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Christopher Nolan, nah. I liked his Batman films but I'm not sure he'd be right for Bond. The problem is action, which he can't do. I think the only really good action scene he did was the Batman vs Bane fights and even they was poor from a fight choreography standpoint, it was the atmosphere (the score, the settings, the cinematography) that made those fights great.
Since they're going for big names now I think Katheryn Bigelow would be a good choice. She can do dramatic stuff (The Hurt Locker) and great action (Point Break). I'd also like to see Martin McDonagh or John McDonagh have a crack at it, as In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths and The Guard were all really good films imo, although again, action could be an issue.
I think the nature of The Bond films and character has changed so much now that the future lies in allowing great directors and actors to give their own interpretation. I think Tarantino and Brosnan would have been a really interesting match up - I think Tarantino is someone who could have got something very special from Brosnan. I actually like the idea of period pieces as well. Mix it up. Remake some of the novels more authentically.
A certain amount of flair is great, and all of the suggestions I have seen are fine directors, certainly - but we don't need yet another personal take on the 007 universe, we've gone far enough off course as it is already.
Can we please stick (for a while at least) to what has now been defined & built-up in Craig's reboot universe, without yet another high-brow filmmaker completely changing things for the benefit of his artistic vision?
Innovation just for the sake of it is equally as foolish as being too conservative...
If you want to go 'high-class' then enlist a guy who knows how to stick to a story & pre-established canon but adds visual flair and energy, someone like Michael Mann, Wolfgang Peterson or Bryan Singer. Bigelow would also be an option for something a bit different.
Even though his latest film Blackhat perhaps could have used a little more cutting dialogue, nevertheless Mann constantly shows he can combine character, dialogue and action very well.
And there´s noone out there doing better action scenes than Mann.
@patb, I content that there hasn´t been much Hollywood slickness in Mann´s films since Miami Vice.
One other point, with DC and the team, you want a director that will have respect and gravitas (as Mendes had), Mann would bring that by the bucket load having worked with Pacino, DeNiro, Cruise etc, a superb CV IMHO
Miami Vice was something of a misstep for Mann, I think. But even Coppola and Kubrick made the occasional mediocre film...
Heat, The Insider, Collateral and Manhunter is all the proof you need that this Man :D could pull off an epic 007 film.
@AceHole, I guess if you consider Miami Vice a misstep, then you haven´t seen Public Enemies and Blackhat, where Mann proves that he has his own ideas of filmmaking. In any case, he doesn´t seem to be interested in doing films like Manhunter or Heat anymore, even though certain ideas re-appeared in his recent films.
SECONDED. Young was probably more responsible for the setting the tone of the Bondfilms than any other person involved.
* Work before with production Designer Dennis Gassner (QOS, Skyfall and Bond 24) on The Truman Show. Gassner start with QOS and then working on Skyfall and Bond 24 with Sam Mendes, with Mendes he work before on The Road to Perdition.
* Work before with editor of Bond 24 on The Truman Show, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and The Way Back. This time it be Lee Smith who already work on previous Bond movie..
* With The Truman show he make human elements movie.
* The Way Back cinematopgraphy look like a bit on QOS
* Skyfall feels a bit like Master and Commander (and The Departed)
* Mark Strong be remourd for Bond 24, but mabey he been cast for Bond 25. He play a part in The Way Back
* If after Bond 24 John Logan wil not return and then Weir replace him. Weir also work as writer on his movies.
* MGM (Weinstein Brothers) already work with him as producers of Master and Commander
* Remours Daniel Craig whant Australia as Bond location, Weir is Australian. Also producers like idea if story fit/can find original location http://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=11720&t=mi6&s=news
If that be case Russell Boyd wil be DOP who work with Weir on Master and Commander and The Way Back. In 1984 Boyd working as cinematopgrahper on a Columbia Tristar (Sony) movie who photography look like a bit on Jarhead, LALD, LTK, and CR. This year wil work on Holt, a spy movie.
I stil have some doubt about Lee Smith as editor because of TDK, but X-men first class were he be second editor (The first editor working on Mi5 now, whlye Smith work on Spectre.) has some very Bond stylish (Remember me moost to Tomorrow Never Dies and mabey also from tv serie The Last Ship) pacing. Of course it be dificult to say or this be Smith his work or the other editor.
Bond 25 or Bond 26:
Directer: Peter Weir
Writers: Neal Pervis & Robert Wade and Peter Weir
Producers: Barbara Broccoli & Michael G Wilson
Editor: Lee Smith
Production Designer: Dennis Gassner
Cinematopgraphy aka Directer of Photopgraphy: Russell Boyd
2th United Directer: Alexander Witt
If Sam Mendes return for Bond 25, mabey there can consider Peter Weir to replace John Logan as writer and then ask him for Bond 26.
Scott Mannion http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3408447 http://scottmannion.com/
For another movie with another Bond, there also can consider Scott Mannion, that directer of Holt (http://www.holtfindthetruth.com) who is also Australian, but this movie is his first bigger movie in style of The Good Shepherd.
True words. Young is the fabric of cinematic Bond. People talk about the GF and the Bond formula but Young IS the formula.
Unfortunately, I think all three of those films are not what Eon would want for Bond. Which is a pity.
I'd like to see him shoot a Bond film using his sharp digital style. Even if it's terrible, I would love to see it.
Just because he hasn't written a script without a multitude of swear words does not mean he is unable to. His version of Casino Royale would have definitely been PG-13.
Exactly. Nail hit on the head!
He's getting on a bit, age 70, but I'm sure he could deliver a visually striking Bond film. :)
So if your Australian your automatically eligible?? I have friends in NSW are they eligible???
How about an accomplished director ...not a journeyman but with a sense of suspence and thrill and an appreciation for Bond?
I would be surprised if Miller´s Name came up at some Point, given that he was at some Point already deeply in preparations to do some Justice League film.
I wouldn´t be surprised either if his Name came up again, now that Mad Max Fury Road is in Theaters.
I so pray that this blind Nolan Hype soon vanishes.
I'm a big fan of the good Dr. Miller... the journeyman director statement was not referring to Miller.
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Anyway, I ran into an email from Wayne Garvie to Sony's head, Michael Lynton. Apparently, Mendes had a meeting with him in October 2014, where Sam said he was happy with his work on Bond but felt it was time for him to move on. He also stated that he is planning on moving into television and wants to direct all episodes of a 12 part series he is planning.
It looks like Mendes may very well step away from Bond. My hope is that he moves on to this TV show he is working on quickly, then has a chance to reconsider the Bond gig in 2018.