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Jason Bourne Franchise Shopped as Rights Leave Universal

The Robert Ludlum estate has been taking meetings with players including Skydance, Apple and Netflix for a potential reboot of the spy franchise.

The Robert Ludlum estate has been taking meetings with players including Skydance, Apple and Netflix for a potential reboot of the spy franchise. The film, coming a few years before Daniel Craig’s grounded reinvention of James Bond with Casino Royale, ushered in a new era of spy movies that favored realism rather than high-tech gadgets. In recent years, Universal had toyed with bringing Bourne back, with Conclave director Edward Berger hired in late 2023 to develop a new take.

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