Mendes won't direct Bond 24.

Gala BrandGala Brand Posts: 1,172MI6 Agent
edited March 2013 in Skyfall - Bond 23 (2012)
Apparently, a bunch of money wasn't enough to seal the deal. Let the speculation begin. My money's on Matthew Vaughn.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/06/entertainment-us-jamesbond-mendes-idUSBRE9250R920130306
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,238MI6 Agent
    I'd like Vaughn to do it but in a way he may be out of their league, if money is a factor. But Craig and he has history, it's just he might be miffed at the producers as he got turned down for CR.

    Layer Cake has most everything I'd like in a Bond film. 'Cept Craig of course... :D {:)
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  • YouknowthenameYouknowthename Carver Media GroupPosts: 500MI6 Agent
    Too bad... Well, he can always pull a Campbell. As directors are concerned, there are plenty good ones out there.
  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent
    Isnt Vaughn jam packed busy with the various X-Men stuff?

    He would be great though.

    Im not particularly sad about Mendes decision, Skyfall was great but for some reason I cant see the tone changing if Mendes continued and I think Bond needs to kick on from the last few films and doesn't need anymore redemption, rebirth or revenge
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  • Gala BrandGala Brand Posts: 1,172MI6 Agent
    welshboy78 wrote:
    Isnt Vaughn jam packed busy with the various X-Men stuff?

    He would be great though.

    Im not particularly sad about Mendes decision, Skyfall was great but for some reason I cant see the tone changing if Mendes continued and I think Bond needs to kick on from the last few films and doesn't need anymore redemption, rebirth or revenge

    Vaughn's not directing the next X-Men installment, Bryan Singer is. Vaughn wrote the screenplay and has some producer role. Shouldn't stop him from directing Bond 24.
  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,736MI6 Agent
    While Mendes may not command Speilberg money, I'm sure he didn't come cheap to direct "Skyfall". I don't think that EON will hesitate to pony up for what they would consider the "right" director for Bond 24. Vaughn would seem to fit the bill. What is usually the kiss of death with EON is wanting a producer role or % of the profits. Barbara and Michael seem to be more flexible when it comes to paying out the big bucks for talent as long as it boosts the box office return but they definately draw the line when it comes to producer credits and % of the gross.
  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    Can't say I am that surprised given all the projects Sam Mendes had already been reported to have been involved with. Ultimately though, he may have felt that he had nothing to gain and everything to lose by returning for Bond 24. I join those in support of Matthew Vaughn, he would be a very good choice.
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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent
    I guess one thing in favour for EONs drawing power is that Bond is now up there with Batman etc for box office power due to the gigantic box office success and the budget should be rather large for Bond 24!!
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  • lilusakolilusako Southern California Posts: 311MI6 Agent
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21687612

    According to BBC screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are done with the franchise as well.

    I agree with Moore Than that perhaps Mendes feels like he's done a good enough job for a Bond film and would risk loosing what he's done for the franchise in Bond 24. Or maybe it would take so much focus that he wouldn't be able to give his 150% while working on other projects.
  • zaphodzaphod Posts: 1,183MI6 Agent
    welshboy78 wrote:
    Isnt Vaughn jam packed busy with the various X-Men stuff?

    He would be great though.

    Im not particularly sad about Mendes decision, Skyfall was great but for some reason I cant see the tone changing if Mendes continued and I think Bond needs to kick on from the last few films and doesn't need anymore redemption, rebirth or revenge

    Could not agree more. It would be fine to do another one at some point, but Skyfall completed an arc, and it's time to move on. I'd like Daniel to finally give us the complete package now all the elements are in place and handover afterwards.
  • walther p99walther p99 NJPosts: 3,416MI6 Agent
    I agree with others in believing that Mendes probably declined to return to Bond 24 not just because of his filled schedule for the next few years but also because hes just made the most financially and critically acclaimed Bond film ever, the only place he can go now is down.
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    Let's hope that the next director moves forward instead of backwards like what happened with QOS.
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  • Mr BeechMr Beech Florida, USAPosts: 1,749MI6 Agent
    I think Casino Royale and Goldeneye are both better than SkyFall so... Martin Campbell. I beg the gods.
    welshboy78 wrote:
    Isnt Vaughn jam packed busy with the various X-Men stuff?

    He would be great though.

    Im not particularly sad about Mendes decision, Skyfall was great but for some reason I cant see the tone changing if Mendes continued and I think Bond needs to kick on from the last few films and doesn't need anymore redemption, rebirth or revenge

    I'm not upset about Mendes. SkyFall is well-made, but not close to being the smartest Bond film. It sacrificed believability a lot of times in ways that weren't part of the Craig era. So many lines and reveals. Too new to be a classic, and too stiff to be genius. It sure as hell overtly tried for the classic (and sometimes cheesily so) Bond elements from past entries.

    I'd still rate it an A film, but I don't want it to happen again.

    I'll take Campbell or a new director over Mendes.
  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,736MI6 Agent
    Personally, I would have no problem with Campbell coming back. I think he's the "safe" choice and I don't mean that in a derisive manner. That being said, I've always had this feeling that Ridley Scott has the ability to make a fabulous Bond film but could not work within EON's little "family" way of making a film.....and that is not a shot at EON in any way. Scott is just too big in every way to fit comfortably into that type of collaboration. Mendes, while brilliant, appears to be a more self effacing type who fit very well into that family, especially with his pre-existing friendship with Craig and to a lesser extent Barbara B.
  • perdoggperdogg Posts: 432MI6 Agent
    Gala Brand wrote:
    Apparently, a bunch of money wasn't enough to seal the deal. Let the speculation begin. My money's on Matthew Vaughn.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/06/entertainment-us-jamesbond-mendes-idUSBRE9250R920130306


    I would prefer Joe Wright. I guess that would mean that Dario Marianelli would score the movie.
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  • Mr BeechMr Beech Florida, USAPosts: 1,749MI6 Agent
    perdogg wrote:
    Gala Brand wrote:
    Apparently, a bunch of money wasn't enough to seal the deal. Let the speculation begin. My money's on Matthew Vaughn.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/06/entertainment-us-jamesbond-mendes-idUSBRE9250R920130306


    I would prefer Joe Wright. I guess that would mean that Dario Marianelli would score the movie.

    Joe Wright is a total visionary. He uses colors and Keira Knightley like nobody's business. Atonement, Pride & Prejudice, Hanna, Anna Karenina. Some of the most gorgeous, high-budget films of recent history, and personally, that I've ever seen.

    He is one of my favorite directors.

    If you haven't seen Hanna, you've missed some of the most praised fight choreography ever, with ridiculously few cuts compared to most films, especially of the post-Bourne and Quantum of Solace era.

    Eric Bana fights in Hanna: http://youtu.be/DZzcxcKPcrI?t=1m42s

    As for music, Dario Marianelli's score for Anna Karenina was Oscar-nominated this year, and his work with and without Joe Wright has been excellent.

    That said, David Arnold has me forever charmed by his Casino Royale score that matched fast and elegant Bond so well. I'd take him back over any other in a heartbeat.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I haven't seen Hanna, But I'll keep an eye out for it. :)
    I think some directors who Don't understand fight scenes film
    everthing from various angles, then cut it together with quick
    cuts to try and make it look interesting.
    While a Talented Director who knows what he's doing can film it
    as shown, in One shot. Which is more impressive -{
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff

    Guy Ritchie is 'bookies favourite' to direct the next Bond film

    Oh Gawd no....
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:

    Guy Ritchie is 'bookies favourite' to direct the next Bond film

    Oh Gawd no....
    ?? Why is that? Don't you like him?
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  • alphaagentalphaagent Posts: 433MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:

    Guy Ritchie is 'bookies favourite' to direct the next Bond film

    Oh Gawd no....
    ?? Why is that? Don't you like him?


    Brilliant first Guy Ritchie now this great piece of news

    http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/wannabe-bond-girls-1362790121-slideshow/wannabe-bond-girls-photo-1285152535.html
  • Mr BeechMr Beech Florida, USAPosts: 1,749MI6 Agent
    alphaagent wrote:
    Barbel wrote:

    Oh Gawd no....
    ?? Why is that? Don't you like him?


    Brilliant first Guy Ritchie now this great piece of news

    http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/wannabe-bond-girls-1362790121-slideshow/wannabe-bond-girls-photo-1285152535.html

    Regarding Guy Ritchie, I think the closest he should get to Craig now is something outside the Bond series, if anything. Layer Cake was at one point almost Guy Ritchie's film, which is obvious when you watch it. I really don't have much desire to see what he would do with Craig or Bond after the very satisfying results of Layer Cake.

    His style isn't particularly suited to Bond.

    As for the link to Weisz, she was supposedly considered for Quantum of Solace and SkyFall, but it hasn't ever happened. I imagine the Bourne role may make the Bond girl opportunity very slim at this point.
  • zaphodzaphod Posts: 1,183MI6 Agent
    Mr Beech wrote:
    alphaagent wrote:
    ?? Why is that? Don't you like him?


    Brilliant first Guy Ritchie now this great piece of news

    http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/wannabe-bond-girls-1362790121-slideshow/wannabe-bond-girls-photo-1285152535.html

    Regarding Guy Ritchie, I think the closest he should get to Craig now is something outside the Bond series, if anything. Layer Cake was at one point almost Guy Ritchie's film, which is obvious when you watch it. I really don't have much desire to see what he would do with Craig or Bond after the very satisfying results of Layer Cake.

    His style isn't particularly suited to Bond.

    As for the link to Weisz, she was supposedly considered for Quantum of Solace and SkyFall, but it hasn't ever happened. I imagine the Bourne role may make the Bond girl opportunity very slim at this point.

    Shame, as DC may actually have some chemistry with her :))
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Guy Ritchie, was one of my Suggestions as I think He's a great
    Director. Snatch and Two smoking barrels are Classics. Even
    the Sherlock Holmes Movies are Fun. So if he gets the Gig
    I'd be very Happy, But it's still early days who knows who
    else will be in the running. :))
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  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,341MI6 Agent
    Surely Chris Nolan has to be a contender - he's made no secret of his admiration for the Bond films, has a proven critical and commercial successful series of films and is British as well...
    Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree".
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Chris Nolan would be a great choice But I remember reading a Post here
    on AJB, that he has too much work lined up to do Bond at the moment.
    Although there's always a future Bond movie, so Fingers crossed. :007)
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    Surely Chris Nolan has to be a contender - he's made no secret of his admiration for the Bond films, has a proven critical and commercial successful series of films and is British as well...

    I think you can rule out Christopher Nolan regards Bond 24. It has been announced that he will be making a film called Interstellar, a science fiction space adventure involving "time travel and alternate dimensions, which sees a group of explorers travel through a wormhole". Interstellar is due to be released on the 7th November 2014.

    Christopher Nolan's new film confirmed and dated
    http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/interstellar/24756/christopher-nolans-new-film-confirmed-and-dated
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  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,341MI6 Agent
    That's a shame - I'd love to see what Nolan could bring to Bond.

    What about Danny Boyle? After all, he's already directed a Bond film, which seemed to go down well!
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    That's a shame - I'd love to see what Nolan could bring to Bond.

    What about Danny Boyle? After all, he's already directed a Bond film, which seemed to go down well!

    Danny Boyle ruled himself out a couple of months ago, saying that big budget films didn't suit him. He said he was not good with large amounts of money, that his experience working on 'The Beach' had put him off.
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  • zaphodzaphod Posts: 1,183MI6 Agent
    I think the box office success of Skyfall may deter some big names, after all, who would want to be the guy that directed the Bond movie ' not quite as successful as Skyfall' It's by no means a given that the next one won't equal the numbers, but a lot of post Olympics British profile must have helped. Personally I would not mind if it was not the equal in terms of Box Office, but a more satisfying film overall. I am far from a 'hater' but not quite in the ' best Bond movie ever' camp either.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Good point zaphod, The pressure will be on the next guy. -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
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