Matt Damon's had a very busy 2009 and 2010 isn't looking like it's going to be any slower for the popular Oscar-winner. Damon earned positive reviews for his starring role in the comedy The Informant! and he's starring as the captain of a South African rugby team in Clint Eastwood's Invictus, set to hit theaters on December 11th. Damon joined Eastwood and his co-star Morgan Freeman on the red carpet for the LA premiere of Warner Bros Pictures' Invictus (I'll have my full red carpet interview up soon) and of course the topic of Bourne #4 came up. With Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass just announcing he's bowing out of the fourth Bourne film, it's been speculated that his departure will signal the departure of Damon from the franchise as well.However, Damon told us he thinks Bourne #4 will still happen someday. "We just don't have a script right now and so there's no reason to try to put a round peg into a square hole. [For] people who like the franchise, including us, the only reason to do another one is if we can make it great. And it just wasn't quite there right now, and Paul's got to go to work, you know? He's ready to do another job, and it wasn't the right job right now," explained Damon on the red carpet at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "So, I get it. I mean, I talk to him all the time. I wouldn't do it without him but, you know, I don't feel like he's done with it totally."
Damon believes that if the script is good, Greengrass could be persuaded to change his mind. "I think if there was a great Bourne idea, he would love to do it. It's a big part of his life, too. He loves the characters, too. And so I think it's one of those wounds that time will heal," said Damon.
"We're still going to keep working together - and hopefully on another Bourne movie too," added Damon.
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