Matt Damon offers a Bourne 5 update

Production continues on the upcoming Bourne 5 film and speaking with Variety, Matt Damon opened up about where they currently stand with the film.

“We’re, like, probably about halfway through. We started in September but they’re going dark for most of December and cutting basically the first two acts. And then we have the third act and then whatever we owe from the first two acts…We were in Tenerife, which is supposed to be Athens. It would be like a nighttime riot scene to kind of start the movie. And then England, Berlin a little bit for about a week, and a little bit in D.C. Then we’re going to Vegas for the third act…Big car chase on the strip.”

Damon also spoke about the length between The Bourne Ultimatum and the upcoming film, revealing Jason Bourne has been off the grid for quite a long time if fans recall.

“You’ll find the character — like “The Bourne Ultimatum,” the third act actually in the movie dovetails with the third act of “The Bourne Supremacy.” So technically when the Bourne character disappears, it’s still 2004. So when this next one comes out in ’16, it will have been 12 years — in movie years — that the character as been off the grid. So what’s happened in those intervening years gives you a story.”

Julia Stiles will be reprising her franchise role with Ex Machina and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.‘s Alicia Vikander also set to star alongside franchise newcomers Tommy Lee Jones, Riz Ahmed, Vincent Cassell and Scott Shepherd. Although still unconfirmed, Jones is rumored to be playing a high-ranking CIA official with Cassell starring as the film’s chief antagonist, an assassin on Jason Bourne’s tail.

Frank Marshall is producing the new “Bourne” movie alongside Jeffrey Weiner for Captivate Entertainment. Directed once again by Paul Greengrass, the film opens in theaters on July 29, 2016.