'Bourne 4' Gets a New Writer

So, we looking at a 2011 release possibly?

By: Brad Brevet
Published: Thursday, August 20th 2009 at 9:49 PM

It was only three days ago when The Playlist published a quote from Matt Damon telling Entertainment Weekly the following:

"We're hoping to make a fourth, but we don't have a story and we don't have a script. I assume it can happen, but we have to come up with a storyline that's deserving. I mean, if you see the Bourne character come out again and say, 'I can't remember,' you're going to get up and leave the theater. It's like, 'Get over it, buddy — it's been three movies. What the fuck?!'"

Well, Borys Kit is here to the rescue with a report in The Hollywood Reporter saying Josh Zetumer has signed on to pen the fourth installment of Universal's Bourne movie series, writing what is being described as a parallel script.

George Nolfi (The Bourne Ultimatum) was originally on board to pen the script as noted back in October 2008, but had to step away to finish the script for The Adjustment Bureau, an adaptation of a Philip K. Dick short story, which has a September start date. Universal told THR, "Our hope is that Nolfi, a key member of the 'Bourne' team, will return after he is done with The Adjustment Bureau."

There have only been mild rumblings as far as story details go with Bourne 4, but nothing concrete. The only thing I can even recall gaining any steam was word the story would head down to South America, but that has all likely changed as has probably any expectation of seeing this film in 2010.

As for Zetumer, he wrote the first draft of the in-production remake of Dune for Peter Berg based on Frank Herbert's novel.