What Directors Should Helm A Bond Film?

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  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    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
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    He’s just playing the game.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    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.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    Campbell directing his third Bond, with the seventh Bond would be fantastic.
    Especially if it was Aidan Turners debut. Ehh @buddyoldchap
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    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
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    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.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Edgar Wright making Bond would be like Cuaron making Potter, a artsy, particular director adding their own flair to a series known for being a bit classic and old school in their presentation.
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    Would Gareth Edwards be a good choice for a Bond film? Didn't the producers even once had a meeting with him a few years ago?
  • K2WIK2WI Europe
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    Kojak007 wrote: »
    Would Gareth Edwards be a good choice for a Bond film? Didn't the producers even once had a meeting with him a few years ago?
    Can’t find anything saying he had a meeting with them, but he did suggest during the press tour for The Creator that he would likely pass on Bond when asked if he’d be willing to direct, though in his response he more broadly said he was likely done with franchise filmmaking in general after The Creator.
    I’ve won the lottery a couple of times now in the film franchise world. And I think the last thing you should do when you win the lottery is spend your winnings on more lottery tickets. And so I feel like let everybody else have a crack at stuff.
    Like this was such a great- I don’t want to go back to the other way of making films. This was such an eye-opener, kind of everything we took a gamble on paid off.
    Given his next film’s a Jurassic, I suppose we don’t have to take this declaration too seriously.
    Overall I wouldn’t say no to Edwards as a Bond director, so long as he’s more shooter than auteur (as The Hollywood Reporter described his role on the new Jurassic), he isn’t touching the script, and that whoever is scripting makes it airtight.
  • edited February 5 Posts: 590
    Kojak007 wrote: »
    Would Gareth Edwards be a good choice for a Bond film? Didn't the producers even once had a meeting with him a few years ago?

    I don't think so. He doesn't have the romanticism that Bond requires. I do enjoy his body of work but his films don't have that kind of emotional intensity and adventure Bond requires; they are too grounded in detail and process.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    BMB007 wrote: »
    Kojak007 wrote: »
    Would Gareth Edwards be a good choice for a Bond film? Didn't the producers even once had a meeting with him a few years ago?

    I don't think so. He doesn't have the romanticism that Bond requires. I do enjoy his body of work but his films don't have that kind of emotional intensity and adventure Bond requires; they are too grounded in detail and process.

    Nice analysis. Same goes for Nolan!
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    Kojak007 wrote: »
    Would Gareth Edwards be a good choice for a Bond film? Didn't the producers even once had a meeting with him a few years ago?

    He is not good enough for JW.
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    Kojak007 wrote: »
    Would Gareth Edwards be a good choice for a Bond film? Didn't the producers even once had a meeting with him a few years ago?

    His Godzilla was ok but lacked well Godzilla… i loved the world building in his film the secret organization sworn to hid Godzilla from us knowing the world would ultimately panic if we knew giant monsters existed… love all of it except for the lack of Godzilla…


    So maybe i would go for it if he actually showed Bond in his Bond film and not just world built for two hours

    I am curious how Blackbag does so i can see if Soderbergh would be good for Bond
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    David Michod may need to revive his career soon. His last film was released in 2019, and his new project, a stoner comedy called "Wizards!" Has recieved terrible feedback from test audiences. The film wrapped shooting in August 2022, and still has no release date. It sounds like this could be a razzle contender, and it puts someone like Michod on thin ice when it comes to funding future projects.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    It appears the other shoe finally dropped. Dune Messiah will indeed begin production in June of this year, leading to speculation that Zendeya mustn't have a very big role in Spider-man 4, given both are filming concurrently this Summer and she stars in both.

    So to sum up, here's the FACTS that we know to be true:

    - Denis Villeneuve was wanted by EON to direct the last film, but had scheduling conflicts with Dune.

    - Denis Villeneuve has stated he is an immense Bond fan from a young age and he absolutely WOULD emphatically like to direct a Bond film In future.

    - Denis' work on the Dune franchise comes to an end in 2026, roughly the same time as EON would be expected to be done with producing Othello and CCBB.
  • K2WIK2WI Europe
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    David Michod may need to revive his career soon. His last film was released in 2019, and his new project, a stoner comedy called "Wizards!" Has recieved terrible feedback from test audiences. The film wrapped shooting in August 2022, and still has no release date. It sounds like this could be a razzle contender, and it puts someone like Michod on thin ice when it comes to funding future projects.

    Michod shot a new film starring Sydney Sweeney last autumn, so for the time being the potential poor quality of Wizards! doesn't seem to be affecting his ability to get projects made, though I admit that could change if the film finally does get released and its reception matches the test audiences'.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    "I deeply love the character, and I'm always excited to see what they do with it. Maybe one day that would work out, but you'd have to be needed. It has to need reinvention; it has to need you."

    This was Nolan in 2017. I highly doubt Amazon are willing to wait until Nolan is done with Odessey, but it does sound exactly like what they need, someone to reinvent Bond from the ground up.
  • sandbagger1sandbagger1 Sussex
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    Why does Bond need to be reinvented?
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    Why does Bond need to be reinvented?

    Because the last one is dead.
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    "I deeply love the character, and I'm always excited to see what they do with it. Maybe one day that would work out, but you'd have to be needed. It has to need reinvention; it has to need you."

    This was Nolan in 2017. I highly doubt Amazon are willing to wait until Nolan is done with Odessey, but it does sound exactly like what they need, someone to reinvent Bond from the ground up.

    Yeah I was listening to kind of a podcast and a person was saying this has now opened a huge widow for Nolan because now he can have full creative control vs before where it wouldn't happen because babs had full control.
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  • sandbagger1sandbagger1 Sussex
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    "I deeply love the character, and I'm always excited to see what they do with it. Maybe one day that would work out, but you'd have to be needed. It has to need reinvention; it has to need you."

    This was Nolan in 2017. I highly doubt Amazon are willing to wait until Nolan is done with Odessey, but it does sound exactly like what they need, someone to reinvent Bond from the ground up.

    Yeah I was listening to kind of a podcast and a person was saying this has now opened a huge widow for Nolan because now he can have full creative control vs before where it wouldn't happen because babs had full control.

    I wonder though whether Nolan, who knows Barbara Broccoli socially, might feel less than happy with Amazon if the Amazon takeover was as brutal as we suspect? Might he turn them down out of loyalty?
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    "I deeply love the character, and I'm always excited to see what they do with it. Maybe one day that would work out, but you'd have to be needed. It has to need reinvention; it has to need you."

    This was Nolan in 2017. I highly doubt Amazon are willing to wait until Nolan is done with Odessey, but it does sound exactly like what they need, someone to reinvent Bond from the ground up.

    Yeah I was listening to kind of a podcast and a person was saying this has now opened a huge widow for Nolan because now he can have full creative control vs before where it wouldn't happen because babs had full control.

    I wonder though whether Nolan, who knows Barbara Broccoli socially, might feel less than happy with Amazon if the Amazon takeover was as brutal as we suspect? Might he turn them down out of loyalty?

    Brutal? They paid her very well and she did not sell the rights! It was a great deal.
  • sandbagger1sandbagger1 Sussex
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    "I deeply love the character, and I'm always excited to see what they do with it. Maybe one day that would work out, but you'd have to be needed. It has to need reinvention; it has to need you."

    This was Nolan in 2017. I highly doubt Amazon are willing to wait until Nolan is done with Odessey, but it does sound exactly like what they need, someone to reinvent Bond from the ground up.

    Yeah I was listening to kind of a podcast and a person was saying this has now opened a huge widow for Nolan because now he can have full creative control vs before where it wouldn't happen because babs had full control.

    I wonder though whether Nolan, who knows Barbara Broccoli socially, might feel less than happy with Amazon if the Amazon takeover was as brutal as we suspect? Might he turn them down out of loyalty?

    Brutal? They paid her very well and she did not sell the rights! It was a great deal.

    If it was like Peter how made it sound, it was a hostile takeover where Amazon basically cut off Eon's revenue stream by blocking their ability to make Bond films. Eon presumably had the choice of trying to wait-out an opponent who had a far deeper cash-well whilst they themselves bled money, or admit defeat and hand complete control over to Amazon and accept a golden handshake. If that was the case then that's accepting terms when defeat has become inevitable. That's siege-craft.
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