Which author created the character Jason Bourne?
"Jason Bourne Jason Bourne () is a fictional character created by novelist Robert Ludlum. Bourne is the antihero in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. He first appeared in the novel ""The Bourne Identity"" (1980), which was adapted for television in 1988. The novel was adapted in 2002 into a feature film under the same name and starred Matt Damon in the lead role. The character originally featured in three novels by Ludlum, released between 1980 and 1990, followed by nine novels written by Eric Van Lustbader since 2004. Along with the first feature film, ""The Bourne Identity"""
"of Ludlum's works are published under the trademark Treadstone, which is held by ""The Executor Of The Robert Ludlum Estate"". Robert Ludlum Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American author of 27 thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original ""The Bourne Trilogy"" series. The number of copies of his books in print is estimated between 300 million and 500 million. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd. Ludlum was born in New York City,"
"Robert Ludlum Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American author of 27 thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original ""The Bourne Trilogy"" series. The number of copies of his books in print is estimated between 300 million and 500 million. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd. Ludlum was born in New York City, the son of Margaret (née Wadsworth) and George Hartford Ludlum. His maternal grandparents were English. He was educated at The"
"five films, with the fifth being released in July 2016. Bourne (novel series) Bourne are a series of three novels by Robert Ludlum based on the fictional spy Jason Bourne. The series has since been further extended by Eric Van Lustbader after the death of Robert Ludlum. The original three Bourne novels are: The continuation novels are: ""The Bourne Identity"" has been adapted into live action twice. The first adaptation is a 1988 television film starring Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith. The second is a 2002 feature film series starring Matt Damon, which proved to be a strong critical and"
"Jason Bourne (film) Jason Bourne is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass and written by Greengrass and Christopher Rouse. It is the fifth installment of the ""Bourne"" film series and a direct sequel to ""The Bourne Ultimatum"" (2007). Matt Damon reprises his role as the main character, former CIA assassin and psychogenic amnesiac Jason Bourne. In addition, the film stars Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Julia Stiles, Vincent Cassel, Riz Ahmed, Ato Essandoh and Scott Shepherd. The character Aaron Cross, from ""The Bourne Legacy"" (2012), does not appear in the film because director Greengrass wanted to"
"(2002), Jason Bourne also appears in three sequel movies ""The Bourne Supremacy"" (2004), ""The Bourne Ultimatum"" (2007), and ""Jason Bourne"" (2016), with Damon again in the lead role. Jeremy Renner stars in the fourth film of the franchise, ""The Bourne Legacy"", released in August 2012. Damon stated in interviews that he would not do another ""Bourne"" film without Paul Greengrass, who had directed the second and third installments. Greengrass agreed to direct Damon in the fifth installment in the franchise, ""Jason Bourne"". Greengrass jointly wrote the screenplay with editor Christopher Rouse. Jason Bourne is but one of many aliases used"
"Richard Chamberlain George Richard Chamberlain (born March 31, 1934) is an American stage and screen actor and singer, who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show ""Dr. Kildare"" (1961–1966). Since then, he has appeared in several mini-series such as ""Shōgun"" (1980) and ""The Thorn Birds"" (1983), and many successful films such as ""The Bourne Identity"" (1988) being the first man to play Jason Bourne, and he has performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre. Chamberlain was born in 1934 in Beverly Hills, California, the son of Elsa Winnifred (née von Benzon; later Matthews)"
"to plan a sequel to ""Jason Bourne"", making it the sixth Bourne film. He also stated that an upcoming film would expand the Bourne universe. However, in March 2017, Matt Damon cast doubt upon a sequel, hinting that people ""might be done"" with the character, but previously stated he would be up to work with Jeremy Renner on a Bourne film, ""If they could find a way"". Jason Bourne (film) Jason Bourne is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass and written by Greengrass and Christopher Rouse. It is the fifth installment of the ""Bourne"" film series"
"for both Anthony Quayle and Denholm Elliott. The book was adapted again in 2002 by Doug Liman starring Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, launching the ""Bourne"" series of theatrical films, with considerable deviations from the original Cold War novel. It was followed later by a new series of ""Bourne"" best sellers written by Eric Lustbader with the permission of the Ludlum estate. The film exhibits some differences from the novel by Ludlum. The undercover identity of Jason Bourne is simplified to ""Bourne"" pursuing Carlos rather than using the code name ""Cain"". Alexander Conklin is killed by one of his own"
"which was released in 2015. In 2013, Corleone was selected by the Estate of Robert Ludlum, creator of the Jason Bourne series, to continue Ludlum’s series of thrillers featuring ex-Navy SEAL and former government covert agent Paul Janson, who first appeared in the bestselling novel ""The Janson Directive"". Other books in the series include ""The Janson Command"" and ""The Janson Option"", both written by Paul Garrison. The fourth novel in the Paul Janson series, titled ""The Janson Equation"", was released in June 2015. Douglas Corleone Douglas Corleone (born 1975) is an American author of contemporary crime novels and international thrillers."
"are, and they've lost all information about their past. They go on functioning automatically."" Ludlum wrote two sequels to ""The Bourne Identity"": ""The Bourne Supremacy"" and ""The Bourne Ultimatum"", forming the Bourne Trilogy. After Ludlum's death, author Eric Van Lustbader continued the story of Jason Bourne in ""The Bourne Legacy"" (2004), ""The Bourne Betrayal"" (2007), ""The Bourne Sanction"" (2008), ""The Bourne Deception"" (2009), ""The Bourne Objective"" (2010), ""The Bourne Dominion"" (2011), ""The Bourne Imperative"" (2012), ""The Bourne Retribution"" (2013), ""The Bourne Ascendancy"" (2014), ""The Bourne Enigma"" (2016) and ""The Bourne Initiative"" (2017). The novel has been adapted as ""The Bourne"
"people when attempting to confront Bourne; in the novel he survives and appears in subsequent novels. In the book's ending, Carlos the Jackal escapes in the confusion, whereas in the film he is killed in the climactic battle with Bourne. The Bourne Identity (1988 film) The Bourne Identity is a 1988 American mystery action thriller television movie adaptation of Robert Ludlum's novel ""The Bourne Identity"". The film adaptation was written by Carol Sobieski, directed by Roger Young for Warner Bros. Television with Richard Chamberlain in the title role, along with Jaclyn Smith. It follows the storyline of the original novel,"
"released March 20, 2009, and starring Clive Owen, Julia Roberts and Tom Wilkinson. He then took over as director of the next entry in the ""Bourne"" series as well as co-writing; the film, ""The Bourne Legacy"", was released August 10, 2012, starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Joan Allen, and Albert Finney. Tony Gilroy Anthony Joseph Gilroy (born September 11, 1956) is an American screenwriter and filmmaker. He wrote the screenplays for the first four films of the ""Bourne"" series starring Matt Damon, among other successful films, and directed the fourth film of the franchise. He was nominated for"
"the team. For series fans, a solid continuation of Bourne's story."" The Bourne Imperative The Bourne Imperative is the tenth novel in the Bourne series and seventh by Eric Van Lustbader. The book was released on June 5, 2012, as a sequel to ""The Bourne Dominion"". The man Jason Bourne fished out of the freezing sea is near death, half-drowned and bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound. He awakens with no memory of who he is or why he was shot-and Bourne is eerily reminded of his own amnesia. Then Bourne discovers that the Mossad agent named Rebeka is so"
"by the winners of the show. Damon began 2002 with writing and starring in ""Gerry"", a drama about two friends who forget to bring water and food when they go hiking in a desert. The reviews for the film were generally positive, but it was a box-office failure. He then played amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne in Doug Liman's action thriller ""The Bourne Identity"" (2002). Liman considered several actors for the role, before he finalized Damon. Damon insisted on performing many of the stunts himself, undergoing three months of extensive training in stunt work, the use of weapons, boxing, and eskrima."
"idea behind the Bourne trilogy came after he had a bout of temporary amnesia. After his first book, ""The Scarlatti Inheritance"", was published, he could not remember 12 hours of his life. This event, combined with thrilling real-life spy stories, inspired him to write the Jason Bourne trilogy. In the novel, the name is portrayed as the random last name of a double agent. Only once, in passing and without further explanation or emphasis, the homophone ""Bourne""/""born"" is mentioned, during the showdown between Bourne and Carlos in the last chapter: ABC News speculated that the name was actually ""most likely"""
"he makes as he seeks to piece together the dangerous puzzle of his missing past. It is the first novel of the original Bourne Trilogy, which also includes ""The Bourne Supremacy"" and ""The Bourne Ultimatum"". Peter Cannon of ""Publishers Weekly"" named ""The Bourne Identity"" among the best spy novels of all time, after John le Carré's ""The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"". The novel was the basis for the scripts of the 1988 television movie of the same name starring Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith, and the 2002 film of the same name, starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente"
"The Bourne Imperative The Bourne Imperative is the tenth novel in the Bourne series and seventh by Eric Van Lustbader. The book was released on June 5, 2012, as a sequel to ""The Bourne Dominion"". The man Jason Bourne fished out of the freezing sea is near death, half-drowned and bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound. He awakens with no memory of who he is or why he was shot-and Bourne is eerily reminded of his own amnesia. Then Bourne discovers that the Mossad agent named Rebeka is so determined to find this injured man that she has gone off"
"they fight. The Jackal runs away, and Bourne throws a grenade, wounding him. One of the officials then closes the gates to the river, and the river rises, drowning the Jackal. Bourne then returns to the Caribbean, where their Russian friend meets them, and the former accepts that Jason Bourne is dead. After Ludlum's death, Eric Van Lustbader continued the story of Jason Bourne in a sequel titled ""The Bourne Legacy"". He has also written the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth novels in the series entitled ""The Bourne Betrayal"", ""The Bourne Sanction"", ""The Bourne Deception"", ""The"
"murdered an unidentified man (implied to be the real Jason Bourne) without questioning. After that, he was given a new identity as Jason Bourne, and his birth identity was dropped. After heavy training, in which he learned several languages and mastered several martial arts skills, Bourne was placed in the Treadstone program, whose missions were run by the CIA's Alexander Conklin. His first assignment, an unofficial one, was in Berlin, Germany, where he assassinated Vladimir Neski, a Russian politician who was intending to expose the theft of $20 million in black funds stolen from the CIA by Treadstone's Director, Ward"
"to ""Ultimatum""), ""Jason Bourne"", was released in July 2016. Matt Damon reprises his role as Ludlum's signature character, former CIA assassin and psychogenic amnesiac Jason Bourne. In the film, Bourne continues his search for information about his past before he was part of Operation Treadstone and becomes a target of a similar assassin program. ""The Bourne Ultimatum"" was produced by Universal Pictures and was released on August 3, 2007, and grossed a total of $442 million worldwide becoming, at the time, Damon's highest-grossing film with him as the lead. The film received critical acclaim from critics, who considered it to"
"on every book (e.g. ""Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Dominion""). Since 2007, publishing rights in the United States have been held by Grand Central Publishing, taking over from St. Martin's Press who held the rights from 2000 to 2006. The latest book to be published is ""The Bourne Initiative"" by Eric Van Lustbader, the fourteenth novel in the ""Jason Bourne"" series. The fifteenth novel in the ""Jason Bourne"" series, ""The Bourne Nemesis"", is scheduled for release in September 2019. Robert Ludlum bibliography Robert Ludlum (1927–2001) was an American author of twenty-seven novels between 1971 and 2006, the last being issued five"
"The Bourne Ascendancy The Bourne Ascendancy is the twelfth novel in the Bourne series and ninth by Eric Van Lustbader. It was released on May 22, 2014, as a sequel to ""The Bourne Retribution"" and was followed up with ""The Bourne Enigma"". In this thrilling and absorbing new novel Jason Bourne is faced with an impossible mission. He has been hired to impersonate a high-level government minister at a political summit meeting in Qatar, shielding the minister from any assassination attempts. Suddenly, armed gunmen storm the room, killing everyone but Bourne. Their target, however, isn’t the minister Bourne impersonates….it is"
"James Bond (literary character) Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR, is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the ""James Bond"" series of novels, films, comics and video games. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections. His final two books—""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1965) and ""Octopussy and The Living Daylights"" (1966)—were published posthumously. The Bond character is a Secret Service agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally. Bond was a composite character who was based on a number of commandos whom"
"The Bourne Dominion The Bourne Dominion is the ninth novel in the Bourne series and sixth by Eric Van Lustbader. The book was released on June 19, 2011, as a sequel to ""The Bourne Objective"". Jason Bourne is searching for an elusive cadre of terrorists planning to destroy America's most strategic natural resources-and needs the help of his longtime friend, General Boris Karpov. Karpov, the newly appointed head of Russia's most feared spy agency, FSB-2, is one of the most determined, honorable, and justice-hungry men that Bourne knows. But Karpov has made a deal with the devil. In order to"
"Bourne Ultimatum"" to ""The Bourne Legacy"" was seamless with little noticeable difference in the style of the two authors."" Stephanie Grimes of ""Deseret News"" commented, ""Viewed as a Lustbader book, and not a continuation of the character Ludlum created, ""The Bourne Dominion"" is a captivating, action-packed novel that will leave readers hungry for the next installment."" The Bourne Dominion The Bourne Dominion is the ninth novel in the Bourne series and sixth by Eric Van Lustbader. The book was released on June 19, 2011, as a sequel to ""The Bourne Objective"". Jason Bourne is searching for an elusive cadre of"
"an October 2014 interview that he professes irreligion but said he has ""great respect for the spiritual way"". Paul Greengrass Paul Greengrass (born 13 August 1955) is an English film director, film producer, screenwriter and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of real-life events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. His early film ""Bloody Sunday"" won the Golden Bear at 52nd Berlin International Film Festival. Other films he has directed include three in the ""Bourne"" action/thriller series: ""The Bourne Supremacy"" (2004), ""The Bourne Ultimatum"" (2007), and ""Jason Bourne"" (2016); ""United 93"" (2006), for which he won"
"focus on the title character, and because actor Jeremy Renner was unable to participate due to scheduling conflicts. In ""Jason Bourne"", Bourne remains on the run from CIA hit squads as he tries to uncover hidden truths about his father, while CIA director Robert Dewey (Jones) orders the head of cyber-security Heather Lee (Vikander) to hunt him down. Principal photography on the film commenced on September 8, 2015. ""Jason Bourne"" premiered in London on July 11, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States by Universal Pictures on July 29, 2016. The film received mixed reviews upon release; critics"
"of Bond in a different way. James Bond (literary character) Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR, is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the ""James Bond"" series of novels, films, comics and video games. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections. His final two books—""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1965) and ""Octopussy and The Living Daylights"" (1966)—were published posthumously. The Bond character is a Secret Service agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally. Bond was a composite character who was based"
"The Bourne Enigma The Bourne Enigma is the thirteenth novel in the Bourne series and tenth by Eric Van Lustbader. The book was released on June 21, 2016, as a sequel to ""The Bourne Ascendancy"". On the eve of Russian general Boris Karpov's wedding, Jason Bourne receives an enigmatic message from his old friend and fellow spymaster. In Moscow, what should be a joyous occasion turns bloody and lethal. Now Bourne is the only one who can decipher Karpov's cryptogram. He discovers that Karpov has betrayed his sovereign to warn Bourne of a crippling disaster about to be visited on"
"Jason Aaron Jason Aaron (born January 28, 1973) is an American comic book writer, known for his work on titles such as ""Thor"", ""The Other Side"", ""Scalped"", ""Ghost Rider"", """" and ""PunisherMAX"". Jason Aaron was born in Jasper, Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel ""The Short-Timers"" (1979), on which the feature film ""Full Metal Jacket"" (1987) was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he"
"less than four days to solve Karpov's riddle—and hunt down Borz—if he hopes to prevent a cataclysmic international war . . . ""The Bourne Initiative"" is the fourteenth novel in the Bourne series, and was published in July 2017. Gen. Boris Karpov, head of the feared Russian FSB, is dead. But Karpov has reached out from the grave with an unstoppable cyber operation he conceived in the months before his murder, aimed at the heart of the United States—a way to steal the president's nuclear launch codes. Who has taken over the operation? Karpov trusted only one man: Jason Bourne."
"Frank Marshall producing, and Jeffrey Weiner and Henry Morrison executive producing. Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen, and Paul Greengrass were also attached to the film. Joshua Zetumer had been hired to write a parallel script—a draft which could be combined with another (Nolfi's, in this instance)—by August 2009 since Nolfi would be directing ""The Adjustment Bureau"" that September. That December, Greengrass announced that he had decided not to direct the fourth Bourne film, saying that ""[his] decision to not return a third time as director is simply about feeling the call for a different challenge."" On February 1, 2010,"