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Personally I don't care who directs as long as it's good.
Yeah. Nolan is not my favorite option but at least he would make something interesting.
…or painfully and excruciatingly boring like his “thriller” Tenet.
Nope, to C.Nolan. They need energy and sex appeal for the re-launch. That doesn’t describe Chris at all all.
That doesn't really describe Villeneuve, Berger or King either.
I’m not a fan of Villeneuve directing, UNLESS he can tap into the grounded intensity, suspense and tension of Prisoner and Sicario…If he’s pitching that, I’ll take him any day of the week.
As for Berger, @CraigMooreOHMSS said it best on another thread: made sense when he was rumoured to be helming a new Bourne.
I also believe this list has little sources connected to it. These are obvious choices that all of us could have come up with, and they ARE likely all on a list, but it’s pretty apparent why the major trades didn’t run this “groundbreaking “ news (and Empire killed the lead less than an hour after posting!). There wasn’t a lot of “there” there.
Saying that I expect these guys to be on a list, but I also think these producers will be interviewing a lot of talent to hear pitches. As they should!
And, although he’s not someone I’d automatically choose, I’d think that King will have an inside track on this. If Amazon is going for a creatively “inside-the-lines”/modern take on Bond, King could stitch together an inoffensive and fun/exciting James Bond adventure (absent the sexiness I’d like to see, but that’d be traded with a rollercoaster ride).
No, you’re right. I’m just taking things at face value, and their output. I think looking at King’s recent output, he’s an awfully sneaky candidate. And my shot in the dark guess is he could really have the inside track.
I believe out of all the names suggested he provides the safest route to a crowd-pleasing Bond film.
Even if Villeneuve promised a gritty, grounded take, in the style of his excellent Sicario, which is very appealing to me, I wonder: would it bring in new fans? That I’m not convinced by.
But I CAN see a world where a King flick WOULD bring in new fans.
In the end, we have no idea what direction Amazon want to go in, but I imagine one of their goals is to be able to make older fans happy, but with the goal of bringing in lots of new fans, and the only director that truly gives me pause, and I think he could do exactly that, is King.
And if anyone hasn’t seen Paddington 2 yet, you’re really missing out :)
It actually could be quite ingenious!
Not sure if this means much of anything, given the franchise’s international aesthetic and appeal, but it could point to the direction in which our new producers are leaning. The rumored directors may not give us much in terms of where Bond 26 is headed, but they may indicate the roads Bond 26 will avoid. At this point, I don’t think we’ll get something as banal as Amazon’s “Citadel”, or as milquetoast of a brand relaunch as “The Force Awakens”, or as over the top as “The Fast And The Furious” franchise, or as focused-grouped to death like the Marvel movies.
None of these names strike me as filmmakers easily cowed or intimidated. However different they are in technique and aesthetic, the rumored directors all share two things: talent and vision.
I thought we would switch it up. A few times Bond and the leading lady have done an activity together in a movie. As I sit in my 95 degree weather in Canada I had a thought of snow. LOL! So I have to ask:
Would you rather snorkel with Domino in the Bahamas OR ski the Swiss Alps with Tracy?
Both are fun activities and the ladies in question seem to be able to keep up or at least participate with Bond. Which one would you rather do?
I prefer Winter to Summer too, but like yourself, @Ludovico, I find Claudine in a swimsuit hard to resist. :-)