UPDATE!: BOURNE SUPREMACY starts rolling

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Source: Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures has announced that principal photography on THE BOURNE SUPREMACY has begun. In addition to the previously announced returning cast members such as Matt Damon, Julia Stiles and Brian Cox, Franka Potente is also coming back in the sequel. New players Joan Allen and Karl Urban round out the cast. The film is shooting on location in Germany, Russia and India and will be released sometime in 2004.

Here's how Universal describes the plot for the film:

"THE BOURNE SUPREMACY re-enters the shadowy world of expert assassin Bourne (Damon), who continues to find himself plagued by splintered nightmares from his former life. The stakes are now even higher for the agent as he coolly maneuvers through the dangerous waters of international espionage-replete with CIA plots, turncoat agents and ever-shifting covert alliances-all the while hoping to find the truth behind his haunted memories and answers to his own fragmented past."

Paul Greengrass directs the film. The movie's director of photography is Oliver Wood (who also was behind the camera for THE BOURNE IDENTITY), the production designer is Dominic Watkins (BAD BOYS II), the costume designer is Dinah Collin (BLOODY SUNDAY), the film's editor is Christopher Rouse (THE ITALIAN JOB) and special effects supervisor Kit West is handling the film's explosions and car chases.

UPDATE:

Thanks to the efforts of a few dozen readers, the article now mentions that Julia Stiles' character did in fact appear briefly in THE BOURNE IDENTITY, and so is already established in the feature storyline.

[How many responses did we get? Might as well count the number of tickets Universal sold.]



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