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It's decent enough spy fun. One enjoyable thing about it is that Branagh's evil Moscow headquarters building which features a lot is actually directly opposite the Shanghai skyscraper that Bond follows Patrice up in Skyfall. Both are just around the corner from Liverpool Street.
Yeah same here. Just look at what they built for the Cuba section- it's incredible. In contrast the latest MI film built some train carriages and a replica steam train. Not cheap certainly, but not on the same scale.
It does look fun. Just watched a scene with Branagh trying to threaten Kiera Knightly by sticking a lightbulb in her mouth. And he has an outlandish Russian accent. Who can say no to that?
Genuinely didn’t know those were filmed there either.
The Skyfall one also appears in the opening to Hitman's Bodyguard if you've seen it: Ryan Reynolds rescues Richard E Grant from there as I remember.
Interesting. Boils down to how well Eon and Nolan would work together. Though I am not a big fan of Nolan, he could handle a dark Fleming/thriller style Bond. Not my ideal choice when compared to the directing style of Young or Campbell. Also, I have no wish to see a period film.
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Very diplomatic and noncommittal.
Exactly, like most professionals Barbara Broccoli has answered the question diplomatically. Even if there is a glimmer that he might be in contention to direct a future Bond film, it's far too early too make comment. Similarly, she may be thinking there's no way I want someone having that much control of the series as Nolan would want.
It's a pointless question in some ways, similarly if asked who is your favourite Bond.
Diplomatic yes but she shared a lot of stuff she didn't have to.
I'm open to a lot of alternatives, and this comment shapes my expectations.
People have been doing that for the last decade anyway. There'll always be 'what ifs' in the series. They can make whatever movie they like with whomever they like without feeling as if they have some sort of obligation to the public.
They could hire him, if worthy of money.
Because let's admit it, they're making movies for money, maybe since from the start, since the Cubby years.
But now, it's more like quantity over quality.
And think of it, they could've hired Nolan since 2012, Skyfall is a film that shouts for Nolan to direct (also, Nolan was really big at that time), but whatever got in the way, for me it's just one thing: If The Price Is Right.
I don't think they cared for the people if they come up with what ifs, as @George_Kaplan said, they've been doing that for years, we have a lot of what ifs in the series, no one could satisfy fans, every films have what ifs, because it's what the fans may satisfy to themselves.
For them, as long as Bond is profitable, they're going to do what they want to do.
What got in the way as far as we know is that it wasn't time for a reinvention. The moment Nolan has been waiting for all those years is here.
So all these rumors and assumptions that Nolan is demanding complete creative control just seems unfounded. Besides, it’s not like Nolan is gonna try to do something esoteric with Bond like he did with TENET. His Batman films remain the only instance he worked on a franchise, and for the most part he worked to deliver big crowd pleasers with those, and will likely do with Bond if he gets it.
‘Snub Nolan’- so we’ve decided he’s definitely decided to do it and the ball is in Eon’s court, then.
If Oppenhiemer wins big at the oscars the chatter around him directing Bond next is gonna go nuts. Its going to be very difficult NOT to see him as the heir apparent to the franchise, especially with the media working in overdrive and EON creatively adrift. If the next film is just "good" i.e. nothing special the common narrative will be "eh, shoulda got Nolan..."
Yes, I know his popularity these days, he's the talk of the town when it comes to directing the next Bond film.
He's obviously the safest choice as of now, the same for people shouting for Henry Cavill as Bond, and Anya Taylor Joy as the Bond Girl, and people would've the same sentiment if the next Bond is not up to their expectations.
But the thing is, EON doesn't want to gamble with big name personalities, and Nolan is one of those, because again, financial demands, like what I've said, if the price is right.
That's why they're opting for some directors with Nolan-flare type of directing like Mendes and Fukunaga, because maybe, it came to their knowledge that it's what the people demand, but they're afraid of paying high cost for such people.
And it's not just Nolan, there's also Edgar Wright who's second in line of running for the next Bond director after Nolan, oh and there's Villeneuve, especially with Dune: Part Two coming in 2024, now it's Nolan, next it's Villeneuve, let's see how it will change.
Like "hey! Have you seen the Part Two of Dune? Man! Get Villeneuve for Bond! He can do it!" Nolan would be forgotten and Villeneuve would be the new talk of the town.
He's a lifelong fan, It's no secret he wants to do a Bond film. :)
Spielberg was / is a Bond fan, and lobbied to land the directors reigns in the 80's and EON didn't get him to direct a Bond film.
Most directors work under those sorts of conditions no matter how much creative control they have. Nolan did to an extent when he did his Batman films.
I think the only downside is how public Nolan has made it clear he wants that amount of input. I can imagine it might rub EON the wrong way a bit/frame him as the sole creative ‘genius’ behind this hypothetical film, when in reality Bond films (and films in general) are much more collaborative.
But at the end of the day I don’t know for sure. I think it’s clear for now though that Nolan’s not going to be flying in at this early stage and coming up with an original story all by himself.
Absolutely there are other choices, some better some worse.
I'm mostly talking about how the film will be percieved by the casual audience, the average Chris Stuckmann/John Campea watcher. If Bond is considered a 7/10 movie a lot of non-bond fans will say that they missed an opportunity and snubbing Nolan was a mistake. There will be the narrative that forms: "why didn't they just hire Nolan?"
If anything it’ll be some of us fans who will call a non-Nolan Bond film a missed opportunity, not the non-Bond fans (and yes, the more filmey ones in that demographic). Even then I think it’ll be a minority. There are very few of us/them even now who tend to think that Danny Boyle not making NTTD was a missed opportunity. I don’t think the average viewer, if in fact they know that Boyle was originally attached, would either.
I suspect not many know who he is. But yes. Even with a director like Nolan the amount of people I know who didn’t realise he’d directed Oppenheimer was surprising to me. They know his Batman films, but not necessarily his name. Many don’t care. It’s not uncommon.
Film fans, even the non-Bond ones, make up such a small number of the large collective audiences that watch these films. It literally doesn’t matter what those specific fans think, or what we as Bond fans think (even if such a widespread opinion about Nolan comparisons existed with an alternative Bond 26 director). Before a teaser trailer comes out the vast majority of people won’t keep up with press or rumours about Bond 26. Nolan or indeed any other director is near irrelevant beyond what they can bring to the film itself.
Why should Eon feel beholden to the general public or the media? It's their franchise and they can decide where they're going and who's going to take them there. I'm sure there are plenty of people who think Boyle not doing NTTD was a missed opportunity. No doubt when the next Bond is chosen there'll be people saying it should've been someone else.
Because MI flopped. That's why.