Owing to the enormous cultural changes between 1986, when the “Bourne Supremacy” novel was written, and 2003, when the sequel went into production, screenwriter Tony Gilroy was tasked with departing significantly from the source material for his script.Ģ. Although Ludlum wrote two additional books in the “Bourne” series, no plan was enacted at the time of “ The Bourne Identity” to make a sequel. Check out a few of the details of its production and release that underscore what made it so special.ġ. To celebrate the 15 th anniversary, “ The Bourne Supremacy” is the rare sequel that surpasses its predecessor, but it’s also a film that lingers in the minds of moviegoers as an emotionally engaging and uniquely visceral cinematic experience. Its tremendous success opened the floodgates for other adaptations, but most importantly, Doug Liman’s film paved the way for three sequels that quite literally changed the way that audiences watched and experienced action cinema (thanks largely to director Paul Greengrass' visceral, you-are-there style). When “The Bourne Identity” was released in 2002, the film marked only the third time Hollywood adapted one of Robert Ludlum’s best-selling books for the big screen.
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