Universal plan sequels to The Bourne Legacy and Ted

Universal Pictures has confirmed that sequels will be made for both The Bourne Legacy and Ted. Both films were huge successes this summer upon release with them both making over £200 million and in this day and age that makes a sequel a near certainty!

Starting with The Bourne Legacy, it is no surprise that this is being made into a sequel and I expect it will end up being at least a trilogy similar to the Matt Damon Bourne franchise. The first film in the new franchise spends a lot of time looking into the back-story of Jeremy Renner's character Aaron Ross so it was clear that they hoped the first film would perform well at the box office so they could make a sequel at the very least. Has the franchise got the ability to run with a very similar premise across 3 movies like the original franchise?

Ted is a little more surprising in that it was clearly only made as a one film run with the way it ended but the film exceeded all expectations at the box-office so clearly Universal Pictures wanted Seth MacFarlane to stretch to a sequel. It'll be interesting to see what the plot will be for the new film but hopefully it will be an improvement on the first.

The Bourne Legacy Review and Ted Review