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Jeremy Renner arrives on the red carpet for the 83rd period Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood on Feb 27, 2011. UPI/Phil McCarten 

LOS ANGELES, April 22 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Jeremy Renner is in talks to take over the "Bourne" film concern from Matt Damon, Deadline reported.

The entertainment news Web site said Thursday Universal Pictures has offered the two-time accolade nominee the lead role in "The Bourne Legacy," the CIA thriller Tony Gilroy is poised to start directing in September.

Gilroy penned the threesome previous "Bourne" blockbusters -- "The Bourne Identity," "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum" -- which starred friend as the titular hero.

Renner would endeavor a newborn character in the spinoff, Deadline said.

Damon has said he wouldn't appear in a fourth "Bourne" movie unless Apostle Greengrass directed it. Greengrass helmed "Supremacy" and "Ultimatum."

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