Universal Pictures has bumped the untitled next film in the Bourne franchise from its August 14, 2015 release date to July 15, 2016. The studio’s also confirmed Justin Lin is on board as director, and Jeremy Renner will once again play Aaron Cross in this fifth film of the series.
Lin, Frank Marshall, Jeffrey Weiner, and Ben Smith are producing the movie inspired by Robert Ludlum’s book series.
By moving the Bourne film off of the August 14th date, Universal Studios has made room for the dramatic film Straight Outta Compton. Directed by F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job), Straight Outta Compton will star O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, and Jason Mitchell as N.W.A. members Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy-E. Ice Cube and Dr. Dre will be involved behind the scenes as producers.
The Plot:
In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells the astonishing story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.
