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And of course, the year after that will be the 80th anniversary of Bond first appearing in a novel, much like it's the 70th this year! But generally, unless there's a film, I don't think anyone really cares.
Most people don't really. Unless they're Bond aficionados who pay attention to these things.
By then Bond will be in the public domain and there will all kinds of versions around, just like Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot.
I'm not sure others will be so quick to invest in something Bond that isn't tied with EON. Several key elements will not be in the public domain, including Bond Theme, gun barrel sequence, 007 logo, ...
What’s really interesting is that he says that many years ago Nolan pitched a Bond trilogy to EON but they passed on it, likely because he wanted too much control. Here is my take: if the main issue for EON is that Nolan wants to set his Bond film(s) in the past, they should let him just do a one-off Bond film with an actor who only does one film. This would be the perfect time to do a one-off Bond film set in the past considering the ending of NTTD.
Notably he hasn't heard anything about the current situation though, only about what happened a few years ago. The rest is just his thoughts on what's likely.
I've no reason to disbelieve what he says about this trilogy Nolan pitched before though- that's certainly interesting. I'd be surprised if Nolan wanted to get himself tied into more than film nowadays though.
How about 2 Nolan films - one set in the past, and the next one set in modern day, both based on Fleming books, but also (most controversially) both featuring the same actor?
Now that would be slightly mind blowing...
Ian Fleming Publications did it with their celebrity author trilogy: Past DMC, Present CB, and Past SOLO. If EON wanted to do something similar (provided that the time gaps between movies is shorter), I’d at least give it a chance.
I bet a Nolan deal would be modeled after his Batman deals. Three Bond movies with the option to break between for his own projects. So three Bond movies and two non-Bond between. Id say three-four year gaps, and this Bond actor leaves with his third Nolan pic.
I think if Cary Joji Fukunaga hadn’t gotten himself into trouble, he could be a seriously contender for directing Bond 26. Apparently, he talked about rebooting Bond on the set of NTTD. I don’t think that will happen now….
https://www.thecut.com/2022/06/allegations-against-director-cary-fukunaga.html#:~:text=Now a new report from,“bordered%20on%20workplace%20harassment.”
I could support that.
- Christopher Nolan: probably the most likely at this pont in time
- Denis Villeneuve: he likes Bond and I'm sure EON likes him, but he will be very busy in the next couple of years with other projects
- Matthew Vaughn: EON probably did meet him years ago but I doubt they are considering him for Bond 26
- Cary Joji Fukunaga: as MaxCasino wrote, he is very likely out of the picture because of the allegations
- Paul Greengrass: probably fake rumour
- Danny Boyle: probably fake rumour
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge: definitely fake rumour, as far as I know she has never directed anything apart from a music video maybe
I can't really see a case for Cary having another go, tbh. He's not been found guilty of anything (yet?), so it's not that - it's just that I think I've seen enough of 'his' Bond with NTTD. Give someone else a go.
Hmm, all very strange then. Like I’ve said Nolan’s talked about ‘reinventing’ Bond so it seems a bit counterintuitive that he’d want to set a film in the past rather than updating things in the way his Batman films did.
I dunno, auteur directors wanting to set films in the past doesn’t have a good hit rate when it comes to Bond. I think fundamentally they need someone who understands Bond in both film and the novels, and understands what the producers want to do with this particular film. And one of EON’s big points has been they set their films in the present, keeping them modern. If this rumour has truth to it that’s a fundamental difference of approach. No matter how famous the director if they don’t see eye to eye with EON’s vision then it won’t be a fruitful partnership unfortunately.
I think he's a bit of a risk (given all of the involvement Ms Broccoli has had over the years with various 'women in the industry' organisation and campaigns she's been part of), and I agree about NTTD: it lacked that Bond flavour for me, whereas Mendes nailed it.
Could Sam Mendes be asked back? Skyfall is still pretty popular, plus he has more awards for artsy movies since then. I could see him being on EON’s call list.
I dunno, it might not be a bad thing going for someone less notable. I know the likes of David Mackenzie has had discussions with EON in the past and I think he’d be interesting. Maybe Mark Mylod after how well he did with The Menu. Or Yan Dermange.
I think he’s said he doesn’t want to do it. Probably after the difficulties of SP. I know he’s said some semi critical things about EON’s process too. So I think he’s out.
He didn't really want to do Spectre but got his arm twisted; as he was so unhappy with how that film went I'd say there's zero chance of him wanting to do that.
She’s had a varied career in features to be honest. She’s actually been nominated for a Raspberry award for 50 Shades (which I really don’t think is justified - knowing the production difficulties and seeing some of her direction onscreen I think she did well under the circumstances). She does however know the producers and has directed a Bond segment for International Women’s day which I’ve not seen. So I don’t know.
Maybe Susanne Bier? She has a good track record with thrillers and spy stuff. Serena was a bit of a disaster, but otherwise she’s solid. Maybe Hettie Macdonald who directed the Blink episode of Dr. Who (more a tv director, but it seems she’s starting to do more features).