MATT DAMON has confirmed he’ll once again play Jason Bourne, with director Paul Greengrass back at the helm for a 2016 film.

    Damon pal Ben Affleck revealed the news during a red carpet interview with E! on Friday, and Damon quickly confirmed.

    “It’ll be in 2016 when the movie will actually come out,” he told E!. “Paul Greengrass is going to do another one and that’s all I ever said. I just needed him to say yes.”

    Damon and Greegrass had entered negotiations for a sequel in September after months of rumors and denials.

    Greengrass directed the second and third installments of the original trilogy starring Damon, “The Bourne Supremacy” (2004) and “The Bourne Ultimatum” (2007). Jeremy Renner picked up the franchise’s mantle for 2012’s “The Bourne Legacy,” and was to star in a 2016 sequel with Justin Lin to direct for Universal.

    Universal did not immediately respond to a request for comment.(SD-Agencies)