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I should bleedin' well hope so...and soon !
Lol! You sound as eager as me for fresh official news!
Totally my friend,totally !!
Villeneuve is a lot less risky. He has a track record working with big productions and top-notch talent. So of course DC would want him over the other two. It's a no-brainer, really.
As for Zimmer on BR 2049. I wasn't aware of this; very interesting. I am OK with Zimmer on Bond 25.
Or Scott, really - he's the one holding the cards creatively, and seems the score is the only major change that happened that came 'from above'. The Alcon guys are happy to let DV do whatever after the success he's brought them with Prisoners and the fact that it's Blade Runner.
Yes, I think you're right and Eon have waited for Craig to sign back on before locking a director because he will want a major say in who it is. Villeneuve is the perfect choice for all the reasons you and others here have stated - and, it seems, we on this forum all, so far, agree Denis Villeneuve would be an excellent choice. Blimey!!!
She's gorgeous but i haven't seen enemy so i will definetly check it out.
https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/dune-reboot-go-back-original-book-says-director-denis-villeneuve-152802919.html
dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4908060/Patti-LuPone-returning-UK-away-s-storm.html
Bond star Daniel Craig is rooting for thriller film-maker Denis Villeneuve to direct him in his final 007 movie.
Villeneuve, who made the narcotics drama Sicario with Emily Blunt; the grown-up sci-fi film Arrival with Amy Adams; and Prisoners with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal — plus the eagerly anticipated Blade Runner 2049 (due out here on October 5) — has spoken with Craig and Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson about making what is currently known simply as Bond 25.
Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are writing the picture’s screenplay. There are several other directors on the ‘wanted’ list, but I’m hearing that Craig is most interested in Villeneuve.
Actors enjoy working with the French Canadian.
Gyllenhaal has shot two pictures with him. And when Sicario screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Emily Blunt said she’d jump at the opportunity to work with him again.
Interestingly, although Bond has traditionally been all about masculinity, Blunt noted in an interview in the New York Times that Villeneuve ‘considers women deeply’ in his films.
‘There’s nothing superficial’ about his female characters, she said.
That may be part of the reason why Craig — and Broccoli — are drawn to him. They have strong feelings about giving so-called ‘Bond Girls’ more power.
Judi Dench, as M, was a powerful female presence in Craig’s earlier Bond films (particularly Skyfall), and she was sorely missed in Spectre.
Craig’s spokesperson was not available for comment.
I suppose we should assume, based on this latest news, that such assurance (which was admittedly a bit far fetched even at the time) was a load of hooey (to put it mildly).
It may be that they had Demange and back to back out in place but Craig said he preferred a different approach.
And giving so-called "so-called" Bond girls more power--just what we bloody well need.
I have a similar issue with Steven Soderbergh. I'd like to imagine he'd be good for Bond but his latest film failed.
For those of you going ahead and assuming any particular person is for sure directing, I envy your optimism but advise you to take a step back.
They say that about Bond girls for every film.
Regarding Denis Villeneuve in recent years Quebec directors have suddenly become very hot internationally so it was just a matter of time one of their names would be attached to a Bond movie (at least in rumours).
If Villeneuve gets it I hope he brings with him a few actresses from Quebec as well. Time to introduce Vivienne Michel maybe?
And on a side note I wish I had gone into acting twenty years ago.
They're both kind of wild cards in terms of expectations. On one hand Demange hasn't handled a production on the Bond scale, while Villeneuve's work is so varied that you don't know what his vision will be for it; Arrival and now Blade Runner are atmospheric and cerebral while Sicario and Prisoners are both down to earth, gritty films.
Either way, it will be an improvement over Mendes. And with renewed purpose to make a better film, ending Craig's tenure on a high note, will come a better finished script. It's all promising if true.
Yeah, what about that back-to-back films assurance...?
It was very atmospheric, but it didn't make much sense.
In any case, I'd rather see Denis Villeneuve doing a Bond movie than Dune, even if he makes Dune amazing.