Edward Norton could be on his way to playing the villain in the next Jason Bourne movie, THE BOURNE LEGACY, which sees Tony Gilroy directing and Jeremy Renner headlining.
Variety report the news saying that Norton is officially ‘in talks’ for the bad guy, his first since his turn opposite Mark Wahlberg in THE ITALIAN JOB remake.
The film is housed over at Universal as where all of the other movies. Frank Marshall, Ben Smith and Jeffrey Weiner are producing for the studio with Gilroy helming and providing the script.
The trade also confirms that Rachel Weisz is also fully on board now too.
