Wanted: New Jason Bourne. Must be able to shoot, fight, and run.
So, let's play the recasting game! I think it might be interesting to see Joseph Gordon-Levitt take over the Bourne reins; he's an excellent actor and he's going to get his chance to show off his gun-toting skills in Inception later this summer. Otherwise I think it might be interesting to see what Ryan Gosling could do in an action role. As far as directing goes, I think it'd be interesting to see what Kathryn Bigelow could do with the franchise; she has an aesthetic that I think might match up with the series fairly well. But what do you think, Screenedland?
I can see Bigelow do it, or who was the guy who did the first film? I think this would be a movie Gosling should too since he's not exactly killing it at the box office and this can get him out there to large market if it's good. He's a good actor too, but that movie he did with Hannibal Lecter just SUCKED.
I even forgive him for his pay-check role in GI Joe (okay, maybe not quite).
@teh_destroyer: Matthew Fox would be interesting, though I could see pros and cons for him - in my mind he perhaps may not have the steeliness, or maybe I'm just too used to seeing him as Jack. Either way, I'd like to see him in a very different role in the future.
Good god. I really like all the Bourne movies myself, but all the above "suggestions" sound terrible. Both Gosling and Gordon-Levitt seem a bit "wimpy" to pull off a Bourne--they both look like kids. And Bigelow, she was a bit over rated for the "Hurt Locker" in my opinion. I really wound't want to see a non-Damon Bourne movie myself--do we constantly have to have remakes and reboots of less than 5-year old movie franchises?
Gordon-Levitt and Gosling can act but they don't have the physical build. My first choice would've been Clive Owen but then I remembered he already played an assassin in the first movie. So as an alternative, what you think of Sam Worthington as Bourne ?
Crispin Glover? I KEED, I KEED!!!
Milla Jovovich, honestly would be my dark horse - as she could probably use a better director and script - and a slower more realistic pace that the Bourne movies follow (At least by comparison) That and despite the fact she's in bad movies I still somehow like her.
In the end, I think the best bet would be to have a unknown play - find some new strong untapped blood and give them the spotlight. Chances are any new Bourne films won't reach the levels of the first - but if they are truly interested in turning it into a James Bond hand off torch game I think they really just have to roll the dice and give it ago.
In the end though, still calling it "Bourne" wouldn't make sense - aside from tying it to the originals as that was one of his aliases.