What Directors Should Helm A Bond Film?

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• Mendes4Lyfe The long road ahead

  January 18 Posts: 8,544

  Martin Campbell has all but ruled himself out of directing Bond 26 saying "there are probably better directors out there for that now".
  
  He later says he's "not sure" if he would return if asked by EON.
  
  https://youtube.com/shorts/1sZ55OX0wSM?si=HhGcA_PEwkSTY6PG
• Benny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator

  January 18 Posts: 15,243

  He’s just playing the game.
• Mendes4Lyfe The long road ahead

  January 18 edited January 18 Posts: 8,544

  hope so.
  
  Dirty Angels got savaged by critics, like a lot of recent Campbell works. But it seems like it was mostly the script and budget that were holding the film back, not its director.
  
  I remain convinced that given the right script and the production might that comes with Bond, Campbell can still deliver the goods.
• Benny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator

  January 18 Posts: 15,243

  Campbell directing his third Bond, with the seventh Bond would be fantastic.
  Especially if it was Aidan Turners debut. Ehh @buddyoldchap
• Risico007

  January 18 Posts: 9,874

  What about Steven Soderbergh?
  
  The new trailer for black bag feels as close to a Bond film as we will get for a while.
  
  Honestly even though he is 47 god i want Fassbender to do at least a Lazenby and do just one Bond film the man just should of been Bond
• Mendes4Lyfe The long road ahead

  January 25 edited January 25 Posts: 8,544

  As @007HallY said, EON like to hire quite serious directors and give them these epic spy adventures, and although it is counterintiutive it turns out that the tension between the two has become a part of the cinematic signature of the series. That's why I think Denis Villeneuve could be number one on their list, because his movies typically take place on a massive canvas and naturally favour a more sober atmosphere, both things EON are interested in.
  
  Dune Messiah will likely NOT meet its original release date (although that would be nice) of December 2026 due to scheduling of actors, and could see a similar shift to March that Part 2 saw last year. At this point I think EON want Villeneuve and are happy to wait, keeping busy in the meantime on their own projects. As David Zaritsky of the Bond Experience says, EON are in no hurry, they are more than happy to wait for the right peices to come together until they feel comfortable moving forward with the series. At this moment, I think October 2028 will be the earliest possible time we could see Bond 26.