The studio behind the Matt Damon-starring Bourne film franchise, Universal, has just secured the rights to anything and everything Jason Bourne and more!
According to Variety, in an overall deal with the estate of The Bourne Identity author, Robert Ludlum , the studio has exclusive rights to the Jason Bourne character and a ‘first look’ at other Ludlum novels.
This apparently paves the way for many, many more installments of the Bourne saga.
Bourne was originally envisioned as a three-picture series but has become Universal’s answer to James Bond.
The first three installments made more than $1 billion worldwide!
The fourth Bourne flick is expected to hit theaters in 2010.
More ass kicking Matt Damon = yum yum.
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