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Sam Mendes Will Not Direct The Next Bond
The James Bond franchise has featured a rather eclectic assortment of directors. Of course, with a franchise that boasts twenty-three films over fifty years, there is ample opportunity for employing a great many different directors. Some of these directors have helmed multiple installments; Guy Hamilton, John Glen, and Martin Campbell just to name a few. However, it looks like 'Skyfall' director Sam Mendes will be joining the fraternity of filmmakers who have only presided over one James Bond outing. Mendes has confirmed that he has declined an offer to direct the twenty-fourth Bond film due to other upcoming projects. Here's what he said...
"It has been a very difficult decision not to accept Michael and Barbara’s (Producers) very generous offer to direct the next Bond movie. Directing Skyfall was one of the best experiences of my professional life, but I have theatre and other commitments, including productions of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and King Lear, that need my complete focus over the next year and beyond."
This is terribly unfortunate news as far as I'm concerned. I loved 'Skyfall,' and thought Mendes' direction was one of the pillars of its success. Mendes helped to poignantly cap a three-movie reboot of the character James Bond, and also seemed to put things back on track after the highly disappointing 'Quantum of Solace.' Given that 'Sykfall' made more money than any other Bond film in history, I can imagine the deal Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli offered him for the next movie was more than substantial. It's hard not to admire the guy for putting his passion for theater first, as that theatrical background is no small part of what makes him such a fantastic director. So now the question becomes clear, who will direct the next James Bond movie? If the last few years represent any sort of a trend, it will likely be a highly-acclaimed filmmaker. Danny Boyle's name was tossed out not so long ago, but he debunked the rumors; stating the big budget of the project would be too overwhelming. Now that the chair is empty, however, could he change his tune?
What do you guys think? Disappointed that Mendes is departing the franchise? Who would you choose to replace him?
Source: Empire
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Comment by Microshock on March 8, 2013 at 1:36pm -
After what Nolan did with TDKR, I don't want him anywhere near Bond. He'll make Bond into an idiot just like he made Batman into one.
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Comment by C on March 7, 2013 at 8:58pm -
'...but I have theatre and other commitments, including productions of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and King Lear''
Well la-dee-dah.
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Comment by TheFuriousOne on March 7, 2013 at 8:07pm -
P.T Anderson would be an interesting choice.
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Comment by Charmingman93 on March 7, 2013 at 3:03pm -
I prefer Casino Royale to Skyfall anyway. Skyfall felt like a nationalist wet dream.
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Comment by Gabriel on March 7, 2013 at 12:23pm -
Chris Nolan 007 would be incredible. Nolan has even expressed interest in a James Bond film.
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Comment by ShadowNeverDies on March 7, 2013 at 11:57am -
A Tarantino James Bond would be fucking hilarious, the greatest irony would probably be that Leon would like it the best of the Danial Craig Bond films lol.
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Comment by ShadowNeverDies on March 7, 2013 at 11:55am
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@Microshock, I personally get on Quantum of Solace because quality wise I think it's the worst Bond film. A horrible uninteresting villain, minus the opera scene and a 3 second James Bond getting pissed over a trunk the whole film was boring and uninteresting. I've never been more bored when stuff was blowing up in the climax of that film. I guess I finally felt how most people on this site feel during a Michael Bay film, yeah there are explosions and it should be exciting...but it's so boring because I don't fucking care about any of this. I guess the opening scene is ok too, so I'll give it some props there but overall it's just a mess of a movie. And I've recently rewatched the whole Bond films and yeah that's the worst one to me because it does nothing memorable, even the opera scene isn't that great because it has way too many quick cuts to the point I can't tell what the fuck is happening...oh he's on the roof now...guess he teleported. Even the horrid Man with the Golden Gun at least has the very memorable Fun House that saves the film, nothing really saves Quantum of Solace and it's best to just kind of forget about it. I remember one of my roomies (who was a film major) stated his favorite film in the Bond franchise was Quantum of Solace which led to me giving a long diatribe that ended with "so shut up you film school reject".
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Comment by Microshock on March 7, 2013 at 11:26am
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Casino Royale was a way darker movie than Skyfall by the way.
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Comment by Microshock on March 7, 2013 at 11:19am
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I'm tired of hearing Quantum of Solace was highly disappointing because you were expecting a Casino Royale 2 and they gave you a very unique Bond movie instead. I loved it.
I didn't need a carbon copy of Casino Royale, that movie already exists. The story of QoS really enhanced Casino Royale, if you watch the two in order and then go back to the first one. I don't understand how that's "highly disappointing" but I feel like you're just pandering to the haters anyway.
Skyfall was the one that was disappointing. Way too many one-liners and an emphasis on Bond being "old" were two big faults with the movie. They already made him vulnerable in the first two movies, but they kept trying to make Bond useless in this one.
I wish the next movie was a follow-up to Quantum of Solace, to finish off the Quantum storyline. *But that'll probably never happen*
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Comment by Todd A. on March 7, 2013 at 9:53am -
Usually they only go with british directors though, so some people's chances aren't as high as others.
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