yahoo 6 september 2013
Roland Emmerich told Yahoo Movies he wants to direct a James Bond film.
He dispelled online rumours that at one point he was to direct ‘Die Another Day’, but said he was keen on the franchise.
“Especially after the last one [‘Skyfall’],” he said, “because they’ve finally have the guts to go in different moods.”
He added: “I think [directing] a classic Bond film, no. But if they would let me do my Bond film the same way they let English director Sam Mendes do his Bond film, then that’d be interesting. Have a word with Barbara Broccoli when you get back.”
I'd be very concerned if they let Roland Emmerich anywhere near the franchise (especially if they gave him the freedom "let him do his Bond movie.") I mean purely in terms of directing ability Mendes is levels above him, and has a far more consistent track record, so it seems alittle absurd from my perspective especially as he seems quite dismissive of the classic Bond films (while Mendes seemed quite reverential of the classic Bond films, and Skyfall certainly had many callbacks to the classics.)