When news broke that a fourth Bourne movie was in the works, fans and critics alike were understandably wary: Why would the decade-spanning successful franchise, which wrapped itself up so neatly in 2007 with The Bourne Ultimatum, need another installment? What's more, why did the folks behind the curtain decide to go forward without the films' titular character (and big ticket star), Matt Damon? Well, when The Bourne Legacy stars Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, and Edward Norton gathered with writer/directorTony Gilroy and his brother, writerDan Gilroy, in front of a gaggle of Los Angeles reporters last month, their answer was simple: There was more of the story to tell.
"A lot of smart people tried to figure out how to go forward after Ultimatum," Tony explained. "It was wrapped up so beautifully. How could we go forward? You could say that there was a much larger conspiracy, you could say that [Bourne] was only a small piece of this [conspiracy]. That's a sexy idea. [The producers] said, 'You know what else you could do? You could have Ultimatum play out in the background of the first 12-15 minutes of our movie. There could be a phone call from the other movie to our movie.'"
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