The Bourne Legacy is an upcoming 2012 American action spy film and the fourth installment in the eponymous Bourne film series, which is based on Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne novels. It is directed by Tony Gilroy, screenwriter of the first three films. The film is named after, but not based on, The Bourne Legacy, a later Bourne novel written by Eric Van Lustbader. The character Jason Bourne, previously played by Matt Damon, does not appear in this film.
Director:Tony Gilroy
Writer:Dan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy, Eric Van Lustbader
Studio:Universal Pictures
Genre:Action, Adventure, Thriller
Faced with the public and political fallout from the events of The Bourne Ultimatum the CIA decides to shut down "Operation Outcome," the successor to "Operation Treadstone." Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), an agent of Operation Outcome, and Stephanie Snyder (Rachel Weisz), a doctor who helped create the Outcome agents, must find a way to escape before CIA agent Byer (Edward Norton) can have them assassinated.The narrative architect behind the Bourne film series, Tony Gilroy,
takes the helm in the next chapter of the hugely popular espionage
franchise that has earned almost $1 billion at the global box office: The Bourne Legacy.
The writer/director expands the Bourne universe created by Robert
Ludlum with an original story that introduces us to a new hero (Jeremy
Renner) whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of
the first three films.
