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A new director will come in and use the decided script, if the film has to be pushed back in order to create a good movie so be it rather that than a rushed panic job.
I would welcome Campbell back though I would be surprised if that happened.
The only one of these that had any validity
Is the Ford commercial
@Fire_and_Ice_Returns I agree it seems like the only people panicking are the media and fans but not the studio or EON
In all seriousness let's take a breath and not panic just yet. Other than the big news regarding Boyle, no other news has surfaced. It's far too early to make guesses about the future of Bond 25.
It's certainly no need for any personal attacks or arguing over something that is clearly speculative. Thanks
As a side note Charlotte Hawkwins news presenter on Good Morning Britain would make a great Bond girl.
Wise counsel.
Indeed, Campbell is probably the most overrated director on these threads.
I think the chances of Craig working with him again are zero.
It does seem hard to imagine someone else directing what is now essentially a Danny Boyle Bond film. I'd be up for Forster but doubt he's on any EON list right now.
It must be crisis summit time at EON towers.
Is the exit beckoning for Craig? Seems he's boxed himself into a corner in so many ways.
I think they all worked together very well and that‘s what made CR so good. In my opinion they (Campbell and P&W) get too much criticism. In fact I think P&W wrote the parts of the script of SP that worked.
Anyway ... if a former Bond director returns I hope for Forster or Campbell, honestly. But not Mendes. I praise Mendes for Skyfall and I kinda hate him for what he in large parts did to the wonderful movie SPECTRE could have been.
On another note, Forster, while a long shot, would be most welcome back as well.
None of this reflects well on Craig or EON. The stories about people falling out on set.
Seems like Craig had fallings out with Campbell and Mendes. May be Craig is the problem? I hope EON don't allow any more of this executive producer nonsense with the next actor.
With all due respect, Campbell is best when given a rigid template to work with. Bond is precisely the kind of sandpit he excels in.
Time and again the workmanlike directors have proved to be the best helmsmen of Bond features.
The fact that Campbell hasn’t had an Oscar-littered career is neither here nor there. The producers know what he can do.
It's going to have to be an older journeyman director or hungry young talent.
I’m happy with most of Campbell’s work on Bond although Goldeneye has too much action in it and not enough of those classy Bondian moments (see the last paragraph). Still, most of Casino Royale was handled well but it suffered from the same things I mentioned regarding Goldeneye. We’ve been lacking these aspects since the Moore days. I wonder if Eon have approached him. Campbell for Bond 25, November 2022! :)
Oh, just read a post above; Campbell and Craig aren’t the best of buddies?
I remember someone posting a comment regarding something I said and remarked that gone are the days of Connery and Moore and Bond is now more driven or charged or something like this. I forgot to reply. Anyway, I’m all for an emotionally charged Bond; we experienced this at times in the Fleming books but I was just referring to the times when we had elegant, connoisseur oriented scenes when Bond would enjoy expensive, quality food with villains and dames and comment on the vino along with other things. I miss these times. These days, Eon don’t focus enough on the smaller but important facets of Bond’s character that make him Bond.
Who cares what he has done since, quite frankly.
He is the director of the two best modern (if you can call a films two and one decades old respectively, modern) Bond films.
If EON can tempt him back, then do it for god's sake.
Just not Mendes. I've advocated Ron Howard for a while. I wonder whether he'd consider it after salvaging Solo. I doubt he wants to be known as a salvage man but the temptation to have directed a Star Wars and Bond film would be high, I'd have thought.
I actually really don't understand why EON seem to have such trouble attracting directors. It says something about how they operate that they seem to really struggle on this front.
Absolutely!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/why-james-bond-should-leave-daniel-craig-past-1136495
There is the ring of truth about this article.
Oh dear god ... really sad news.
They probably want another emotional load of bollocks,and Danny wanted to spice things up a bit.
For Danny to quit then something serious has happened,and I put my money on Craig,he has got too big for his boots,its gone to his head.
He needs to go and bring in a new Bond for B25.
Now is the time to do it,and bed him in for B26 and the anniversary.
To be honest, most of the action in Bond has felt bolted on for years now. It rarely flows from the plot like it used to back in the day.
I can imagine Boyle not wanting to include action just for the sake of it and insisting that what happens on screen must flow from the plot.
He's big on storytelling and keeps things tight without any superfluous elements, which is the opposite to Mendes basically. Mendes is all baggy and overlong, whereas Boyle is sharply tailored and snappy.
Hiring a guy that admits he's not good at making big films - not the ideal starting out point! It would be like boarding a plane and the pilot says "I don't think I'm necessarily good at flying."
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His departure may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. We'll have to see if Hodge's screenplay is used - if this "idea" is realized - but a new director, one embracing the challenge, is the way forward! :)
Steven Knight. 3th writer and directer in one. I sugest him before as 3th writer with P&W i mind, buy i think it can work with Boyle and Hodge too.
Gavin Hood. I liked Eye In Sky, stil think Rendition whas his best movie. End Game whas very disapointed. If take his Rendition writer as 3th writer. Con is that with Wolverine dive in his family past, but with brian cox thing not work. Lazy action too.
Susanna White. Famale directer of Our Kind of Traitor. Don't mind if she take Hossein Amini with her as 3th writer.
If there keep Lee Smith as editor i don't mimd to see Marc Foster back.
Agreed. It just feels stale now. I think what would have helped is if Craig was out there working on more commercial films and new how to handle himself better during press junkets; I think then the staleness of his longevity in the role wouldn't be AS obvious.
The announcement of the new director is either going to reignite my excitement or I'll just end up walking away until after I see the film whenever it decides to come out.