Matt Damon Hints at 'Bourne 5' Plot

Next year we get the long-desired return of Matt Damon as Jason Bourne; his last outing coming in 2007's trilogy bookend, The Bourne Ultimatum.

It wasn't always a given the actor would return to his most famous role, especially since the last film closed the character's arc out so well. On top of that though, Damon always insisted he'd only do it if Paul Greengrass came back to direct as well, having done a magnificent job with both The Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum (Doug Liman directed the first film, The Bourne Identity).

While Universal tried to keep the franchise alive in 2012 with the semi-sequel, The Bourne Legacy starring Jeremy Renner as a new character, the reception was lukewarm at best with all hopes that Damon would come back. Low and behold last fall, it was announced he would reprise the role with Greengrass back behind the camera too.

Fast forward to next week, filming it set to begin in Greece, yet still nothing is known about the plot. However, Damon recently chatted about the film and gave some insight into what it's about:

“We always looked at those movies as really about the Bush presidency, and so we kind of had to wait for the world to change. What does the character have to say?"

“Without giving too much of it away, it’s Bourne through an austerity-riddled Europe and in a post-Snowden world. It seems like enough has changed, you know? There are all these kinds of arguments about spying and civil liberties and the nature of democracy.”

Damon lastly added that the film begins in Greece - "the birth of democracy" - and ends in Las Vegas - "the most grotesque incarnation of..." - but ended his sentence with a laugh.

So what does this all mean? Well, it's not surprising the new film will represent a change in the global political landscape. The first film began in a post-9/11 world and ended a year before Bush left office in 2008 so it'll be interesting to see where Bourne exists a near decade later.

With all that said, I'm just excited this film is happening. I absolutely love, love, love the Bourne trilogy as the series basically took me through high school and into college. The films were more than just action/spy thrillers. They had heart, and you always felt the raw emotion in each film. This is definitely my most anticipated movie of 2016, by far.

Also starring the returning Julia Stiles, with new additions Alicia Viklander and Tommy Lee Jones, the currently untitled Bourne 5 hits theaters July 15th, 2016 (hey, that's my birthday).

Source: BuzzFeed