Bourne (franchise)
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The Bourne franchise consists of action thriller installments based on the character Jason Bourne, created by author Robert Ludlum. The franchise includes five films and a spin-off television series. The overall plot centers around Jason Bourne, a CIA assassin suffering from dissociative amnesia, portrayed by Matt Damon. All three of Ludlum's novels were adapted for the screen, featuring Matt Damon as the title character in each. Doug Liman directed The Bourne Identity (2002) and Paul Greengrass directed The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), and Jason Bourne (2016). Tony Gilroy wrote or co-wrote each film except for Jason Bourne and directed The Bourne Legacy (2012). Damon chose not to return for the fourth film, The Bourne Legacy, which introduces a new main character, Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), a Department of Defense operative who runs for his life because of Bourne's actions in Ultimatum. The character of Jason Bourne does not appear in Legacy, but mention of his name and pictures of Damon as Bourne are shown throughout the film. Damon returned for the fifth installment, Jason Bourne. Although the first three films are titled the same as the source novels, the stories of all five in the series are original being only conceptually inspired by the books. The Bourne series has received generally positive critical reception and grossed over US$1.6 billion. Notoriously, the franchise is also famous for establishing post-9/11 gritty realism tone, heavy use of shaky cam cinematography and frenetic editing techniques (abetted by Greengrass' style) in modern filmmaking, most of which influenced action films around the late 2000s to the early 2010s.
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| Film | release date | Director | Screenwriter(s) | Story by | Producer(s) |
| The Bourne Identity | June 14, 2002 (2002-06-14) | Doug Liman | Tony Gilroy & William Blake Herron | Doug Liman, Patrick Crowley & Richard N. Gladstein | |
| The Bourne Supremacy | July 23, 2004 (2004-07-23) | Paul Greengrass | Tony Gilroy | Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley & Paul L. Sandberg | |
| The Bourne Ultimatum | August 3, 2007 (2007-08-03) | Tony Gilroy, George Nolfi & Scott Z. Burns | Tony Gilroy | ||
| The Bourne Legacy | August 10, 2012 (2012-08-10) | Tony Gilroy | Dan Gilroy & Tony Gilroy | Ben Smith, Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley & Jeffrey M. Weiner | |
| Jason Bourne | July 29, 2016 (2016-07-29) | Paul Greengrass | Paul Greengrass & Christopher Rouse | Ben Smith, Matt Damon, Frank Marshall, Paul Greengrass, Gregory Goodman & Jeffrey M. Weiner | |
| Series | Seasons | Episodes | First released | Last released | Showrunner(s) | Network(s) |
| Treadstone | 1 | 10 | September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24) | December 17, 2019 (2019-12-17) | Tim Kring | USA Network |
| Character | Film | Television | ||||
| The Bourne Identity | The Bourne Supremacy | The Bourne Ultimatum | The Bourne Legacy | Jason Bourne | Treadstone | |
| 2002 | 2004 | 2007 | 2012 | 2016 | 2019 | |
| Jason Bourne David Webb | Matt Damon | Matt DamonA | Matt Damon | |||
| Marie Helena Kreutz | Franka Potente | Franka PotenteA | ||||
| Nicolette "Nicky" Parsons | Julia Stiles | Julia StilesA | Julia Stiles | |||
| Ward Abbott | Brian Cox | Brian CoxAV | ||||
| Daniel "Danny" Zorn | Gabriel Mann | |||||
| Alexander Conklin | Chris Cooper | |||||
| The Professor | Clive Owen | Clive OwenA | ||||
| Nykwanna Wombosi | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeA | Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeA | |||
| Pamela Landy | Joan Allen | |||||
| Tom Cronin | Tom Gallop | |||||
| Martin "Marty" Marshall | Tomas Arana | |||||
| Kirill | Karl Urban | |||||
| Jarda | Marton Csokas | |||||
| Dr. Albert Hirsch | Albert Finney | Albert FinneyA | ||||
| Noah Vosen | David Strathairn | |||||
| Ezra Kramer | Scott Glenn | |||||
| Ray Wills | Corey Johnson | |||||
| Simon Ross | Paddy Considine | Paddy ConsidineA | ||||
| Paz | Edgar Ramirez | Edgar RamirezA | ||||
| Desh Bouksani | Joey Ansah | Joey AnsahA | ||||
| Martin Kreutz | Daniel Brühl | |||||
| Kiley | Scott Adkins | |||||
| Aaron Cross | Jeremy Renner | |||||
| Dr. Marta Shearing | Rachel Weisz | |||||
| Eric Byer | Edward Norton | |||||
| Mark Turso | Stacy Keach | |||||
| Outcome | Oscar Isaac | |||||
| LARX 3 | Louis Ozawa Changchien | |||||
| Zev Vendel | Corey Stoll | |||||
| Robert Dewey | Tommy Lee Jones | |||||
| Heather Lee | Alicia Vikander | |||||
| Asset | Vincent Cassel | |||||
| Aaron Kalloor | Riz Ahmed | |||||
| Craig Jeffers | Ato Essandoh | |||||
| Richard Webb | Gregg Henry | |||||
| John Randolph Bentley | Jeremy Irvine | |||||
| Tara Coleman | Tracy Ifeachor | |||||
| Soyun Park | Han Hyo-joo | |||||
| Matt Edwards | Omar Metwally | |||||
| Doug McKenna | Brian J. Smith | |||||
| Petra Andropov | Gabrielle ScharnitzkyEmilia SchüleY | |||||
| Ellen Becker | Michelle Forbes | |||||
| Title | Crew/Detail | ||||||
| Composer(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Productioncompanies | Distributingcompany | Running time | ||
| The Bourne Identity | John Powell | Oliver Wood | Saar Klein | Universal Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Hypnotic Productions, Stillking Films, Kalima Productions | Universal Pictures | 119 minutes | |
| The Bourne Supremacy | Christopher Rouse & Richard Pearson | Universal Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, MP THETA Productions, Ludlum Entertainment | 108 minutes | ||||
| The Bourne Ultimatum | Christopher Rouse | Universal Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, MP BETA Productions, Peninsula Films | 115 minutes | ||||
| The Bourne Legacy | James Newton Howard | Robert Elswit | John Gilroy | Universal Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Relativity Media, Captivate Entertainment | 135 minutes | ||
| Jason Bourne | John Powell & David Buckley | Barry Ackroyd | Christopher Rouse | Universal Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Captivate Entertainment, Pearl Street Films, Perfect World Pictures | 123 minutes | ||
| Treadstone | Jordan Gagne & Jeff Russo | Ferran Paredes, Jamie Barber, Thomas Kloss, Paolo Carnera, and Balázs Márton | Rob Bonz, Dávid Jancsó, Andrew McClelland, Harry B. Miller III, Tim Kinzy, and Andrew Seklir | Universal Content Productions Captivate Entertainment, Imperative Entertainment, Pioneer Stilking Films, FILLSCRN | NBCUniversal Television Distribution | 41–52 minutes | |
| Film | Release date | Budget | Box office gross | All-time ranking | References | |||
| Domestic | International | Worldwide | Domestic | Worldwide | ||||
| The Bourne Identity | June 14, 2002 | $60 million | $121,661,683 | $92,372,541 | $214,034,224 | 586 | 822 | |
| The Bourne Supremacy | July 23, 2004 | $75-85 million | $176,241,941 | $112,258,276 | $288,500,217 | 302 | 569 | |
| The Bourne Ultimatum | August 3, 2007 | $110-130 million | $227,471,070 | $215,353,068 | $442,824,138 | 176 | 294 | |
| The Bourne Legacy | August 10, 2012 | $125 million | $113,203,870 | $162,940,880 | $276,144,750 | 659 | 593 | |
| Jason Bourne | July 29, 2016 | $120 million | $162,434,410 | $253,050,504 | $415,484,914 | 358 | 324 | |
| Total | $490-520 million | $801,012,974 | $835,975,269 | $1,636,988,243 | ||||
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
| The Bourne Identity | 84% (194 reviews) | 68 (38 reviews) | A- |
| The Bourne Supremacy | 82% (197 reviews) | 73 (39 reviews) | A- |
| The Bourne Ultimatum | 92% (268 reviews) | 85 (38 reviews) | A |
| The Bourne Legacy | 56% (234 reviews) | 61 (42 reviews) | B |
| Jason Bourne | 54% (328 reviews) | 58 (50 reviews) | A- |
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