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What Directors Should Helm A Bond Film?

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  • OctopussyOctopussy Piz Gloria, Schilthorn, Switzerland.
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    GadgetMan wrote: »
    R1s1ngs0n wrote: »
    Nolan and only Nolan. The only person IMO who can bring back the magic that Bond films have been missing for the last 30 years.

    I couldn't agree more.

    +1
  • Herr_StockmannHerr_Stockmann
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    @Denbigh
    Among your proposals, my favorite is by far Villeneuve. Especially since he seems interested, since he said in 2018: “I would love to work with you and with Daniel, but I’m engaged [...] I will love to do it, honestly.” With his hands free and in addition the prospect of choosing the new Bond, I'm sure he would be attracted by Bond 26, unless his schedule is monopolized by the Dune sequels. Justin Kurzel could be a pretty decent choice, and in line with the traditional ones of Eon (Campbell, Forster). Between the two, Villeneuve is more of an ideal and Kurzel a reality.

    Personally, and without making him a favorite either, Hossein Amini could be the kind of choice that would interest Eon. I guess he may already have been suggested here. As a reminder, his career as a screenwriter has been critically acclaimed (The Wings of the Dove, Drive, Our Kind of Traitor), despite some mistakes of course here and there. I found his directorial debut (The Two Faces of January) all in all convincing, which suggests to me that he could helm a future Bond film.
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
    edited May 2020 Posts: 4,408
    I think Eon simply cannot miss the diamond anniversary of 007 in 2022.....it would be a terrible misstep.

    Denis Villenueve came so close to directing Bond 25. Had it not been for his 'passion project' Dune arriving, he'd have done it. It's a crying shame as Prisoners and Blade Runner 2049 are modern masterpieces.

    I think if you were looking for a director to reboot, he'd be the guy.....

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    Though I have to say the Safdies' have something. They are cool, edgy and young. They seem destined to make it to the big leagues. These days for a director, that appears to be a franchise film. I think they'd make some of the most breathless large-scale action setpieces. I will admit their style suits that whole grungy 'Vice documentary' hipster style. Though, I think Fukunaga isn't far off that aesthetic either. Also their cinematography and vibe is outstanding.

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    The Safie's might even cast Julia Fox.....

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  • Herr_StockmannHerr_Stockmann
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    Oh, I agree with you that the Safdies are terrific directors and are among the best in the game right now. Although they are not the most obvious choices for a Bond movie, probably because of their down to earth and not necessarily glamorous side, I think they could do wonders with a more crime drama story. Maybe something inspired by the Diamonds Are Forever novel? It could at the same time allow the next actor to distance himself from what the Craig era was.
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
    edited May 2020 Posts: 4,408
    Herr_Stockmann wrote: »
    Oh, I agree with you that the Safdies are terrific directors and are among the best in the game right now. Although they are not the most obvious choices for a Bond movie, probably because of their down to earth and not necessarily glamorous side, I think they could do wonders with a more crime drama story. Maybe something inspired by the Diamonds Are Forever novel? It could at the same time allow the next actor to distance himself from what the Craig era was.



    See I agree with you 100% that they don't necessarily seem obvious - as their style is 'down on the ground' gritty and real (so real in fact they don't often use actors but actual people in their supporting roles merely doing their jobs). But the Bond gig encourages you to move away from that style...

    But I think if they did it, they would really channel that kinda Instagram vibe. I know people will cringe at the notion of such a sentence, but that tone and feel is so entrenched in Bondian glamour and cool. The best example I can give is Benoit Debie's photography in The Beach Bum.

    There's something classical - but also cool and sexy about it.

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    This kind of vibe....







  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
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    Okay, I've changed my mind. I'd like Julia Fox as a Bond girl. A modern Tiffany Case. Yes. I can see it now.
  • matt_umatt_u better known as Mr. Roark
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    I’d keep Nolan away from Bond. We don’t need directors pushing for “re-inventing” the character in order to prove that Bond is still relevant today. We already had that. Plus, Nolan’s action is boring as hell and he totally lacks sexiness in his films.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited May 2020 Posts: 5,970
    Herr_Stockmann wrote: »
    @Denbigh
    Among your proposals, my favorite is by far Villeneuve. Especially since he seems interested, since he said in 2018: “I would love to work with you and with Daniel, but I’m engaged [...] I will love to do it, honestly.” With his hands free and in addition the prospect of choosing the new Bond, I'm sure he would be attracted by Bond 26, unless his schedule is monopolized by the Dune sequels. Justin Kurzel could be a pretty decent choice, and in line with the traditional ones of Eon (Campbell, Forster). Between the two, Villeneuve is more of an ideal and Kurzel a reality.
    Yes completely @Herr_Stockmann, Villeneuve would the best man for the job, and I think he'd create something on a higher-level to anything we've had before, but compared to Kurzel he's definitely more of a character director (if that makes sense), I think Kurzel is more an action director, but both have a unique style that would elevate any Bond film. It really depends on where they want to go with Bond 26.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    edited May 2020 Posts: 7,653
    As long as we get no rethinking of the 007 and get a stonking great thriller or actioner, with a good script for a change, if necessary steal the one away from the Mission Impossible series.
  • Risico007Risico007
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    I do think they will miss 2022 unless they can get Craig back for a 6th
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    Risico007 wrote: »
    I do think they will miss 2022 unless they can get Craig back for a 6th
    No way unfortunately; and even if they tried it would be a complete rush-job. Plus I'm sure everyone's gonna want to rest pretty hard after No Time to Die. I say celebrate in another way; a documentary or a video game. Let the film's rest for a bit, and let them cast someone new.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    Jeez you'd think they'd be rested by now and are already busy with the next 007, it is a business not some hobbyclub.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Villeneuve knows how to deal with scope, while also making his films feel intimate. He's by the far the best candidate to direct a Bond film.

    If Craig comes back for another, I will buy a trilby, put some hot sauce on it and add a fine sprinkling of Himalayan sea salt, cracked-pepper, then dine on it.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited May 2020 Posts: 5,970
    SaintMark wrote: »
    Jeez you'd think they'd be rested by now and are already busy with the next 007, it is a business not some hobbyclub.
    They've been working on the film for four years and they haven't even got it out yet. I'm sure they've got other things to be doing - EON I mean. I'm sure they can discuss ideas but that's it. They're not gonna spend any money on Bond 26 yet; they're not gonna start hiring, and with the state of the movie business as it stands and not knowing where the movie business will be after NTTD's release and if it'll even be as successful as they're hoping, there's not much they can do really - in my mind anyway.

    If Bond 26 truly is the beginning of a new era, it's not gonna take them just over a year to be able to get it written, cast and made. I also don't think EON have ever had a director lined up for the next before the release of a their current film, so I'd say it's also pretty unrealistic now.
  • Risico007Risico007
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    peter wrote: »
    Villeneuve knows how to deal with scope, while also making his films feel intimate. He's by the far the best candidate to direct a Bond film.

    If Craig comes back for another, I will buy a trilby, put some hot sauce on it and add a fine sprinkling of Himalayan sea salt, cracked-pepper, then dine on it.

    in a post corona world anything is possible.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Denbigh wrote: »
    SaintMark wrote: »
    Jeez you'd think they'd be rested by now and are already busy with the next 007, it is a business not some hobbyclub.
    They've been working on the film for four years and they haven't even got it out yet. I'm sure they've got other things to be doing - EON I mean. I'm sure they can discuss ideas but that's it. They're not gonna spend any money on Bond 26 yet; they're not gonna start hiring, and with the state of the movie business as it stands and not knowing where the movie business will be after NTTD's release and if it'll even be as successful as they're hoping, there's not much they can do really - in my mind anyway.

    @Denibigh... absolutely... there's still a lot of work to be done to release the latest Bond picture-- in an ever-changing landscape. This is a global market and because of this pandemic, the release strategy probably needed some tweaks. Once NTTD has hit all the markets (or at least the major ones), EoN and their partners can assess the "new normal" of filmmaking, budgets, release-strategies/distribution...
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Risico007 wrote: »
    peter wrote: »
    Villeneuve knows how to deal with scope, while also making his films feel intimate. He's by the far the best candidate to direct a Bond film.

    If Craig comes back for another, I will buy a trilby, put some hot sauce on it and add a fine sprinkling of Himalayan sea salt, cracked-pepper, then dine on it.

    in a post corona world anything is possible.

    Like I said, @Risico007 : I will be happy to eat my hat if that happens.
  • Risico007Risico007
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    peter wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    SaintMark wrote: »
    Jeez you'd think they'd be rested by now and are already busy with the next 007, it is a business not some hobbyclub.
    They've been working on the film for four years and they haven't even got it out yet. I'm sure they've got other things to be doing - EON I mean. I'm sure they can discuss ideas but that's it. They're not gonna spend any money on Bond 26 yet; they're not gonna start hiring, and with the state of the movie business as it stands and not knowing where the movie business will be after NTTD's release and if it'll even be as successful as they're hoping, there's not much they can do really - in my mind anyway.

    @Denibigh... absolutely... there's still a lot of work to be done to release the latest Bond picture-- in an ever-changing landscape. This is a global market and because of this pandemic, the release strategy probably needed some tweaks. Once NTTD has hit all the markets (or at least the major ones), EoN and their partners can assess the "new normal" of filmmaking, budgets, release-strategies/distribution...

    I know a great writer in Canada that should come under budget if EON needs it ;)
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    Denbigh wrote: »
    SaintMark wrote: »
    Jeez you'd think they'd be rested by now and are already busy with the next 007, it is a business not some hobbyclub.
    They've been working on the film for four years and they haven't even got it out yet. I'm sure they've got other things to be doing - EON I mean.

    I'm sure they can discuss ideas but that's it. They're not gonna spend any money on Bond 26 yet; they're not gonna start hiring, and with the state of the movie business as it stands and not knowing where the movie business will be after NTTD's release and if it'll even be as successful as they're hoping, there's not much they can do really - in my mind anyway.

    If Bond 26 truly is the beginning of a new era, it's not gonna take them just over a year to be able to get it written, cast and made. I also don't think EON have ever had a director lined up for the next before the release of a their current film, so I'd say it's also pretty unrealistic now.

    I am sorry but NTTD is ready for release and will probably be released in November or next year depending on Covid-19

    They are a business so why should they not already be preparing for the next 007 outing getting a script ready and figuring out what and where they want to go with the Franchise next.
    I find that EON in the Craig era did use excessively long periods to get stuff done and then they still delivered total sh&te. They could already start on a new script in the time they are not really busy anymore instead of doing eff-all and let us waiting for another umpteen years. If that is their business-plan I prefer they sell the franchise to somebody who wants to work.
  • Herr_StockmannHerr_Stockmann
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    I suppose that he has already been mentioned here, but what about Tom Ford? He is already close to both Eon and the series while his two films were critically acclaimed. Sure he has never directed action scenes, and he's a fairly atypical profile, nevertheless, he's used to summon a glamorous and luxurious atmosphere, coexisting with violence and brutality, both physically and psychologically. He seems to me to be a promising choice.

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  • peterpeter Toronto
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    SaintMark wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    SaintMark wrote: »
    Jeez you'd think they'd be rested by now and are already busy with the next 007, it is a business not some hobbyclub.
    They've been working on the film for four years and they haven't even got it out yet. I'm sure they've got other things to be doing - EON I mean.

    I'm sure they can discuss ideas but that's it. They're not gonna spend any money on Bond 26 yet; they're not gonna start hiring, and with the state of the movie business as it stands and not knowing where the movie business will be after NTTD's release and if it'll even be as successful as they're hoping, there's not much they can do really - in my mind anyway.

    If Bond 26 truly is the beginning of a new era, it's not gonna take them just over a year to be able to get it written, cast and made. I also don't think EON have ever had a director lined up for the next before the release of a their current film, so I'd say it's also pretty unrealistic now.

    I am sorry but NTTD is ready for release and will probably be released in November or next year depending on Covid-19

    They are a business so why should they not already be preparing for the next 007 outing getting a script ready and figuring out what and where they want to go with the Franchise next.
    I find that EON in the Craig era did use excessively long periods to get stuff done and then they still delivered total sh&te. They could already start on a new script in the time they are not really busy anymore instead of doing eff-all and let us waiting for another umpteen years. If that is their business-plan I prefer they sell the franchise to somebody who wants to work.

    @SaintMark ...: where's your proof that EoN is doing "eff-all"? I'm interested in where you're getting your information from. I truly am. I'd like to do my research on this pathetic company that delivers "sh&te" and who obviously don't want to work.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    edited May 2020 Posts: 7,653
    That was my response to @Denbigh how I expected EON to be busy with the next movie as they already had NTTD all ready for release which was delayed.

    I do expect EON to be already having a plan and being busy for the next 007 movie even if that might be delayed due to Covid-19, even if I have no proof they are actually doing so, But I expect this as the movie business is to make money and doing nothing means a delay in making money.

    So I expect them with NTTD all ready to go that they are planning production, planning a new direction, planning a script. Simply because a 007 movie is not directly depending on a directors vision, the movies are more workmanslike and they probably have learned something from the Boyle debacle.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited May 2020 Posts: 5,970
    SaintMark wrote: »
    That was my response to @Denbigh how I expected EON to be busy with the next movie as they already had NTTD all ready for release which was delayed.

    I do expect EON to be already having a plan and being busy for the next 007 movie even if that might be delayed due to Covid-19, even if I have no proof they are actually doing so, But I expect this as the movie business is to make money and doing nothing means a delay in making money.
    But again I think due to the position they're in, it's almost useless to have a plan, as everything is up in the air, and really relies on where No Time to Die stands when it's released, which they're still busy working towards, and again where the industry itself is.

    I understand the movie's editing and Fukunaga might be "done", but EON now have to work on new marketing, and financing all these changes - among other things. All with partners who have their own issues at the moment.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    That might be true Denbigh but it would be horrific movie-making if they were not already working on their next picture there is loads of work that can be done already that is not stopped due to the Covid-19.
    And not the whole of EON is busy with marketing for NTTD, only the specialists.

    I agree that they are stopped by Covid-19 but waiting how that is going to work out and then starting would be bad business. They have the time now to start looking at the next Bond movie and what they want to do and with whom. Which not necessarly means they get their plan fulfilled.

    NTTD is done and then you move on to the next one.
  • matt_umatt_u better known as Mr. Roark
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    Herr_Stockmann wrote: »
    I suppose that he has already been mentioned here, but what about Tom Ford? He is already close to both Eon and the series while his two films were critically acclaimed. Sure he has never directed action scenes, and he's a fairly atypical profile, nevertheless, he's used to summon a glamorous and luxurious atmosphere, coexisting with violence and brutality, both physically and psychologically. He seems to me to be a promising choice.

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    I suggested Tom Ford like a year ago and to be honest he is still my top choice for a Bond director. I don’t think it will happen mainly because making a Bond film is too much of a mammoth task for a busy man like him.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    Sometimes it needs to be approached realistically rather from the perspective of wanting the next James Bond as soon as possible.
  • Risico007Risico007
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    Denbigh wrote: »
    Sometimes it needs to be approached realistically rather from the perspective of wanting the next James Bond as soon as possible.

    I thought rational thought and reason wasn't allowed on forums ;)
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited May 2020 Posts: 5,970
    Risico007 wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    Sometimes it needs to be approached realistically rather from the perspective of wanting the next James Bond as soon as possible.
    I thought rational thought and reason wasn't allowed on forums ;)
    Haha I try my best. It's certainly interesting, and let's be honest, unsurprising, how the argument has gone from "Hurry up and release No Time to Die!" to "Hurry up and make Bond 26!" so quickly but I suppose that's the nature of fandom haha :D
    But anyway - Denis is the guy I'd like, although I should mention if they want Fukunaga to usher in a new Bond, despite how stressful No Time to Die was, I'd really like to see it - based on what we've seen so far.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    Denbigh wrote: »
    Risico007 wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    Sometimes it needs to be approached realistically rather from the perspective of wanting the next James Bond as soon as possible.
    I thought rational thought and reason wasn't allowed on forums ;)
    Haha I try my best. It's certainly interesting, and let's be honest, unsurprising, how the argument has gone from "Hurry up and release No Time to Die!" to "Hurry up and make Bond 26!" so quickly but I suppose that's the nature of fandom haha :D

    I disagree with a quick Bond26 would not turn it down, but now is as good as any time to start thinking about the next movie it is not like you have to wait with preparations until there is a cure.
    But I would not mind a movie before 2025
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited May 2020 Posts: 5,970
    SaintMark wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    Risico007 wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    Sometimes it needs to be approached realistically rather from the perspective of wanting the next James Bond as soon as possible.
    I thought rational thought and reason wasn't allowed on forums ;)
    Haha I try my best. It's certainly interesting, and let's be honest, unsurprising, how the argument has gone from "Hurry up and release No Time to Die!" to "Hurry up and make Bond 26!" so quickly but I suppose that's the nature of fandom haha :D

    I disagree with a quick Bond26 would not turn it down, but now is as good as any time to start thinking about the next movie it is not like you have to wait with preparations until there is a cure. But I would not mind a movie before 2025
    They can sure start thinking about it; but again as @peter has also said, they've got plenty of things they've got to be doing for the release of No Time to Die, which means they can think about it, but making any concrete decisions about what route to take, who to cast, and who to write and direct, will not happen for a while, and can only really be decided again once the state of the industry and No Time to Die's clearer.

    I'm sure EON knows as much about Bond 26 as we do right now.
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