The actor says he would like to work with Paul Greengrass on another Bourne adventure, despite Jeremy Renner replacing him in the next instalment of the spy series, The Bourne Legacy

He may have been replaced by Jeremy Renner in the long-running spy series but Matt Damon still hopes to return as Jason Bourne.

Damon chose not to star in the fourth film in the critically acclaimed saga after director Paul Greengrass declined to sign on. Studio Universal then made the decision to retool the series with a new actor in the main role, but crucially not as Bourne. Tony Gilroy, who wrote the first three films, will step up to the director's role for The Bourne Legacy, which is due out in 2012.

"I was always fine with them doing another Bourne movie as long as it didn't preclude me and Paul from doing another Bourne," Damon told Shortlist.com . "From what I understand, it doesn't at all, so that's fine. I really want to do another one with Paul and I'm sure it'll happen someday, but for now they're doing this. And I'm a huge Jeremy Renner fan. I'm sure he'll be great. I'm keeping hope, man."

Damon will next be seen on the big screen in the Steven Soderbergh thriller Contagion , also starring Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet and Marion Cotillard, which arrives on British screens later this month. He also takes the lead in the upcoming Cameron Crowe-directed drama We Bought a Zoo , opposite Scarlett Johansson, which is out in the UK in December.