Cassel to play next Bourne movie villain

French actor Vincent Cassel is all set to play the villain in the next installment of the Jason Bourne franchise, starring Matt Damon. The action movie will also have Alicia Vikander and Tommy Lee Jones on board while Julia Stiles is set to return, reported Variety.

Paul Greengrass is back to direct and co-write the script with Christopher Rouse.

The story is still under <g data-gr-id="15">wrap</g> but sources believe Cassel will play an assassin tracking Bourne.

Bourne had some great actors as villains. The previous actors who were a part of the franchise in negative role include Clive Owen, Karl Urban and Edgar Ramirez.