Issac Gets Bourne Consolation Prize

Oscar Isaac was up for the lead part at one point--he left such an impression that he has been cast in the reboot of Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy anyway as another character reports Deadline.

Written and directed by Gilroy Jeremy Renner is playing a new character within the Bourne universe, an agent in a different covert government program than the one Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne was trapped in. Damon will not appear in the film his character will be a presence in the new franchise restarter

 He will play the role of a brainwashed assassin named 'Number 3' in the film
Rachel Weisz also stars as the female lead while Edward Norton is set to play the villain

Frank Marshall, Jeffrey M. Weiner and Ben Smith will produce.the new Bourne

The reboot is expected to start shooting in the fall for an August 3rd 2012 bow