He's an american but.. how about Jon Favreau? He gets genre films. He gets character. Iron Man we all know but check out ELF. I know, but really, ELF is cool.
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He's an american but.. how about Jon Favreau? He gets genre films. He gets character. Iron Man we all know but check out ELF. I know, but really, ELF is cool.
I think Favreau is going to be pretty busy with the Iron Man franchise (and probably something smaller in the meantime) for the next couple of years...but perhaps the hiring of Forster for QoS means that Eon are going to begin casting the net a bit wider in the future.
There are a lot of capable 'action' guys out there...and hopefully they'll take extra time with the script this time round.
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I wonder what David Fincher is up to these days? If he's not too busy, maybe Eon should grab him for Bond 23.
His past films include: Seven, Fight Club, Panic Room, and Zodiac, among others.
The foot chase scene in Seven is just one example of why I think Fincher can be considered a great action director. On top of that, he knows how to build tension in every scene, how to shoot normal things and make them appear ominous, and how to get great performances out of his leads.
His latest is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, with Brad Pitt, opening this month. As a Bond director, I don't know. . . I like his movies, but you need a flashlight to tell what's going on!
His latest is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, with Brad Pitt, opening this month. As a Bond director, I don't know. . . I like his movies, but you need a flashlight to tell what's going on!
Such as Alien3- a flawed film which had great potential especially in the extended version (not a director's cut since Fincher refused to be involved).
I like his movies, but you need a flashlight to tell what's going on!
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Actually, that may be due to the subject matters that Fincher was dealing with. Hopefully, if he's not making a movie about a serial killer (of terrestrial or extra-terrestrial origin ), he wouldn't be so stingy with the lighting.
Forster and guys who make small splashes like Tamahori are as "big" as EON seems willing to go. Throwing out names like Fincher and Ridley Scott is pie in the sky at best
If they end up going lighter, give Neil Marshall a shot!
Forster and guys who make small splashes like Tamahori are as "big" as EON seems willing to go. Throwing out names like Fincher and Ridley Scott is pie in the sky at best
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What you said is quite true of the pre-reboot Eon. However, I think that there's an attitude of "anything goes" in the land of Bond now (who would have thought that they would hire an art-house director to do a Bond film?). The producers don't seem to insist on having a lot of control on the films any more, and instead seem to be more open-minded and willing to give more freedom to the director (and writers). That's why I'm hoping that they would not hesitate to go after people like Fincher and Scott now, even if such people would probably ask for total artistic control.
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With the reboot, EON seems to have remembered how to take risks. Be a long year, thereabouts, 'til the next director is announced.
Marc on action
Martian on the rest
just not to long , CASINO ROYALE was to long and QoS to short
I think Favreau is going to be pretty busy with the Iron Man franchise (and probably something smaller in the meantime) for the next couple of years...but perhaps the hiring of Forster for QoS means that Eon are going to begin casting the net a bit wider in the future.
There are a lot of capable 'action' guys out there...and hopefully they'll take extra time with the script this time round.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
His past films include: Seven, Fight Club, Panic Room, and Zodiac, among others.
The foot chase scene in Seven is just one example of why I think Fincher can be considered a great action director. On top of that, he knows how to build tension in every scene, how to shoot normal things and make them appear ominous, and how to get great performances out of his leads.
His latest is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, with Brad Pitt, opening this month. As a Bond director, I don't know. . . I like his movies, but you need a flashlight to tell what's going on!
Thanks for clearing that up!
"Better make that two."
Such as Alien3- a flawed film which had great potential especially in the extended version (not a director's cut since Fincher refused to be involved).
Actually, that may be due to the subject matters that Fincher was dealing with. Hopefully, if he's not making a movie about a serial killer (of terrestrial or extra-terrestrial origin
If they end up going lighter, give Neil Marshall a shot!