--- title: Movies: See Matt Damon on the Set of Bourne 5 description: The sequel is due in theaters next year canonical: https://time.com/4025877/matt-damon-bourne-5/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-08T22:20:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:46:25.803Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: See Matt Damon on the Set of 'Bourne 5' og:description: The sequel is due in theaters next year og:url: https://time.com/4025877/matt-damon-bourne-5/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Matt Damon on the Set of 'Bourne 5' twitter:description: The sequel is due in theaters next year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Matt Damon on the Set of _Bourne 5_ by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Sep 8, 2015 10:20 PM UTC by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Sep 8, 2015 10:20 PM UTC It’s been eight years in the making, but the return of Matt Damon as Jason Bourne is finally here. Day 1 of filming wrapped on _Bourne 5_ and producer Frank Marshall was on the scene to snap the 44-year-old in his signature franchise role. > [](https://twitter.com/LeDoctor/status/641343442933563392) Damon looks to have not skimped on the workout regimen to prep for his first time back as Bourne since 2007\. Also back in the fold is director Paul Greengrass, who helmed _The Bourne Supremacy_ and _The Bourne Ultimatum_. Jeremy Renner stepped in to front the fourth film in the series, 2012’s _The Bourne Legacy_, with Tony Gilroy directing. The currently untitled _Bourne_ sequel is due in theaters in 2016. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/08/bourne-5-production-matt-damon) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4025877/matt-damon-bourne-5/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4025877/matt-damon-bourne-5/"},"headline":"See Matt Damon on the Set of Bourne 5","datePublished":"2015-09-08T22:20:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:46:25.803Z","description":"The sequel is due in theaters next year","url":"https://time.com/4025877/matt-damon-bourne-5/","keywords":["movies","Matt Damon"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/4025877/matt-damon-bourne-5/","name":"See Matt Damon on the Set of Bourne 5"}}]}] ```