[templer1972]

Eon production should get Peter Jackson (Lord of The Rings ) or Anthony Minghella (Talented Mr Ripley ) for the directorial duty for Bond 21,I dont see any directors that can deliver something fresh other then this two genius.

Director :Peter Jackson or Anthony Minghella
Writer : Frank Darabont or Michael Frost Beckner and David Arata (Spy Game)
Villain : Kevin Spacey or Jeremy Irons maybe Martin Kemp and Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet )first time bond against twin villain.
Henchman : Armand Assante ,James Woods ,Lance Henriksen or Ray Liotta

[Blue Eyes]

Anthony Minghella would be an interesting choice. He directed The English Patient which is one of my favourite films. He'd definetley deliver a hell of a story line, my only worry would be his action work. Has he ever directed any action? I don't think that he has. If that's the case, it could turn into another The World is not Enough where as it needs to be more like Die Another Day with an action piece or two taken out and more story plugged in.

As for Peter Jackson, fresh from Lord Of The Rings he'd just be a poor choice I'm afraid.

[M_Balje]

What do you think About Micheal Bay For Bond 22.
(For Bond 21 i wil see Michael Campbell en Lee Tamahori together)
Here is a trailer from Badboys 2, i like the action in the Car.

http://www.apple.com...umbia/badboys2/

[SamuelKevlar]

I don't see why Peter Jackson would be a poor choice. LOTR is an absolute masterpiece in every way. And if you want someone who can 'do action' I don't think there could be a better choice.

templer1972: I really like some of your ideas for villains. I loved Lance Henriksen ever since Aliens. Likewise with Kevin Spacey since American Beauty. Jeremy Irons is one of my favourite British actors. In fact, I envision him playing Alistair Harmsway in Time Is The Enemy.

[Loomis]

I'm sure that neither Jackson nor Minghella would be (a) suitable for a Bond film, or ( interested in directing one.

I imagine that both of them would demand a degree of creative control that the people behind the Bond franchise would be quite unwilling to surrender to a director.

This is the chief reason why the Bond people will never hire an "auteur" or "name" director who has reached a stage in his career allowing him to pick projects and exercise a good deal of autonomy. At the same time, such a director would almost certainly be uninterested in the job.

The likes of Peter Jackson, Anthony Minghella, James Cameron, David Fincher, Ridley Scott, Quentin Tarantino, etc. etc. are, in a word, overqualified.

[Doubleshot]

I won't watch accept a Bond film by Michael Bay. That's about as nice as I can put it.

[daman3755]

Yeah, Michael Bay is just not the perfect choice to direct a Bond film. Bay is a master of the action genre. He did so-so with "Pearl Harbor," but kicked some major bootay with "Bad Boys" and "Armageddon." LOTR is frankly one of the best trilogy's I have ever seen, but Jackson just isn't right for the franchise here. Best bet is still Ridley/Tony Scott or Steven Spielberg. As for the writers that were listed above - I totally agree with Michael Frost Beckner. I wish EON would only see his gifted abilities in the spy genre.

[Doubleshot]

Spielberg had actually been considering talking to Broccoli after he finished "Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind", but long-time friend George Lucas offered him "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and so he passed. He probably would have directed "For Your Eyes Only" in place of Moonraker as he wanted to make a more serious, "Dr. No"-like film.

I'm not sure I'd like to see Scott directing a Bond film in the first place. I love him as a director, but the series has a sort of built-in basic formula that I feel he would try to stray away from too much. Tamahori got this kind of balance just right, I think.

As for the writers of the next film, I really have to suggest Ocean's 11 (2001) scribe Ted Griffin. His dialogue for that film has a sparkle and wit to it that I personally haven't felt in a Bond film since Thunderball, or the Connery days at the very least. The wit now comes almost completely in the form of inuendo - sometimes classy, sometimes not - but I have to say it all can get a little old. Lines that Griffin wrote for the Soderbergh film have a great ring to them - "You're a liar and a thief"/"I only lied about being a thief, and I don't do that anymore."/"Steal?"/"Lie."

[SeanValen00V]

One thing about Peter Jackson, if Bond producers ever want to use cgi again, Jackson won't leave it looking like what Lee did on DAD, and he'll use it alot better when needed.

[Doubleshot]

Can the bad CGI really be blamed on Tamahori, though? If it's his fault at all, it would be because at the time the film had to be delivered, the effects shots still weren't complete and he had to either delay the release of the film (something the studio and producers wouldn't allow) or go with what they had. Peter Jackson has a better effects team behind him.

[Robinson]

There was a quote from a recent one-time Bond director, who said that he came to the project with all sorts of ideas and concepts for changing the character or changing the "mythos." Once he started he stated that this film is a "producer's medium" and that he had to adhere to the groundwork that's already been laid out.

When TWINE came out I was on another Bond site(Bond is Back) and we discussed the likes of John Woo and a host of others who could potentially direct a Bond film. One poster(who may have been a film exec) talked about the Auteur Theory and how that wouldn't apply to a series like Bond.

In a nutshell, it's EON that pulls the strings and everyone else is "for hire" especially, the director. I'm actually surprised that Vic Armstrong hasn't been "mentioned" to direct Bond 21- yet.

At this point, with the success of DAD, I doubt that we'd see the likes of Martin Campbell again. He came along at the right time when Bond needed to re-establish himself in today's moviegoing landscape. Now that the Bond films are world beaters again, EON- and even bigger, MGM'll won't take too many chances with their cash cow.

Peter Jackson of LOTR for Bond=okay
Peter Jackson of Meet the Feebles for Bond= HELL YES!!!!