Universal Boss talks about the possibility of bringing Damon back for Bourne sequel

Universal Pictures chairman Adam Fogelson talks Bourne and the possible return of Matt Damon.

By Genna Patterson

In an interview with Universal Pictures head honcho, Adam Fogelson, The Hollywood Reporter revealed the future plans for the Bourne franchise. Fogelson admits that The Bourne Legacy, starring Jeremy Renner instead of Matt Damon, as a new super agent hooked to performance enhancing drugs, didn't do as well as its predecessor, The Bourne Ultimatum. The Jason Bourne-led Ultimatum raked in $442 million worldwide while Legacy took in just $276 million.

Fogelson said, "The point of (The Bourne Legacy) was to create a universe, a world and characters that give us a lot of freedom and flexibility in how we go forward. Yeah, the movie didn't perform the way the last one did. It also didn't cost what the last one did. It performed more along the lines of how the first one did."

The Bourne Legacy saw Renner play Aaron Cross, an agent who the company attempt to kill off. However he manages to survive and tracks down scientist Dr. Marta Shearing (Rachel Weisz) to help him get off the prescription drugs he can no longer get hold of.

Pictured: Universal Pictures Chairman Adam Fogelson

Fogelson went on to say that Damon may in the future return to the action franchise,"I absolutely see us doing more Bourne, 100 per cent yes. Matt has talked about the possibility of coming back, and we totally respect that and are excited if and when he wants to have conversations. But I think the last movie gave us a big bunch of options to pursue a next chapter."

Damon had admitted to Access Hollywod in December 2012, that he’d be interested in returning to his Bourne role; "I’ve always been [open to returning]. I love that character and I love that series. It’s just really an issue of finding the story. We don’t know what that is. How do you get that character going again?"

Damon added, "If we could crack that, we'd do it."

So the big studio heads are in, Damon is (nearly) in, so now all they need is director Paul Greengrass (who directed The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum movies) to get on board and we’re laughing all the way to the cinema.