Universal Hired Anthony Peckham For The Fifth Installment Of "The Bourne Identity"

Universal Pictures is moving ahead with a fifth installment of "The Bourne Identity" franchise. Deadline reports that the studio has set Anthony Peckham (whose recent scripting credits include "Sherlock Holmes" and "Invictus" ) to script a film that is shaped to continue the plot of Aaron Cross, the character that Jeremy Renner played in the 2012 Tony Gilroy-directed "Bourne Legacy." 

Cross was among a group of agents who took part in Operation Outcome. Medically enhanced to be smarter and physically superior, the agents were targeted for termination. Renner starred with Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton. Frank Marshall and Captivate Entertainment’s Ben Smith and Jeffrey Weiner are producing the new one.

Universal, which has a seventh installment of all time highest grossing The Fast And The Furious in the works as well as new installments of The Mummy and Jurassic Park, counts Bourne as one its most important franchises. The Bourne Legacy grossed $276 million worldwide. 

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