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Makes sense as Purvis and Wade said Mendes was on board and as they're not, what would they know?! Logan is back and so far, that's all we know. Thanks GL for this clarification.
Also, EoN want to announce this news at the time they want to. Theirs going to make a big deal about the whole thing and the biggest give away is, when Mendes said he needs time away and that maybe it's someone else's turn. Really? A world wide critical and financial hit that'll gross over $900million and MAYBE someone else will direct?? Lol nice try.
I think it's 50/50 on Mendes coming back. I could see him doing another, then again I could see him not doing it.
Even if he doesn't do the next one, he could come back for Bond 25.
Also, after the huge success of SF why would Mendes want to compete with himself at trying to better what is already considered by some as the best Bond movie ever? If the next one doesn't do as well then critics and fans will say that he failed to improve upon SF. Why would he want to spoil what he has already achieved? He doesn't need any more accolades than he already has and I'm sure he will leave it at that. I think his next movie challenge will be finding a project that is personal and not aimed at being a BO behemoth.
Yeah, if I was him I'd be thinking this too. If you're a successful director who doesn't need to accept every project that comes your way and are living comfortably, and in Mendes's case, probably more than comfortably, then you have more of a freedom to choose projects that really take your interest. We're not all passionate about Bond.
With a better story than SF (SF is pretty simple in terms of story), an equivalent amount of character movement or more with good actors and more of these Flemingsque scenes I don't see why one couldn't make a better movie than SF. I think SF is a good film but it's not fantastic.
Mendes originally said that he would return for Bond 24 if Skyfall was a hit didn't he? Now that it is a huge success he has other excuses not to return. Valid ones though. I won't be surprised if he doesn't return but I've been wrong before. ;)
And during filming Jackson would split the film in three parts unnessecarily, plus it would be in 48fps 3D.
Hmmmm...
:-?
The 3D is the main problem. Bond doesn't need 3D (neither does Middle-Earth, but Jackson seemed to think it did).
Seriously though, has Jackson ever filmed outside of New Zealand? He always seems to want to film everything in NZ in order to support this country's film industry which is admirable but if he did Bond he'd have to shoot abroad. I do think that he could do a good job on a Bond film in terms of characters, story and action.
He also has enough IQ to not touch 3D when it comes to bond.
By the way, all his films have at least been partially shot in NZ. However, all of Lee and Holm's scenes for the hobbit where shot at Pinewood and A majority (i think) of the lovely bones was shot in the US. Also I wouldn't be surprised if there's more, there is next to no sound stages in NZ.
Jackson or Nolan lost out on TND?
I Would Beg to Differ, Wellington and Auckland have Amazing Waterfront (wellington also has some bond buildings (i posted them in the location thread), Christchurch's rebuild concepts look amazing and Napier has more Art Deco then LA.
This is news to me. I thought he was in the middle of the LOTR/Hobbit rights business back then (at least that's what the LOTR Extended DVDs make it seem like).
Bond 24 will have a an A list director, who that is I don't know but this film will be a game changer in regards to the kind of talent the series will now attract.
Anyway, I think I'd rather have Campbell back than Mendes. I loved SF but I think Campbell is more suited to Bond. He was better with the action scenes for one thing.
Hear, hear! Maybe Campbell will come back for Craig's last film, to complete the loop.
Or the next Bond's first. A trilogy of starting a new Bond out would be fantastic.
But what about Spielberg, wouldn't be right time now to have such a A-list director?
For me it depends; If he manages to channel both his fun (Jurassic, Indiana J) side and his serious (Munich, Saving P. Ryan, etc) side together, it'd be a good time.
I agree with @JWESTBROOK, if he could get a nice balance, we'd have a brilliant Bond film.
That's what I think. My moneys on Danny Boyle for Bond 24.
I'd love Campbell to come back, GE is one of my faves and I like CR, but he's getting maybe too old, and I think he said he wasn't going to do another Bond.