The Bourne Supremacy is a 2004 action spy movie featuring Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne character. Though it takes the name of the second Bourne novel, its plot is entirely different. The movie was directed by Paul Greengrass from a screenplay by Tony Gilroy. Universal Pictures released the movie to theaters in the United States on July 23, 2004. It is the second in the Jason Bourne movie series. It is preceded by "The Bourne Identity" (2002) and followed by "The Bourne Ultimatum" (2007), "The Bourne Legacy" (2012), and "Jason Bourne" (2016).