It wasn’t a sure thing, but ultimately opened to critical and box office success, warranting two sequels and an upcoming spin-off called The Bourne Legacy. 14 years later, Doug Liman’s version came out after a well-documented, disastrous production period which involved heavy reshoots which required the 2001 release date to be pushed back almost a year. Starring Richard Chamberlain and former Charlie’s Angel Jaclyn Smith, the globetrotting Cold War adventure earned an Emmy for its music and a Golden Globe nomination for its lead actor and then promptly vanished into obscurity. When director Doug Liman released his version of The Bourne Identity in 2002, few remembered that Robert Ludlum’s classic spy novel had been adapted before – and more faithfully – in 1998, as a two-part TV movie. “A Movie You Probably Didn’t Know Existed.” The Bourne Identity, aka “A Movie You Love” vs. This bi-week on the Remake Rumble we’re pitting two spy films against each other in a battle for supremacy… Bourne supremacy.
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