Bourne

About

Bourne is a series of action films revolving around the adventures of Jason Bourne, an amnesiac assassin who is being hunted by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

History

The film series is based off a trilogy of novels by Robert Ludlum, including The Bourne Identity (1980), The Bourne Supremacy (1986) and The Bourne Ultimatum (1990). In 2002, the film The Bourne Identity was released, in which Matt Damon portrays the protagonist Jason Bourne, a former spy suffering from psychogenic amnesia who is being hunted by CIA assassins (shown below, left). In July 2004, The Bourne Supremacy was released, focusing on Bourne's past as he uncovers information about a CIA conspiracy (shown below, right).

In July 2007, The Bourne Ultimatum was released in theaters, in which Bourne continues to piece together his past involvement in the Operation Treadstone assassin program (shown below, left). In August 2012, The Bourne Legacy was released, featuring the character Aaron Cross (played by Jeremy Renner) as a member of the black ops program Operation Outcome (shown below, right).

Jason Bourne (2016 film)

In April 2016, a trailer for the upcoming film Jason Bourne was released, featuring the return of the titular protagonist (played by Matt Damon). The film was released in theaters on July 29th, 2016.

Online Presence

In October 2011, the Bourne Facebook^[1] page was launched, gathering upwards of 2.6 million likes over the next five years. On December 3rd, the /r/Bourne^[3] subreddit was created. On August 10th, 2012, the Bourne Wiki was launched, which gained over 250 pages within four years.^[2]

On YouTube

On November 1st, 2012, the How It Should Have Ended YouTube channel uploaded an animated video titled "How The Bourne Identity Should Have Ended" (shown below, left). On January 8th, 2013, the Jimmy Kimmel Live YouTube channel uploaded a parody of The Bourne Ultimatum (shown below, right).

On June 29th, 2016, the Omaze YouTube channel uploaded a video in which actor Matt Damnon pranks people with a surprise "Bourne spy mission" (shown below). Within two months, the video garnered upwards of 1.6 million views and 1,300 comments.

Search Interest

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