Universal Doesn't Care What You Think "Bourne 5" - August 14, 2015

When I walked out of The Bourne Ultimatum in August of 2007 I was satisfied. I feel like my questions and those of Jason Bourne had been answered. Jason grew and changed and we grew and changed with him. It was the same feeling you had after a hearty Thanksgiving dinner; you were full and you were content. I had the same reaction to The Dark Knight Rises, I was contentment.

Then Universal woke us up out of our tryptophan inspired slumber and released The Bourne Legacy. The TV spots and trailers featured some of the familiar characters of the Bourne universe, even randomly shouting out the name "Bourne", but featuring Jeremy Renner as Aaron Cross. You really fooled us studio suits, we thought Jason Bourne was in it.

You would think the lack of interest on the general public's behalf as evidenced by the average box office take, (113 Million + Domestically), would have been a red flag to the studio. Not so much. Universal has officially decided to bring back Aaron Cross for Bourne 5 on August 15th 2015, our lack of interest be damned.

It's nothing against Renner, the guy is a really solid actor, sometimes you just need to leave it alone.  I would have rather they just recast Bourne with Jeremy Renner, similar to what they are doing with Ben Affleck in Batman Vs Superman but they don't give me a corner office in Hollyweird.