The TV Addict 

Despite Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon insisting in the past that THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM would be their last venture in the franchise, it seems their resistance has broken down since Universal recently announced they have “landed” the pair for a fourth installment. Now, “landed” is usually vague Hollywood speak to indicate the two are at the table and probably hashing out a deal, so nothing is set in stone quiet yet. I can only imagine what kind of money Universal is going to be throwing their way, not only because the film was critically well received, and did well at the box-office ($227.5 million domestically so far), but it recently also won three Academy Awards. If they do go ahead with this, I hope they can manage to get Tony Gilroy back as screenwriter as well, because he’s a large part of what has made this franchise so successful. But with his career flourishing post-MICHAEL CLAYTON, it would be harder to do perhaps, and certainly more expensive (which I’m glad to hear for Gilroy). But then again if Sony can get extremely busy post-CRASH Paul Haggis back for the second Daniel Craig BOND film, then perhaps anything is possible.

As for my own opinion on the matter, I loved BOURNE ULTIMATUM, and thought it actually wrapped things up pretty well. I enjoy the series enough that I wouldn’t mind another installment, but I hope they move a bit away from the “evil corruption within the government” plotlines that have remained consistent throughout the series, especially because now the origins of both Bourne and the program that “made” him have been exposed. What do you guys think? Is a fourth installment a good or bad idea?
Source: Variety