Jeremy Renner offered the lead role in The Bourne Legacy
Earlier today, we reported that Animal Kingdom star Joel Edgerton was being considered for the lead in The Bourne Legacy, an agent in the secretive Treadstone program. That story also indicated Universal wants Joel Edgerton to play the Huntsman in Snow White and the Huntsman. Just last week, we reported that Hugh Jackman turned down the Huntsman role, so it seems Joel Edgerton may now be the favorite for that part.
The studio decided on Jeremy Renner after two rounds of testing for the role over the past eight weeks.
Tony Gilroy will direct The Bourne Legacy from his own screenplay. Tony Gilroy wrote the first three movies centering on Jason Bourne (The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum), although The Bourne Legacy will focus on a completely different character while setting it in the same world as the previous Bourne movies.
The Bourne Legacy comes to theaters August 3rd, 2012 and stars Rachel Weisz, Jeremy Renner, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, Oscar Isaac, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach, Scott Glenn. The film is directed by Tony Gilroy.
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moviegeek
Nooo. Stop making Bourne movies! The trilogy was awesome as it was. Don't try to be Bond.
1 year agoby @moviegeekFlag
Nautical
LLLLLAAAAAMMMMMEEEEEEE!!!!!!
1 year agoby @nautical05Flag
stabalice83
He is not playing Bourne it's kinda like a spin off, he is not taking over for Matt Damon, and he will be great
1 year agoby @stabalice83Flag
Emmytt
i like him but he is not bourne
1 year agoby @emmyttFlag
Cripple
HELL YES.
1 year agoby @crippleFlag
Nawtnt
From S.W.A.T to The Hurt Locker To Mission Impossible 4 To The Avengers, Jermeny Renner is a great actor and I think he will be great as Hawkeye but as Bourne, he may pull it off.
1 year agoby @nawtntFlag
CelluloidDreams
Don't sell-out Jeremy Renner!!!
1 year agoby @2movieguysFlag
Disciple419
Jeremy Renner has been acting for a long time. It's time he got some major roles like this. Remember National Lampoon's Senior Trip.
1 year agoby @disciple419Flag
fanboy
At least its not a reboot! Its just like a spin off of the franchise set on another character somehow related to the Treadstone project
1 year agoby @fanboyFlag
SpaceCowboy
At least now I know I won't have to repurchase the Bourne series when this becomes bundled with the first 3 films.
1 year agoby @SpaceCowboyFlag
skywise
@dan1 My unit worked close with the marines and its definatly a case of "my brach is better than yours" but damnit if i dont have respect for those boys. Hell i have respect for anyone who serves in any branch but the Marines and the Rangers are the most boastful.
1 year agoby @skywiseFlag
Dan
@skywise It could have been a simple case of "my branch of the military is more hardcore then your's". I know plenty of ex-military who suffer this delusion lol. They're all hardcore in their own ways. Just because they're not the literal ones busting the doors down and wiping out the enemy face to face on a daily grind doesn't make what they do less honorable. But eh :P
1 year agoby @dan1Flag
skywise
@dan1 oh no doubt about it, hollywood had to put their spin on it but there are scenes like the one where they are trying to disarm the car bomb in the public square with people watching them with binos and radios and cell phones. That is SCARY. Some of those scenes were very accurate but the drama side was the hokey hollywood BS.
1 year agoby @skywiseFlag
Dan
@skywise My mind *was* blown with Hurt Locker, until I had a conversation with a marine coworker of mine. He said those guys were lazy, and take their sweet time getting to IED's. But maybe he wasn't the best judge of character, being a grunt in the Marines. But that was his take. He hated the movie, too :P said it was Hollywood drivel.
1 year agoby @dan1Flag
skywise
@brian My mind was blown in The Hurt Locker but mainly because of the realism and the attitudes of those guys. I worked with bomb squads (not in that capacity) but i know what its like to go thru that type of stress. Everything was dead on in that film except that silly Hollywood BS where he leaves the base at night....trust me, he would have never been seen again.
1 year agoby @skywiseFlag
Brian
Hahah. Yeah @skywise, good points. I'm all for him stepping up and kicking ass... I don't see why there's so much hype around the dude right this second. He's done some great stuff so far....he's just yet to blow my mind. But trust me, I want him to!
1 year agoby @brianFlag
skywise
@brian I think that he will either prove himself to have massive staying power or disapear within a few years. I hope he sticks around because he has that everyman quality about him that allows audiences to connect to his characters. That is something i always appreciate in an actor who takes on actin roles.
Remember Bruce Willis in Die Hard 1 (and please dont pound me for comparing the two) before he became the silent, scowling, stoic type...he was just an ordinary (detective) guy trying to survive. I think that is why the first is still the gretest. Audiences were able to connect to his suffering....he wasnt rambo is what i am saying.
hell i am just rambling now.
1 year agoby @skywiseFlag
thrashnasty190
Still he's not Matt Damon but i guess I'd give it a watch
1 year agoby @thrashnasty190Flag
CUPID
@brian Totally agree man Overrated!!!!!!
1 year agoby @cupidFlag
skywise
Of all the runners up i think he will fit the bill the best although that joel Edgerton rumor really got me excited.
1 year agoby @skywiseFlag
Bawnian©-Dexeus
First time I was him was in SWAT and he was good in it. He's come a long way.
1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag
Brian
Jeremy Renner = Overrated. Don't get me wrong, he's good...but so far, he hasn't proved himself to be THAT GOOD.
1 year agoby @brianFlag
Daveactor7
lol im sorry but Jeremy Renner has proved himself more badass then Matt Damon in being in just two films. To me.
1 year agoby @daveactor7Flag
Youngrizo
Am I the only who remembers that he's supposed to be picking up the mantle on the Mission Impossible franchise? lol odd right? like he will be the new main character after this latest Mission Impossible this december, then he will appear in this and ahhhh, it's just too weird
1 year agoby @youngrizoFlag
Brizzy
look, I have absolutely nothing against the actor, infact he might be the best choice. But I can't watch a Bourne movie without Damon, just can't. It's like replacing captain jack sparrow or frickin gandalf for that matter.
1 year agoby @BrizzyFlag
ChuChi
i agree with @gandoff2169
1 year agoby @josedrosaFlag
ChuChi
his ok for the role... i just dont like they calling it the bourne legacy.... they should use a different title. jason bourne not even in it. why have the bourne part
1 year agoby @josedrosaFlag
gandoff2169
He has a good look for a "spin off" movie. But I dont like them making a movie, that is a contiuation with out Jason Bourne. Thats to me is like making James Bond, with out James Bond. And this franchise to me, was the american James Bond movies with a twist on his beginings.
1 year agoby @gandoff2169Flag
Superman81
Renner is a great choice. Seems like he is picking up big time in Hollywood! He deserves it and is a great actor.
1 year agoby @superman81Flag
Dan
@cupid True that, true that.
1 year agoby @dan1Flag