jeremy renner

Tony Gilroy has been working on the Bourne franchise since the first movie, but even he's surprised that he ended up in the director's chair for the new installment, The Bourne Legacy. There's been plenty of turnover on this series - original director Doug Liman clashed with Universal and was replaced by Paul Greengrass, then Greengrass and Matt Damon left after the third movie - but Gilroy has been a credited writer on each of the films while at the same time nurturing his own directing career (he helmed Best Picture–winner Michael Clayton). So, how did Gilroy take over for Greengrass, and how was the decision made to replace Damon with new series star Jeremy Renner? Gilroy rang up ...