Ian Fleming had produced his 14 James Bond novels during the 1950s and 1960s, and John le Carre had among his best-sellers, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold of 1963 and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy of 1974. The spy thriller genre was well established by then. Robert Ludlum was already a successful novelist when he wrote the first Jason Bourne novel in 1980, The Bourne Identity. have created a global entertainment empire generating more than $1 billion in economic activity. The Bourne storyline, in fact, has proven to be a gigantic economic success, as Jason and his creators have provided for a continuing line of Bourne hits, including: three initial best-selling novels a two-part television series in the late 1980s five Hollywood movies since 2002 a new author to keep things going after Ludlum passed on in 2001 ten more novels between 20 a video game in 2008 and very likely, much more ahead. He’s been on the run since 1980 when novelist Robert Ludlum first created him for his popular spy thrillers, and he is still on the run today in a series of popular films, played by actor Matt Damon.

Jason Bourne is the name of a fictional intelligence agent who suffers from amnesia and has CIA assassins chasing him. Promo for 2002 film featuring Matt Damon.

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