Bourne 4 on the way

[Sand Man]

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Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Oscar-nominated screenwriter and director Tony Gilroy has chosen Manila as location for 'The Bourne Legacy' - the next installment in the popular action franchise that previously starred Matt Damon.

Film Development Council of the Philippines head Briccio Santos said the country bested other Asian countries as location for the film.

"It's the biggest Hollywood production to shoot here since 'Apocalypse Now,'" said Santos. Gilroy will shoot 40 percent of the film in Manila.

The latest 'Bourne' caper top-bills Rachel Weisz and Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner.


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[Sand Man]

Looks like it got taken down from the PDI website. Dunno why..

and all the other news are pointing to it as the source.

[kit_cebu]

wa man gyud laing article ana bro... hehehe

tried searching yahoo....wa gani na mo-gawas imong article.... hahaha.... liboga....

[Sand Man]

Click this...

[7DMM]

dili na diay si matt damon.....

[SmaRkieS]

Amazing.....

- Holie Mei, Yahoo News

If my source is correct the following is an interesting behind the scene story of the Robert Ludlum novel:

The screenplay is written by Tony Gilroy based upon the book written by Rober Ludlum in the late 1970's during the Martial Law years. Accordingly, Ludlum stayed in Manila when he was writing the book, since he is virtually unknown to many Filipinos, he can easily blend in everyday Manila when he was writing the novel.

Ludlum has to stay along Leon Guinto and Apacible Streets in a modest apartment when he was writing the book to give the lead character Jason Bourne the feel on how it is to live as a fugitive in Manila. Every day he strolls along Pedro Gil to PGH all the way to the NBI HQ and from Padre Faura to UN Ave. all the way to the Museum, to Finance Road to the US Embassy, to the Post Office up to the Manila Cathedral to have a better grasp of old Manila. There were times when Ludlum was seen in Fort Santiago, to Paco Park, to the university belt along Recto to chaotic Divisoria.

When Ludlum was almost to finish the book, he stopped writing and went back to the States, the reason was never known and the much laboured book did not see the printing press, instead Ludlum went to Bourne trilo---- and his book on Bourne in Manila and was lost for 30 years. It was however found by Tony Gilroy even before writing the three Jason Bourne screenplays.

Like Ludlum, to give Gilroy the feel of the character, he flew to Manila to write the screenplay based on the 30 year old Ludlum unpublished novel. Both the writer and screen writer wrote based on hands-on experience of old Manila to make the story very authentic and realistic. The plot however starts in France then will bring the characters to Istanbul, all the way to Singapore, Hong Kong then finally to the Manila.

It must be remembered that the original "Bourne Identity" novel was written during the Cold War Era and has to be re-written when it was made into a movie starring Matt Damon in a post Cold War world. However, there was already a "Bourne Identity" movie in the 80's starring Richard Chamberlain ["Count of Monte Cristo" & "Towering Inferno"] and Jaclyn Smith [of the "Charlie's Angels" TV fame].

The Bourne Legacy

Universal Pictures originally intended The Bourne Ultimatum to be the final film in the series, but development of another film was underway by October 2008. George Nolfi, who co-wrote The Bourne Ultimatum, was to write the script of a fourth film, not to be based on any of the novels by Robert Ludlum. Joshua Zetumer had been hired to write a parallel script—a draft which could be combined with another (Nolfi's, in this instance)—by August 2009 since Nolfi would be directing The Adjustment Bureau that September. Matt Damon stated in November 2009 that no script had been approved and that he hoped that a film would begin shooting in mid-2011. The next month, he said that he would not do another Bourne film without Paul Greengrass, who announced in late November that he had decided not to return as director. In January 2010, Damon said that there would "probably be a prequel of some kind with another actor and another director before we do another one just because I think we're probably another five years away from doing it."

However, it was reported in June 2010 that Tony Gilroy would be writing a script for a fourth film to be released sometime in 2012. On October 29, Universal set the release date for The Bourne Legacy at August 3, 2012.

On October 11, 2010, it was reported that the Bourne character will not be in The Bourne Legacy.[14] The film will not take place in a new canon; it will not be a reboot or prequel in any way, but more likely a "sidequel" or full spin-off in the same fictional universe with a new character in the mold of Bourne dealing with the ramifications of the Treadstone conspiracy. Also, Gilroy has stated that he is not ruling out a future return by Damon or Greengrass.

On February 24, 2011, a list of actors met with Gilroy for a role in the film, possibly filling Damon's shoes. The list included Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, Josh Hartnett, Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Alex Pettyfer, Paul Dano, Taylor Kitsch, Kellan Lutz, Benjamin Walker, Oscar Isaac, Luke Evans, Michael Pitt, Chris Evans, Dominic Cooper and Joel Edgerton.On March 24, the studio had screen tested actors Edgerton, Cooper, Hedlund and Evans for the role. On April 2, 2011, Latino Review reported that Jeremy Renner is expected to headline the new film. Renner will allegedly be playing a new character. Rachel Weisz is in talks, and may be Renner's character gal.

Bourne (film series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[BloGgerGurL]

It could help promote tourism in the Philippines if they'll shoot it here.

[BloGgerGurL]

dili na diay si matt damon.....

si Jeremy Renner na sa Hurt Locker.

[kit_cebu]

It could help promote tourism in the Philippines if they'll shoot it here.

i doubt it will be set in boracay or somewhere.....manila man......

what does manila promote?

traffic...
baha...
basura...
immersion of trisikad, habal-habal, trisikol, jeep, taxi....ug uban pa....

they'll better off sa tabunok or mandaue.... hahaha

[Sand Man]

i doubt it will be set in boracay or somewhere.....manila man......

what does manila promote?

traffic...
baha...
basura...
immersion of trisikad, habal-habal, trisikol, jeep, taxi....ug uban pa....

they'll better off sa tabunok or mandaue.... hahaha

Ahhhh ... optimism.

Pero there are probably some elements in the Manila scenery that they would like to capture in the movie. Which may be any of the ones you mentioned. hehehe

Let's just hope they employ some of our local talents.