Matt Damon wants another Jason Bourne film — and he says Universal Pictures’ team is actively trying to make one. In a Parade interview published June 13, 2026, the Oscar-winning actor confirmed that efforts to develop a new entry in the franchise have been continuous since the release of 2016’s Jason Bourne.
“We’re always looking to try to get another one of those because we loved it, everyone who worked on them,” Damon told the publication. “So there’s always some attempt going on to write, to come up with a new story. So if you have anything, let us know.” Deadline’s report on Matt Damon’s Bourne franchise revival comments notes that Universal Pictures consolidated all Jason Bourne and Treadstone franchise rights under NBCUniversal in 2025, with veteran producer Frank Marshall continuing to shepherd the property.
Damon first played the amnesiac CIA assassin in Doug Liman’s 2002 original, The Bourne Identity, and reprised the role in Paul Greengrass’s The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) — the latter earning three Academy Awards including Best Film Editing. After a franchise-expanding but Damon-free detour with Jeremy Renner in The Bourne Legacy (2012), Damon and Greengrass reunited for Jason Bourne in 2016, which grossed $415 million worldwide. Damon hosted Saturday Night Live on May 9, 2026, keeping him squarely in the public eye; the franchise has continued in TV form with the Peacock spy series Treadstone (2019), but no feature sequel has entered production in the decade since.
His comments land during an unusually strong moment for star-driven action films at the US box office. Variety’s full box office report on Disclosure Day’s record-breaking opening weekend shows the Spielberg film’s $94 million worldwide debut as one of the strongest action-thriller openings in years. Spielberg’s Disclosure Day opened to $44 million domestically, while Tom Cruise’s attendance at a Spielberg alumni preview underscored the continuing commercial appetite for franchise-adjacent action events. A Bourne return — with Damon on record as willing and Universal holding consolidated rights — sits within striking distance of a greenlight.
