Jack Black Takes on "Comedic Bourne Identity"

• Oct 1, 2008 04:54 PM ET
• by movienews

The Bourne Identity is about to be re-bourne with Jack Black.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the funnyman is re-pairing with his Kung Fu Panda writers, Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, to star in an action comedy inspired by Matt Damon's amnesiac alter ego for Universal.

The untitled flick will find Black's character, an American, washing up on the shores of Cuba with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. After some thought, he mistakenly comes to the conclusion that he's a superspy. Cue ridiculous shenanigans.

"If he did turn out to be a superspy, this wouldn't be a 'comedic Bourne Identity,'" Berger said, "but just The Bourne Identity, and apparently Universal has already made that movie, several times."

Black will produce the film with Ben Cooley, his Electric Dynamite partner. A release date has not been set.

Are you looking forward to Black's comedic take on Jason Bourne? - Joyce Eng