Bourne Unmasks New Writer

I had been hoping that they would end the Bourne series after Ultimatum, going out on a high note and establishing itself as one of the best trilogies in movie history. Guess that's all shot to hell now. Universal has pegged Josh Zetumer to write a script for the 4th Bourne film, likely to be titled The Bourne Legacy. In a somewhat unusual move, this is not the only script written for this film. A previous script has already been written by veteran Bourne scribe George Nolfi, but he had to remove himself from the project to tackle something else. But is Universal doing away with his ideas? Nah. What they'll likely do is combine elements from both scripts to make one...I dunno, super script.

For those that don't know, Bourne creator Robert Ludlum's last official Bourne book was Ultimatum. There have been four more books written by Eric Van Lustbader(that's gotta be an alias. Dude sounds like a Russian count.) Presumably, the next films will follow those storylines, but trust me when I tell you the source material isn't half as good. The Bourne films have been some of the best spy/conspiracy films in a long time, and I really don't want to see them fall off now. I guess as long as they keep top notch directors like Doug Liman and Paul Greengrass they'll never truly suck, but I can't help but worry anyway.