Damn, this is major fine casting. Edward Norton is in negotiations to play the villain in Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy which is already set to star The Hurt Locker lead Jeremy Renner. Currently there are no further details on Norton's role, how it will play into Gilroy's continuation of the Bourne sage, but we know that Matt Damon won't be returning and by all accounts this is a side story that exists within the realm of the greater Bourne universe.
Aside from Doug Liman, who first brough the Bourne films to Universal as a labor of love (he burned that bridge during The Bourne Identity) Gilroy, who wrote and had a hand in all three "Bourne" scripts (even though some were rewritten without him after the fact) is said to be the brains behind the action thriller franchise.
While we, and others, speculated and assumed months ago that "The Bourne Legacy" would follow the further clandestine exploits of Treadstone, Renner will play an operative from a covert government program, however it isn't that Treadstone's brainwashing program that birthed Jason Bourne, and it's apparently a group that is "even more dangerous than Treadstone."
Norton and Renner is some heavyweight casting and they’ll join Rachel Weisz who is scheduled to play the love interest (seriously, what a cast). We’re hoping some of the other actors who were in the mix for the lead, like Luke Evans and Dominic Cooper show up in supporting roles, but they’re being booked solid as their star meter is rising quickly. How about Anthony Mackie for a “Hurt Locker” reunion? Gilroy’s directorial debut “Michael Clayton” earned him a Best Directing nomination and earned itself seven Oscar nomination. Tilda Swinton won for Best Supporting Actress, but damn, that’s not too shabby for your first time out of the gate. His follow-up “Duplicity,” was stylish, but a little hollow, so here’s hoping he anchors the directorial leaps he made on his sophomore film with the gravitas and character building he mastered with his debut. Our hopes are extremely high. “The Bourne Legacy” is scheduled to land in theaters in August 2012.
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