the books are the titles.
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Originally Posted by Diggis
So exactly like they did with the first 3 movies... Won't bother watching this one either.
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@Joshua.
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Kind of. If by premise you mean a trained assassin that gets amnesia and goes after the people that "made" him. That was just a small part of the whole story in the books. They could have kept the love interest as a Canadian government official, kept her alive, and even kept in the whole reason Bourne was invented in the first place, which was flushing out The Jackal, and it would have felt "modern."|
Originally Posted by Forefinger_
They kind of used the premise for the 1st, but modernized and changed it....a lot. The only thing the others share with the books are the titles.
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I liked the movies, but the story in the books was much better. There's no way they could keep Jason Bourne as the main focus in the next movie, since they took out every other motivation he had in the books to do what he does, and they resolved the Treadstone angle in Ultimatum.
Loose --> not tight.
Lose --> Did not win, misplace, cannot find, subtract.
One extra 'o' makes a big difference.
A Bourne version of US Marshals. Okay. I'll wait for it to show up on broadcast television.
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US Marshalls wasn't a flawed idea. It was flawed in execution. I actually like the idea of expanding the Bourne universe a bit and showing another hero involved, perhaps bringing Bourne back later. |
Originally Posted by Luminara
A Bourne version of US Marshals. Okay. I'll wait for it to show up on broadcast television.
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I liked the movies, never read the books, but I don't think that matters, Movies based on books, are still their own thing, regardless of what their basis is. While meddling too much with source material ,or a complete lack of respect for it usually makes for bad movies imo, when it comes to books, there is only so much you can put on the big screen in a 2-3 hour film. The Bourne movies are good movies. I'll read the books eventually but it won't change my opinion of the films.
"Where does he get those wonderful toys?" - The Joker
From Comingsoon.net
The Universal release has taken the title from the Eric Van Lustbader book based on the series created by Robert Ludlum, but they will not be using the story. "This is not a reboot or a recast or a prequel. No one's replacing Matt Damon. There will be a whole new hero, a whole new chapter...this is a stand-alone project," said Gilroy.
"The easiest way to think of it is an expansion or a reveal," Gilroy added. "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 what happens. I'm building a legend and an environment and a wider conspiracy... the world we're making enhances and advances and invites Jason Bourne's return [down the road]."
http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=49791
Actors being considered for the role
http://movies.ign.com/articles/115/1152145p1.html