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No, he absolutely was not. That info was taken from a BS youtube video from the end of last year.
Part that seems believable:
The part that I'm not buying:
Why would Broccoli pick Boyle after the Danny Boyle's Bond 25 debacle? And even if the disagreements had been mainly between Boyle and Craig, I still don't see Broccoli hiring Boyle for Bond 26. As for Villeneuve, he will be very busy in the next couple of years (a TV show titled "The Son", Randezvous with Rama, potentially Dune 3) and Broccoli knows it.
I said on another thread that some of the "facts" of the article seemed a bit mixed-up...
Could P and W have started to write outlines based off of Nolan's notes before the strike started? It's possible. It would be tight, and if I'm to believe a general timeline that a friend of mine (who is close to the EoN family), gave to me, it would be incredibly tight:
October/November of 2022, basically after the 60th anniversary, EoN had supposedly met with some actors in an informal setting (no names were shared with me, but, as I've said before, I have to believe ATJ must have been one of them (his wife is a friend of the Broccolis), and then I heard, come the New Year, that the plan was to start spit balling ideas to develop what would be the new script (and the actors would then be called in for the audition process)...
By March everything went radio silent, and this was in and around the time that drums were heavily beating that we were in for a rough WGA strike.
As far as I know, not much was accomplished, but, it is possible that Nolan met them in mid to late late January for a quick meeting, but of course, he would have still been knee-high with Oppenheimer. He shot that film in 57 days, and I believe principal would have started in February and ended on May 2 (please correct me if I'm wrong). I imagine the preproduction would have been hectic, and post production was non-stop until its release date... And then there's the openings and the press tour after.
So could he have slipped in for a couple hours meeting at EoN? Some time during a very hectic preproduction? It's possible, although I believe he was heavily scouting the US, so maybe it was done over a zoom call?
But I don't exactly believe the article for one main reason (and this isn't to say Nolan won't be the director, just that I don't buy the news in the article):
IF Nolan shared an idea that P and W are working on, or were working on, well that costs money. They'd have to pay Nolan and pay their writers.
Which means a new holding company for B26 would have opened. This happens on ALL films (it's where all the financing for the production is stored, where all payments are taken from, and where all accounting is done).
The new Bond film hasn't opened a new holding company.
Which means P and W aren't working on anything.
Which means EoN doesn't even have the financing in place from Amazon/MGM yet, and with these bloody strikes happening, none will be forthcoming until the dust settles on the industry upheaval.
So whether Nolan becomes the director or not, the article doesn't quite pass the smell test.
I apologise for the long post and any typos(typing fast)
And did post for over a year?
(Edit: I blame my confusion of years due to half-zeimer’s)
Sorry, my point still stands that if Nolan shared an idea, they’d have to pay him (and I imagine attach him as director at that point (you don’t share ideas with a company that may not hire you)); then EoN would have to pay their writers.
To do that EoN would open a holding company where the development funds would be submitted into via the financiers.
But EoN has done none of this.
Which means this article doesn’t pass my smell test (once again, a criticism of the reliability of the article, and I’m not saying Nolan won’t be the director).
I think Mylod is too much of a TV director to handle Bond. And I did really enjoy The Menu.
I would prefer a bit less known directors. There have been some interesting suggestions here.
The same thing here: we’ve had 15 years of arguably the most popular James Bond actor since Connery. It’s so lazy and obvious to think Nolan is the only director to give the new era a real shot in the arm. Creatively I disagree. But business may be dictating the exact opposite.
I feel there are better directors out there, and I’m excited by what they’d bring. But…
… if I was Barbara Broccoli and the creative team i’d go straight to:
1/ Nolan
A gap, but second choice:
1a/ Villenueve
2/ Bigelow
2a/far left candidate, David Fincher (who I’d love, but he’s such a perfectionist I’m not convinced he has the temperament to do a Bond film).
I think so.
I imagine a tighter budget as well, but from a business perspective: Nolan is a star unto himself and if his name was a top of the film poster for B26, it’s bound to explode.
And Oppenheimer had an eighty-five day schedule shoot.
Nolan delivers it in 57 days, saving the financiers millions of dollars- that’ll be music to any producers ears.
Who knows who will get the gig, and other writers excite me more than Mr. Nolan, but from a business perspective, I just can’t believe this option won’t be full explored (and to a lesser extent, Villeneuve).
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I’m sure EoN are aware of his shortcomings, and I pray to the writing gods that their final approval of the script includes the hiring of script doctors if they see fit— and have this clause as part of Nolan’s contract. If he doesn’t like it, they move on before anyone attempts a crack at the script (therefore they’re transparent, and they don’t waste four or five or six months for a script to be delivered that they don’t like, and can’t do anything about except start afresh, as they did after Boyle).
If Nolan is the guy, he’ll ultimately have to give up some control to the gatekeepers of the series.
I think part of it stems from the fact that Nolan isn’t the same director he was in ‘05, ‘08 and ‘12. And his most recent attempt at a thriller was the dismal and head-scratching dud, Tenet (a film that admittedly did make me upset (to me a waste of money went into a half-baked concept that was filmed as a dull and washed out “ticking time bomb” thriller, with no thrills— in my opinion)).
Are the days of a Peter Hunt and John Glen gone?
I hope not. Fukunaga wasn't exactly a big name though, so there's hope.
Indeed, but he was a plan B hire after other plan A , prestige candidates didn’t pan out.
I agree, he wasn't a big name (specifically to motion pictures) but he was well known for True Detective and lauded for the six minute tracking shot at the climax. He also won the Emmy for Outstanding Direction.
I'm with you and I hope other less known directors will be in consideration for future entries in the series.
That's true also.
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