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Oh I’m most likely biased and you’re probably right. Still, it’s always surprised me how little he’s done since. The guy was in a lot of big movies at one point and as I said was a big thing. In that sense he’s probably too successful to be Bond. Usually an actor that big is either a lot busier or a bit more pickey about projects but will be in something that’s more notable.
Jupiter Ascending was a definite career inhibitor. No one came out of it entirely unscathed, I feel.
It's sad because it was actually a brave move for the studio to try and create an original property rather than dusting off an old IP for a revamp.
Crap film though.
"Public school" in British culture is, loosely, what "private/preparatory school" means here in the States.
That makes no sense to my ears! Haha we have private, public and charter/prep.
But it makes more sense in context now.
Maybe EON needs to wait it out until someones schedule opens up, because at the moment Brad Bird is working on Incredibles 3, Mark Mylodd is involved with the Harry Potter TV series, Nolan has a new project, Denis has Dune, Edgar is directing The Running Man in 2025 and has the sydney sweeney Barbarella movie after that, and Campbell is directing a film with Daisy Ridley. It seems like there's very few options who are worthy of doing a Bond relaunch justice.
I am a huge Brad Bird fan and very much enjoyed MI: Ghost Protocol; but his career in live action films seems to have fizzled. I know he’s involved in several animation projects, including “ Ray Gun” and Incredibles 3
I mean, much like the lead actor it’s about picking from a pool of candidates who are there, have the potential/interest, and are available. Past a certain point it could be any relatively established name, and I’m sure any have the potential to make a great Bond film and put their own unique spin on the direction. For every Chris Nolan, or Dennis Villeneuve or whoever who either won’t be picked or aren’t available you have a heap of other names (again, who might or might not do it). Take your pick - David Michod, Yann Demange, Steve McQueen, Gareth Edwards, Bart Layton (and those are only those who have been rumoured publicly - there are many other names).
I don't doubt it, I would never have guessed Fukunaga, I can't remember if I'd even heard of him or not although I obviously knew his work.
I kinda knew his name from Beasts of No Nation and True Detective. But yeah, I was pretty much in the same boat. Compared to Danny Boyle I didn’t know much about him or his work.
It’s a case where no one on our end truly knows what we’re going to get with a director when they do Bond anyway, even if a Nolan or Villeneuve did it. I suspect few people who knew Lewis Gilbert’s name could have guessed he’d do the type of Bond movies he did. A good bit of it is about what EON want from the specific film anyway.
I guess a lot of people are afraid that they will hire another Lee Tamahori.
I wouldn’t say that Tamahori’s a bad director. Perhaps not the best suited to bigger commercial films, but he’s made some acclaimed movies. Even great directors have made bad films (I wouldn’t even call DAD a bad film necessarily, at least not as bad as many claim it to be, and it’s certainly not Tamahori’s worst). I’m sure with a different script/direction for DAD he’d have made a great Bond film.
But I understand. It could be a case where maybe the director isn’t suited to a particular element of the Bond film, or the film/script isn’t as strong or thought out as it could be, or something gets rushed etc. As I said a big part of this is about who’s available, but for what it’s worth I think EON will always get a competent director (and yes, all the Bond directors have been competent even if I don’t like all their decisions - directing isn’t a job just anyone can do at this level. They’ll get someone who can get the film made and to a certain level of quality).
...maybe in the next lifetime?
Let's be specific. What does taking a risk mean? What does that look like in a Bond film?
Aardman Animation doing the titles. ‘Cheese, Grommit!’
This made my morning!
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/barbara-broccoli-ap-james-bond-roger-moore-hollywood-b2646395.html
That and:
Perhaps they were counting David Niven… or Sean Connery twice. Oh well….
Interesting reading about them wanting to be brave in uncertain times for cinema though. No idea what that means for Bond, but I think that sense of ambition is needed for a new era.