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I can't believe I forgot to mention one of mine top choices. He has worked on more than one Bond film before but he has directed only one film in his life so far. I believe he is one of the 3 people on the whole planet best suited to directing a Bond film at the moment (the other to being Sam Mendes and Christopher Nolan). His name is TOM FORD.
If we're off globetrotting, then there may be better, more experienced choices in that area.
I'm not completely averse to an American director filming overseas though (I think Fincher created a very moody Sweden in TGWTDT & Howard was excellent overseas with both the Dan Brown movies).
You've got me correcting myself now. I'm ok with them doing overseas as well. Just keep the glamour that's expected of Bond.
I would have loved to see Mann direct LTK. He would have been splendid for that.
Alfonso Cuaron
Cary Fukunaga
Tomas Alfredson
The ghost of Terrence Young.....period.
For the love of all that is decent and good in this world....NOOOOOOOO!!!! :)
Seriously, the last thing Bond needs is lens flair and shaky hand-cam.
Action for sure, I don´t mind the lense flare ad shaking we got so far.
But story? Abrams has proven time and again that he cannot direct story. One could also rightfully blame the writers of course, but at least Lindelof was part of the Prometheus script, and Ridley Scott proved that even out of such utter nonsense he can make something fantastic.
If we´re talking about storytelling, John Carpenter was a genius at that. Don´t know if he still is.
I would still love to see Mann do a Bond film. But as much as I like Blackhat, I´m afraid a Mann Bond wouldn´t make a lot of money.
Very interesting, out of the box suggestion.
McG
Michael Bay
This will go well with some members here. :))
Jaume Collet-Serra (I loved Unknown and Non-Stop)
Brian De Palma (I liked Snake Eyes and Mission Impossible)
Chris Nolan (again I like the Dark Knight Trilogy and Inception)
Pierre Morel (i loved Taken 2 and haven't seen Taken 3 but I feel Taken was the best and the most brutal so I figured I will put him on the list)
And
Tony Gilroy (Again I liked the Bourne Legacy plus he was apparently approached for Spectre)
will most agree with this list no but hopefully most of my friends here will find one name they like.
Chris Nolan is also another good choice, and we should probably get use to the fact that he is the most likely to helm Bond 25 and/or 26.
Not at all. I'd love to see Fincher do one. Or Denis Villeneuve, who did a very Fincher'esque job with Prisoners.
I sure would take Branagh any day over the incredibly overrated Nolan.
Fincher hasn´t done more than impress me with the atmosphere in his films. But I haven´t seen a really good story from him.
I would love to see such marvellous storytelling like Big Trouble in little China offered. Yes, I think Eon should ask Carpenter.
I'm of two minds about Branagh. He can be great, but he's uneven.
May be. But no one is ever 100% all of the time. I just think it could be a good fit for Bond.
he's a thespian which I always love.
I don't think Christopher Nolan would be as good a fit as people think. Too cold and clinical. If there's one thing I don't want to feel when watching a Bond movie it's detachment.
I wouldn't mind seeing Michael Mann direct one, but after the box office failure of Blackhat (and his age) I doubt I'd ever get to. I like originality. I'd like to see what he would do with Bond with his now-trademark digital style. Shake things up a bit.