Matt Damon in a still from the Bourne series
Matt Damon is back where he belongs. After skipping the previous film, the actor is back as amnesiac CIA assassin Jason Bourne in film number five. (Also Read:
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Producer Frank Marshall tweeted the first look from the sets of the film, featuring a bare-chested Bourne bandaging his hand in preparation for a fight:
Jeremy Renner, whose Aaron Cross replaced Matt Damon's Bourne as the lead character in the preceding film, reprises his role as does Julia Stiles as Nicky Parsons. Additions to the cast include Vincent Cassel as the villain, Tommy Lee Jones and Alice Vikander.
The
Bourne series are inspired from the character of Jason Bourne, a CIA assassin suffering from extreme memory loss, created by author Robert Ludlum. Matt Damon has featured in three installments of the series -
The Bourne Identity (2002),
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).
The film, directed by Paul Greengrass, will hit theatres on July 29, 2016.