With James Bond back in theaters, it’s only a matter of time before that other superspy who shares his initials makes his way back to the big screen. E! Online reports that “Universal has just inked a deal with Robert Ludlum's estate for exclusive rights to the Jason Bourne character and first look at his other novels.” Matt Damon “has already signed on to a fourth installment to be directed by Paul Greengrass, who helmed The Bourne Ultimatum and The Bourne Supremacy. It's not known whether Damon will play the role beyond the next film, or whether producers will go the Bond route and keep recasting.” Here’s a guess: Shia LaBeouf.
Speaking of The Boof, he’s already following in Damon’s footsteps with his latest project. Damon starred in the John Grisham adaptation The Rainmaker, and LaBeouf is set to play The Associate. Per Variety, he’ll play “a Yale Law School graduate who is forced by nefarious figures from his past to take a job at a top legal firm to pass on top secret information about a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. It is based on the book of the same name which will be published in January - Grisham's first legal thriller since 2005's The Broker.” I could have sworn there was already a Grisham book called The Associate – it’s such a memorable and distinctive title!
It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s – Paper Man? “The coming-of-middle-age comedy chronicles the unlikely friendship between a failed author (Jeff Daniels) and a Long Island high school girl (Emma Stone) who teaches him about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and imaginary superhero friend,” per The Hollywood Reporter.
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