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Probably wishful thinking. But I'd be in favor of a Nolan Bond film. Count me in with the Nolan posse.
Is that how the stars align?
I'm not expecting Nolan to ever do a Bond film. But if that kind of news drops, it wouldn't surprise me. Perhaps Nolan has always been Eon's pick and that's why nothing has progressed with Bond 25 because they're waiting for Nolan to do his business with OPPENHEIMER before moving on.
That would make sense wouldn't it. I hope it's not true because I'm not a fan of him, but it doesn't feel impossible.
Depends on how much they like him in the part. No matter what Nolan’s choice would be, Eon always has the last word.
I'd be interested but I'm not a big Nolan fan, his films in the last 10 years come across as a bit pretentious. Hopefully he wouldn't write it
I'd say the same things about other big name director too by the way - Dennis Villeneuve, Nicholas Winding Refn etc. EON don't need a celebrity director, they need a steady hand.
No one at EoN would want the consensus to be "Yeah he was good but Jodie Comer (for example) stole the film from him" and that be the prevailing narrative.
I think this is right. They have to launch the Bond actor, first and foremost. I expect the new Bond film to be down-to-earth and relatively gritty, like all of the Bond actor debuts.
This film is, incidentally, our best chance for a closer MR or even DAF adaptation.
There's just no assurances anymore in the modern world. We could get black bond, trans Bond, AI generated Sean Connery Bond...
I just want one more era where they do Bond "right" I.e. actual actors, directors, sticking somewhat in the ballpark of what fleming had in mind.
You could apply that to a celebrity director too. Instead of being 'the next James Bond film' the series could fall into the trap of instead making 'the next Christopher Nolan movie'. I don't think they'll want anything to overshadow the next actor as Bond, and indeed the James Bond name in general. And to be fair there aren't many directors (even very famous/established ones) who could do that. Nolan is for better or for worse one of them.
I doubt they’ll lean onto Nolan’s name in the marketing. That’ll just be a thing for the film aficionados to discuss. But I think Nolan would be smart enough to understand that it’s Eon’s show and Nolan is only a guest being given the opportunity to play with their toys like all other directors. It would be a James Bond film directed by Christopher Nolan, rather than a Christopher Nolan film that happens to be a Bond adventure.
True. And to be fair to Nolan he's been in that position before. His name wasn't particularly associated with the 'auteur' label when he did Batman Begins. Then again that was in '05. Regardless I'm still not sure if he's the man for the job.
Well, I'd say there are traces of Bond in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight (the Fox/Wayne scenes operate as the sort of thing we'd see in the old series with Q giving Bond gadgets and them being a sort of 'Chekov's Gun' for him to use). I think people have seen similarities to OHMSS and Inception's climax.
I mean, I can tell he at least likes the Bond films and may even be inspired by them in a sense. I'd even say much of his early work is tight, gripping, and if he had been gotten the gig in '05 I think we might have gotten a cool film.
That’s exactly why he’s good for the gig!
He's forged a career out of making successful, high-concept action adventures. Sounds ideal for Bond to me.
Spielberg wanted to direct in the late 70's, early 80's but was declined. The closest we've got to a well-known director would be Sam Mendes, or Marc Forster. And they're not household name directors.
Part of me thinks a more powerful working director taking up some of the "producing" slack may be welcome, (especially if one of the siblings, you know which, takes a back seat), a professional who can introduce a new actor in a controlled environment. Nolan is a professional (despite the recent drama with Warner Bros.).
Sure, it's not the traditional Eon way to go with a "celebrity" director, but starting with Forster, they've been trending more and more that way up to Boyle. Of course, Boyle's situation may have completely burned any chances of another prestige director having a shot, or it could be a sign of where the producers are going. We'll see.
There was also the unwritten rule that no American directors would ever do a Bond film, and that was broken with the last film. Never say never…
Mendes was already an Oscar-winner when he did Skyfall. He was very much a prestige director, and certainly a name in some households.
It’s not normally the way EON pick a director, but anything can happen. ;)