US EditionNBCUniversal Lands ‘Jason Bourne’ And ‘Treadstone’ Rights From Author Robert Ludlum Following Massive Bidding War
NBCUniversal secured rights after seven bids, enabling new Bourne films with longtime producer Frank Marshall and expanding a franchise that has grossed $1.64 billion worldwide.
- On February 29, 2024, NBCUniversal acquired all rights, excluding publishing, to Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne and Treadstone book series in perpetuity.
- Variety reports the auction drew seven offers from streamers and studios before a nine-figure proposal sealed the deal, according to sources.
- With the rights secured, Frank Marshall, longtime Universal collaborator, will continue to shepherd forthcoming Bourne installments, alongside Jeffrey Weiner of Captivate Entertainment.
- Following the acquisition, the NBCUniversal enterprise paves the way for new installments featuring Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne and potential Treadstone universe spin-offs.
- Beyond films, the deal opens cross-platform synergy with NBCUniversal’s streaming services and the ‘The Bourne Stuntactular’ theme park activation.
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Spy sagas are not thrown away. At worst, they are sold for billions of dollars, as the holders of the Bond rights did, handing over full creative control to Amazon MGM. And so Universal Pictures, having said goodbye to the Jason Bourne franchise based on Robert Ludlum's novels this spring, decided to bring it back. However, it was only able to do so after participating in an auction where there were other contenders for the forgetful assassin.
Jason Bourne movie franchise unclogged, as Universal buys the rights outright
Bourne will return, as Universal inks a deal for Robert Ludlum’s Bourne screen rights, having lost them earlier this year. Over at Amazon MGM Studios, rumours are swirling about its plans for James Bond 26, over which it now has full creative control. But less noisily, Universal has been busy cementing the future of the Jason Bourne saga on the big screen. Turns out there’d been a bit of a rights issue going on there, that’d held Universal up wi…
NBC Universal Acquires Rights to Author Robert Ludlum's 'Bourne' and 'Treadstone' Book Series
©Courtesy of Rex USA NBC Universal has acquired all rights, excluding publishing, to author Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne and Treadstone book series. The media company acquired the rights after winning a highly competitive bidding war. Streamers and studios made offers during the auction before Universal won with a massive nine-figure proposal, Variety is reporting. Universal will be able to produce new installments for Matt Damon’s Bourne series…
Bourne Again: NBCUniversal Maintains ‘Jason Bourne’ Rights After Exhaustive Bidding War
NBCUniversal will remain the owner of the film and television rights to author Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne franchise, according to a statement from Universal Pictures president Peter Cramer obtained by Deadline’s Justin Kroll. The deal comes after earlier this year, when the studio’s rights to the long-running spy
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