A new Jason Bourne movie, aptly titled, “Jason Bourne” is all of three months away, but Universal has still yet to reveal the plot. Sure, the studio has released a trailer, some TV spots and it was even presented at CinemaCon this past week, but all we really know so far that Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) surfaces again nearly 10 years later for reasons unknown and the plot line will borrow elements learned from Wikileaks and the Edward Snowden hacking scandals. But really, this is all we know so far.
But they are literally ripping plot points from the headlines and the strife that is troubling the world. That riot that you see in the first trailer where Jason Bourne is spotted by the American government? That’s Bourne at an austerity mob scene in Greece.
“It’s the kind of action sequence you can only see in a Bourne movie,” returning director Paul Greengrass told EW recently. “It marries action with a really intense, emotionally truthful next chapter in the Jason Bourne story.”...
