Jeremy Renner new lead in Bourne Legacy

[Ladybug09]

(EW.com) -- After an exhaustive search for the right leading man, EW has confirmed that the lead role in "The Bourne Legacy" has been offered to Oscar-nominee Jeremy Renner ("The Hurt Locker," "The Town").
Written and directed by Tony Gilroy ("Michael Clayton"), the film is not a reboot of the "Bourne" franchise; Renner would play a new character within the "Bourne" universe, an agent in a different covert government program than the one that ensnared and pursued Matt Damon's Jason Bourne.
While Damon will not appear in "The Bourne Legacy," his character will be a presence in the new film as the title suggests. (Deadline first reported the story.)
Renner will next appear this December alongside Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol," and will play Hawkeye in Marvel Studios' "The Avengers," due to begin shooting later this year.
"The Bourne Legacy" will likely start production in September.

 

[accio sacculus]

OMG, I'm totally smitten with Jeremy Rennet after seeing him in Ghost Protocol & Avengers!!!

 

[trigirl]

OMG, I'm totally smitten with Jeremy Rennet after seeing him in Ghost Protocol & Avengers!!!

Me too! I loved him in The Hurt Locker and The Town, too. There is something about him....

I think he will be perfect in this role.

 

[Cindi]

I never saw him as an action star until Ghost Protocol. He is a really good actor and I think he is going to be great in this movie. He was really good in The Avengers too.

 

[MarvelGirl]

Yeah, never liked these movies with Damon as the lead. With Renner on board, I will definitely check it out. Yummy!

 

[Ladybug09]

^^What!!!!

I miss Damon.

 

[H_addict]

LOVE the "Bourne" franchise and I LOVE Jeremy so I will definitely check it out!

 

[coronita]

That seems like a pretty good fit.

 

[admat97]

I love Jeremy Renner. There is just something about him that's so appealing.

 

[cosmogrl5]

I'll be totally honest and just say that it bums me out that they are making another one of these. I LOVE the Bourne movies and own each one. I thought that the trilogy ended the way it should, and making a new one is pointless.

 

[chocofrapp]

Loved him in Hurt Locker. Yeah there's something about him. He's a good actor. He can play both good and bad character. I think he looks like Daniel Craig or has similar features.

 

[scarlet555]

I liked him more than Tom cruise in mi3, but I was never a great fan of Tom cruise.

He really grows on you ... Cant wait to see him in Bourne.

 

[accio sacculus]

Gotta love a man who takes his Mom to the Oscars

 

[admat97]

Loved him in Hurt Locker. Yeah there's something about him. He's a good actor. He can play both good and bad character. I think he looks like Daniel Craig or has similar features.

Yeah...I can see that. His features are I think a little less refined than Daniel's, but for some reason I find him more attractive.

 

[angelnyc89]

^I found his features similar to Daniel as well, but I like Bond more