--- ---  # _Bourne_ Again: Matt Damon Confirms Return to Franchise  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 9, 2014 3:22 PM UTC  Actor Matt Damon attends the Project Greenlight event at Boulevard3 in Hollywood on Nov. 7, 2014 Actor Matt Damon attends the Project Greenlight event at Boulevard3 in Hollywood on Nov. 7, 2014Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 9, 2014 3:22 PM UTC You haven’t seen the last of Jason Bourne. Matt Damon on Friday confirmed reports that surfaced in September saying he will be [reunite with director Paul Greengrass](http://www.eonline.com/news/596274/matt-damon-confirms-he-s-reprising-his-role-as-jason-bourne) for another installment in the action franchise. They will start filming in 2015. “Yes, next year,” Damon told _E! News_. “It’ll be in 2016 when the movie will actually come out. Paul Greengrass is going to do another one and that’s all I ever said. I just needed him to say yes.” Greengrass directed the second and third films in the series, _The Bourne Supremacy_ and _The Bourne Ultimatum_, respectively, but said he [“didn’t have another one”](http://deadline.com/2013/12/paul-greengrass-interview-captain-phillips-bourne-mlk-652006/) in him. Tony Gilroy took over for _The Bourne Legacy_, which Damon did not appear in and starred Jeremy Renner instead. “I’ve always been open to it if Paul Greengrass is the director,” Damon told CNBC [earlier this year](http://www.cnbc.com/id/101605165#.). “We’ve just never been able to come up with a story.” \[[_E!_](http://www.eonline.com/news/596274/matt-damon-confirms-he-s-reprising-his-role-as-jason-bourne)\] Matt Damon Confirms 'Bourne' Return ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3574651/matt-damon-bourne-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3574651/matt-damon-bourne-movie/"},"headline":"Bourne Again: Matt Damon Confirms Return to Franchise","datePublished":"2014-11-09T15:22:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:19:19.364Z","description":"The actor is reuniting with director Paul Greengrass for another film in the series","url":"https://time.com/3574651/matt-damon-bourne-movie/","keywords":["movies","Matt Damon"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21270f806866916c/698767dde20a872738a83412/matt-damon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21270f806866916c/698767dde20a872738a83412/matt-damon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ben Affleck And Matt Damon Announce Winner Of HBO's \"Project Greenlight\" Season 4","caption":"Ben Affleck And Matt Damon Announce Winner Of HBO's \"Project Greenlight\" Season 4","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3574651/matt-damon-bourne-movie/","name":"Bourne Again: Matt Damon Confirms Return to Franchise"}}]}] ```