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Report: Christopher Nolan to be offered Bond 24

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Total. Bollocks.

Not going to happen. Nolan wouldn't be afforded anything like the amount of freedom he enjoys at Warners. And I certainly don't see him parachuting into this as some 'director for hire'.

I could see Nolan direct a Bond film......, if/when Time Warner buy MGM and absorb the Bond library/franchise into Warner Bros.

Not before.

runningjoke said:
Last months favourite was Guy Ritchie. I'd be more interested in a Bond film by him than by Nolan.
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Agree totally.

Though I think the fact Ritchie's Man From UNCLE is being fast tracked at WB and Matthew Vaughn is doing Secret Service basically rules out two of the 'favourites' for the Bond gig.

I wonder if David Yates (since Tarzan has been delayed) would be up for the job? Though Daniel Craig may want someone more 'critical lauded' than Yates.
 
I would still like Martin Campbell but I guess the positive press of a famous name director has become part of the recipe for success for the producers.
 
G.O.O. said:
Nolan is into complex narratives, Bond is the dumbest of the dumb. That would be weird.
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Dumbest of the dumb?

I take it you haven't seen From Russia with Love, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, For Your Eyes Only, Living Daylights or Licence to Kill then.

Those films are about as far from dumb as you can possibily get.

"dumb" is Die Another Day and Moonraker.
 
richisawesome said:
Dumbest of the dumb?
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It was a bit harsh from me, but I always saw Bond as a metaphor of the cold war and the bad guy being more often than not some foreign threat. Even the last one couldn't get rid of this, and it tried really hard.

The fact that Bardem was gay-ish didn't help...
 
G.O.O. said:
It was a bit harsh from me, but I always saw Bond as a metaphor of the cold war and the bad guy being more often than not some foreign threat. Even the last one couldn't get rid of this, and it tried really hard.

The fact that Bardem was gay-ish didn't help...
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ehh not really. Looking at my examples above:

From Russia with Love - SPECTRE, an international crime organisation with links to Britain and the US sets up a plan to trick mi6.

OHMSS - The head of SPECTRE, Ernst Stavros Blofeld threatens biological warfare. Again, this is terrorism. Not a foriegn power.

Licence to Kill is another good example - its a personal vendetta, where Bond ruthlessly hunts down a drug lord who had Bond's friend fed to sharks and his newly wed wife gangraped and murdered.

Bond really isn't as black and white as you make it out to be in all cases.

In the films there's literally only a couple of cases where the enemy is a foriegn power, and in those said villains are outcasts anyway (orlov in octopussy for example).
 
G.O.O. said:
Nolan is into complex narratives, Bond is the dumbest of the dumb. That would be weird.
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This is an unnecessary disservice to the Bond series, at least in its current state, and I'm not even a big fan of it. There is more than one way to measure a film's intelligence, so to speak.
 
Skyfall didn't feel much like a Sam Mendes movie, but I guess he didn't have as much control as Nolan would demand since he's a much bigger name.
 
richisawesome said:
ehh not really. Looking at my examples above:

From Russia with Love - SPECTRE, an international crime organisation with links to Britain and the US sets up a plan to trick mi6.

OHMSS - The head of SPECTRE, Ernst Stavros Blofeld threatens biological warfare. Again, this is terrorism. Not a foriegn power.

Licence to Kill is another good example - its a personal vendetta, where Bond ruthlessly hunts down a drug lord who had Bond's friend fed to sharks and his newly wed wife gangraped and murdered.

Bond really isn't as black and white as you make it out to be in all cases.

In the films there's literally only a couple of cases where the enemy is a foriegn power, and in those said villains are outcasts anyway (orlov in octopussy for example).
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I'm thinking in a general manner.

Bond is one of the oldest characters in cinema, he's been through the origins and the betrayal arc, he's been reinvented again and again. Yet we're in 2013 and he's still a hypermasculine stereotype.

I don't know if that's because everything (good or bad or terrible) has been done with him or because the executives and/or audience like him that way. But I saw Skyfall, I thought it did a lot of things right (maybe as much as possible for this kind of flick) and couldn't help but think the formula just didn't work anymore, because it was... well, dumb.
 
G.O.O. said:
I'm thinking in a general manner.

Bond is one of the oldest characters in cinema, he's been through the origins and the betrayal arc, he's been reinvented again and again. Yet we're in 2013 and he's still a hypermasculine stereotype.
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That's exactly what Bond is. Ever since the very first novel in 1953, he's been a womanizing, hypermasculine, deadly, sophisticated, alcoholic, thrill seeking man. That is Bond, and if those traits were changed, then we would end up with a completely different character.

The entire point of Bond, as Ian Fleming envisioned, is to be a male power fantasy. Of course, you can alter certain things, like the humour that Moore introduced, but at the core, Bond has to be Bond.

Why the hell else would he have lasted 60+ years and be at a position where the brand is stronger than ever?
 
Discotheque said:
Joe Wright is the best man for the job. dat muthafucking tracking shot with eric bana in the subway when he kicked some ass in hanna
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Seriously. 'Hannah' showed that he has full control of the action scenes no shakey cam nonsense and a great narrative.

And I think he wouldn't clash as much with the Broccolis as Nolan possibly could..

In terms of Commonwealth directors I can't think of anyone better who hasn't already been given a chance at it.
 
G.O.O. said:
I'm thinking in a general manner.

Bond is one of the oldest characters in cinema, he's been through the origins and the betrayal arc, he's been reinvented again and again. Yet we're in 2013 and he's still a hypermasculine stereotype.

I don't know if that's because everything (good or bad or terrible) has been done with him or because the executives and/or audience like him that way. But I saw Skyfall, I thought it did a lot of things right (maybe as much as possible for this kind of flick) and couldn't help but think the formula just didn't work anymore, because it was... well, dumb.
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So basically you don't want Bond to be Bond?

He's been through many changes but he's always been like an alpha male. That's what he is man.

If you want to watch James Mangina, maybe Sex in the City is for you?
 
For the record (again; getting tired of having to repeat this lol), Nolan will NEVER* direct a Bond film. There are a bevy of reasons why, but the only one that matters is control. Nolan has a prime gig at Warner - he has nearly 100% creative control. Bond is the complete opposite. It's 100% a producer run gig. Barbara Broccoli and Micheal G. Wilson call all the shots. You take on the director's role on Bond, you do what they tell you too. Being a Bond director means being a yes man to a certain extent. Nolan has too much clout at Warner to become a director for hire for EON.

*the only possible exception being, as Busty has already noted, if MGM goes tits up and sells to Warners.
 
The final nail in the coffin of this "rumor" (read: tabloid invention) is the timeline. Nolan will either be shooting or in post-production on Interstellar when Bond 24 begins shooting at the end of the year.
 
Brera said:
So basically you don't want Bond to be Bond?

He's been through many changes but he's always been like an alpha male. That's what he is man.

If you want to watch James Mangina, maybe Sex in the City is for you?
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That's classy.

But things changed since the 60's, Bond didn't. And precisely because the argument is "it's Bond and that's how he is".

I'm fine if you like it, I just think it has gotten obnoxious a while ago...
 
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Why don't we just have Michael Bay, J.J Abrams and James Cameron all pull together to ruin one of our most precious national treasures in the history of THE FUCKING UNIVERSE
 
G.O.O. said:
That's classy.

But things changed since the 60's, Bond didn't. And precisely because the argument is "it's Bond and that's how he is".

I'm fine if you like it, I just think it has gotten obnoxious a while ago...
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You may personally find it obnoxious, but considering that the Bond franchise in cinema takings alone has taken in over $2.3 BILLION since Daniel Craig took over in 2006, it's evident that your view is that of the minority.
 
richisawesome said:
ehh not really. Looking at my examples above:

From Russia with Love - SPECTRE, an international crime organisation with links to Britain and the US sets up a plan to trick mi6.

OHMSS - The head of SPECTRE, Ernst Stavros Blofeld threatens biological warfare. Again, this is terrorism. Not a foriegn power.

Licence to Kill is another good example - its a personal vendetta, where Bond ruthlessly hunts down a drug lord who had Bond's friend fed to sharks and his newly wed wife gangraped and murdered.

Bond really isn't as black and white as you make it out to be in all cases.

In the films there's literally only a couple of cases where the enemy is a foriegn power, and in those said villains are outcasts anyway (orlov in octopussy for example).
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God damn I love that movie. Dalton should have done more Bonds.
 
Dead Man said:
God damn I love that movie. Dalton should have done more Bonds.
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He would have, had it not been for the WGA strike and MGM's financial woes. GoldenEye was written for him, but he decided to quit after a 6 year hiatus.

Probably would have done 4 or 5 Bonds otherwise.
 
Nope.
Bad idea

Not because Nolan is a bad director or anything (although TDKR suggests otherwise), but he doesn't find the direction Bond is taking.
Bond is finally going loose from it's 'bourne' fase, and if Nolan directs, my guess its going right back to copying The Bourne.

Just leave it be, Nolan. Or I think this is the end of Bond.

Idris Elba as Bond would be cool though
 
If its true it will be the first Bond film I will watch, couldn't even get through the "mighty" Casino Royale without falling asleep. Nolan will definitely make a far more compelling film, I know Gaf hates him because TDKR but the guy made Memento and Prestige which is nothing to scoff about. Nolan will do right by Bond but I think it's too soon and he should only be brought on board for a new Bond not Craig.
 
I would say odds are as likely as Henry Cavil playing Bond in the next movie.


Endo Punk said:
If its true it will be the first Bond film I will watch, couldn't even get through the "mighty" Casino Royale without falling asleep. Nolan will definitely make a far more compelling film, I know Gaf hates him because TDKR but the guy made Memento and Prestige which is nothing to scoff about. Nolan will do right by Bond but I think it's too soon and he should only be brought on board for a new Bond not Craig.
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Damn, that's just terrible on all accounts.
 
richisawesome said:
That's exactly what Bond is. Ever since the very first novel in 1953, he's been a womanizing, hypermasculine, deadly, sophisticated, alcoholic, thrill seeking man. That is Bond, and if those traits were changed, then we would end up with a completely different character.

The entire point of Bond, as Ian Fleming envisioned, is to be a male power fantasy. Of course, you can alter certain things, like the humour that Moore introduced, but at the core, Bond has to be Bond.

Why the hell else would he have lasted 60+ years and be at a position where the brand is stronger than ever?
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The next Bond should be gay just for the lulz.
 
Solo said:
He would have, had it not been for the WGA strike and MGM's financial woes. GoldenEye was written for him, but he decided to quit after a 6 year hiatus.

Probably would have done 4 or 5 Bonds otherwise.
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Well that just makes me a sad panda :( I thought Remington Steele would be a good bond, but he turned out to be Roger Moore 2.0. The scripts didn't help his cause though. I might be saying the same thing about Dalton if he had done them.

Sojgat said:
Dalton is the best Bond, such a cold bastard in those movies.
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Yup.

IceCold said:
The next Bond should be gay just for the lulz.
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Idris Elba gay bond. I would be there day 1 and each consecutive day thereafter. He could stil be all those traits except womanising, hell, he could even do that, just add a really cold and calculating layer to him that uses women merely as objects, not even for personal pleasure.
 
Endo Punk said:
If its true it will be the first Bond film I will watch, couldn't even get through the "mighty" Casino Royale without falling asleep. Nolan will definitely make a far more compelling film, I know Gaf hates him because TDKR but the guy made Memento and Prestige which is nothing to scoff about. Nolan will do right by Bond but I think it's too soon and he should only be brought on board for a new Bond not Craig.
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Yikes.
 
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