Jason Bourne's list of international enemies expands.

Vincent Cassel has been cast as the new villain in the upcoming Bourne movie, Variety has reported.

The 48-year-old Frenchman joins the ranks of English Clive Owen, Kiwi Karl Urban and Venezuelan Edgar Ramirez who have all been pitted against the amnesiac assassin.

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Bad guy: Vincent Cassel has been cast as the new villain in the upcoming Bourne movie

This will be the fifth film in the franchise; The Bourne Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum and Legacy have collectively made $1.2billion at the box office already.

Matt Damon returns to the series after the focus had shifted from him to Jeremy Renner's Aaron Cross for the fourth part.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'s Alicia Vikander and Tommy Lee Jones are also on board in as yet unknown roles, while Julia Stiles returns to once again play Nicky Parsons.

Bourne again: Matt Damon also returns for fifth film in the franchise; The Bourne Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum and Legacy have collectively made $1.2billion at the box office already

International: The 48-year-old Frenchman joins the ranks of English Clive Owen (L), Kiwi Karl Urban and Venezuelan Edgar Ramirez (R) who have all been pitted against the amnesiac assassin

Paul Greengrass, who directed Supremacy and Ultimatum, also returns once again to direct, and this time will have screenplay writing duties for the first time too.

Production is set to get underway at the end of summer, with a release date scheduled for July 29, 2016.

If the film title once again follows the book series, it will be named The Bourne Betrayal.

The character was created by American author Robert Lidlum who wrote the first three novels in the series.

All-star: The 48-year-old also played the villain in Oceans 12 and 13 opposite George Clooney

On his toes: He also played Natalie Portman's ballet teacher in Black Swan

When he died in 2001, Eric Van Lustbader continued his series, writing nine more, and currently working on the tenth.

Cassel, who separated from wife of 14 years Monica Bellucci in 2013, scored some of his biggest box office hits in Black Swan and Oceans 12 and 13.

He was last seen on screen with Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace and Joel Kinnaman in Child 44 which despite it's star-heavy cast, bombed at the box office, making just $3million of its $50million budget back.