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[Lazenby]

When I first learned that Martin Campbell was to direct Casino Royal, I was quite disappointed. Although Goldeneye was Brosnan

[Royal Dalton]

I'll opt for Jon Amiel.

[Odd Jobbies]

Jonathan Glazer

(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322242/)

Failing that, there's me:)

(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1681559/)
(http://www.myspace.com/dcfilmsltd)

LOL....

[dodge]

We can rock the boat in 23 with a new director. Right now Bond needs the experience, energy,and the dual genius for character and action that Campbell brings to the table. Consistency isn't always a virtue. But now is when we need it, with a new Bond in a franchise that's boldly reinventing. Craig and Campbell Bond-ed to perfection in CR. Let's turn that magic lose again.

[Judo chop]

We can rock the boat in 23 with a new director. Right now Bond needs the experience, energy,and the dual genius for character and action that Campbell brings to the table. Consistency isn't always a virtue. But now is when we need it, with a new Bond in a franchise that's boldly reinventing. Craig and Campbell Bond-ed to perfection in CR. Let's turn that magic lose again.

As long as Campbell

[Johnboy007]

3. Stuard Baird: Has been involved in the Bond franchise. Delivered a terrific Star Trek movie a few years back.

Did you see the same movie everyone else saw?

I'd keep Stuart Baird as the editor as that is what he does best (by far).

[crheath]

3. Stuard Baird: Has been involved in the Bond franchise. Delivered a terrific Star Trek movie a few years back.

Did you see the same movie everyone else saw?

I'd keep Stuart Baird as the editor as that is what he does best (by far).

I never saw the Star Trek movie mainly because it came and went so fast...

[Odd Jobbies]

3. Stuard Baird: Has been involved in the Bond franchise. Delivered a terrific Star Trek movie a few years back.

Did you see the same movie everyone else saw?

I'd keep Stuart Baird as the editor as that is what he does best (by far).

I never saw the Star Trek movie mainly because it came and went so fast...

it was the right direction to go in - back to the slightly darker, more ominous tone of First Contact, but ran out of pace and ideas halfway in and in trying to resolve the arc of major characters it missed the hieghts of Wrath of Kharn's superb ending. Ultimately TNG went out with a whimper, rather than a bang (much like the anti-climax of Kirk's arc in Generations).

Problem was in the script, not just with the Director. However. there many other Directors i'd prefer to see helm B22 (Glazer, Frears, Tarantino, Me:))))))

As a broadcast tv editor myself (certainly not in Barid's league!) i would like to see him back in that role - the cut and sound mix of the Stairwell fight made it wonderfully painful.

[mister-white]

First, on the subject of Stuart Baird, love the guy's work as an editor on movies like CR and Superman, but hated Star Trek Nemesis, which don't get me wrong, had some good action sequences, but sucked in the realm of storytelling, characters and having the feeling of it being part of the series it belongs to, all things we can't have in a Bond film (remember DAD?). So, he should stay on as an editor or maybe even second unit director, but not as the film's director.

Onto Campbell, would like for him to come back, but I doubt he will. As for who I would get to helm the film, here's my list:

- Mike Newell: Has proven he can bring his own style to a big franchaise and yet make the film feel like it belongs in the series. I would be very shocked if he's not one of Mickey & Bab's first choices for the film.

- Nick Meyer: Like Newell, has proved he can do a big franchaise film that's his own, with making it seem out of place in the series. He's already on Eon's radar since he did rewrites on TND. The only thing is this would be his first big directing in close to 20 years.

- Brad Bird: Bit of a unique choice, since he's only done animation, but he apparently wants to do a live action film, and I think Bond is perfect for him. Don't know what he has set for the near future.

- J.J. Abrams: Is famous for bring a more realistic, unique touch to the spy genre with M:I:III and Alias, Bond would be a perfect conclusion to his own trilogy of spy stories. Only problem with Bond 22 is that he's doing Star Trek, which will preoccupy his time, since it comes out less than two months after Bond 22 is set (Which I really can't wait for).

- Chistopher Nolan: Okay, don't need to say much about him. Look at his filmography, is perfect for Bond, plus he's said it's been a dream of his to direct one. Problem with Bond 22 is he's busy with The Dark Knight right now, but I really wouldn't mind if they pushed Bond back to summer '09 if it meant having a Bond film directed by Christopher Nolan.

[bondfanx]

i would love maritn campbell, but i also like jj abrams, or christopher nolan, i like david fincher, but what about quentin tarantino, or steven spielberg

[Robinson]

3. Stuard Baird: Has been involved in the Bond franchise. Delivered a terrific Star Trek movie a few years back.

Did you see the same movie everyone else saw?

I'd keep Stuart Baird as the editor as that is what he does best (by far).

Funny, I thought Baird's other films (Executive Decision and US Marshalls) were decent flicks. ST:Nemesis had its moments but I've always felt that the Next Gen flicks were best suited for TV, as they had no scope (a-la Trek's I-VI, sans V).

Remember, EON's only going to hire a director from the commonwealth, so us Americans are out of the running (they passed on Spielberg back in the 70's and 80's).

Matthew Vaughn & Michael Caton-Jones would work (personal bias for Caton-Jones as I worked on "City by the Sea"). Greengrass and Nolan are out because they're already working on successful franchises. Vaughn would be an inspired choice due to his previous work w/Craig and the fact that he was able to make "Layer Cake" look so interesting given the small budget.

[RazorBlade]

I just saw SPIDER-MAN 3 and fell in love with Sam Raimi's work all over again. Bond 22 please, Mr. Raimi.

[sorking]

Now don't shoot me for this one, but there's one director who could, realistically, be approached for Bond and make great work of a CR sequel's need for smart story, good characterisation AND action.

John Singleton.

Now, hey, he's not English. Or 'commonwealth' (Which the category changed to in the 90s, apparently.) But I've never believed that matters.

The producers are American, the main screenwriter for the first three decades was American, Paul Haggis is American. And those guys are where the dialogue and overview come from. What I need from a director is credible emotion, pulling the best from the script and the talent, smart composition of shots and edits...you could be from the moon so long as you're talented enough for the gig.

Singleton's last few movies show him to be a director with a lot of skill, and one who's capable of both sledgehammer delivery and pinpoint finesse - something the new breed of Bond demands, and the very reason we've struggled to come up with names who can handle both.

His Shaft sequel/update/remake is about a thousand times better than it deserved to be. Worth noting that Richard Price co-wrote; who himself could do a Haggis-esque job with future Bond screenplays.

This was more than exploitation cinema, or a crass updating - hell, the cast included Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale and Toni Collette!

It had a neat line in humour (the napkin moment early on is a delight), and Singleton nailed the iconic characterisation - something Shaft and Bond have in common - within a cinematically credible tone.

His more recent Four Brothers achieved much the same, and often felt like a companion piece to Shaft. The action is deftly handled - bullets are scary, powerful, and have a genuine, solid impact, and there's real tension to the chases. Again, the humor's very neat, and the balance between 'realistic' and 'cinematic' is spot-on.

I'll also mention 2 Fast 2 Furious. Now you may or may not hate this movie. Me, I think its flaws came from the franchise and it's qualities came from Singleton. I found it a fun sequel that entertained - which, given the low-rent nature of the franchise, was an achievement in itself. (But that's another rant, and available on my blog: http://beforemyeyes....d-spurious.html )

What it did manage was a series of action beats that were visceral, modern, but never confusing. Nothing was cut too fast to see, relative positions were always clear. Which is SO important for action. Yes, it was overly stylised, but that's the F&F movies for you. The hired-gun director's job is to maintain the established tone.

Imagine what he'd do if asked to maintain CR's tone. Seriously.

We could expect wry humour, warm, pulsing sexuality, an unsettling villain, solid-feeling action, and a focus on characterisation and motive.

In a time where nobody seems quite right, Singleton suddenly seems to fit. For me, anyway.

I'm hoping Wright or David Arnold - who scored Shaft brilliantly, as well as 2F2F - will make an introduction... :-)

Edited by sorking, 07 June 2007 - 12:57 PM.

[shady ginzo]

if Campbell wanted to return I'd certainly hire him before anyone else, whoever was in the running. but seeing as he clearly doesn't want in on this one, I'd agree Haggis could likely keep the energy up while maintaining the drama of a well writen script. as far as Stuart Baird, He'd be my third choice from the "people involved in Casino Royale" list and am going to side with Lazenby is saying I thought Nemesis was actually a respectable movie and that Baird's direction was strong and vivid - Nemesis' faults came from a script and overall tone which was not in keeping with what was expected from the Star Trek franchise. Baird himself said he was hoping to make a great movie which "just happened to be a star trek movie" and loose treatment of formula was enough to upset a majority of fans, despite the fact many hallmarks remained. Nemesis did however have some fantastic theories hidden within regarding human nature, the confict of Nature Vs Nurture, and some purposful and meaningful themes surrounding "what makes a man" and Baird drew some impressive performances from a Cast made up almost exclusivly of actors who had been largly a burden to some recent Trek films, making them no longer feel like an annoying by-stander to the plot which was now firmly focussed on Family and the "Family" formed by the crew

I do though struggle to "trust" baird with the director's chair for Bond 22.

Edited by shady ginzo, 07 June 2007 - 08:51 PM.

[K1Bond007]

Even though Campbell said "never say never" a few months ago, it looks like Fox has snagged him. Supposedly he's in negotiations. Kind of rules him out.

http://www.k1bond007...ll-unstoppable/

[dinovelvet]

Even though Campbell said "never say never" a few months ago, it looks like Fox has snagged him. Supposedly he's in negotiations. Kind of rules him out.

http://www.k1bond007...ll-unstoppable/

Yep, that's it chum, you're out of it! He'll definitely be busy with that for the next year or so. Still, sounds like it might be a fun flick.

[K1Bond007]

Wasn't there a Jon Voight movie that had a similar plot? Sounds kind of like a Speed sequel too...

[dinovelvet]

Wasn't there a Jon Voight movie that had a similar plot? Sounds kind of like a Speed sequel too...

Yeah, Runaway Train, with Eric Roberts. This does sound more like Speed, with trains, or one of those 70s disaster flicks like The Cassandra Crossing.

I wonder if Campbell will cast any Bond alumni in this movie. What's Brosnan up to?

[Loomis]

Even though Campbell said "never say never" a few months ago, it looks like Fox has snagged him. Supposedly he's in negotiations. Kind of rules him out.

http://www.k1bond007...ll-unstoppable/

Yep, that's it chum, you're out of it! He'll definitely be busy with that for the next year or so. Still, sounds like it might be a fun flick.

Sounds pretty silly and boring to me. From Variety:

Scripted by "Live Free or Die Hard" scribe Mark Bomback, the drama pits an engineer and his conductor in a race against time. They're chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need to bring it under control before it derails on a curve and causes a toxic spill that will decimate a town.

I mean, to start with, why pursue a train using another train? Surely the thing to do would be to drop military-trained personnel onto it from a helicopter. Or wait until it's crossing open country where pretty much nothing else will damaged apart from grass and get fighter jets to blow the thing to a zillion smithereens by firing a few super-powerful mother-of-all-battles-type bombs, with the resulting colossal explosion incinerating all the toxic waste to nothing.

Okay, presumably - hopefully - the script addresses the plausibility issues (although from the footage I've seen of the nauseatingly overblown and tacky LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, I fear that Mark Bomback may be about as strong in this department as Lee Tamahori), but it does sound like a Simpsons parody of a late '90s DIE HARD IN A HOT AIR BALLOON action potboiler. Not to mention dull - does watching a train gain ground on another train sound like a particularly exciting couple of hours? And surely the film's action money shot will happen only if the toxic train does derail.

Ridiculous to knock a picture that hasn't even been made, of course, and the likes of Campbell, Bomback and the good people at Fox are obviously pros, but, still, this does strike me as a sort of, erm, HORIZONTAL LIMIT (ho ho) meeting DAYLIGHT, and a surprising project for a Campbell in the twilight of his career to pass on BOND 22 for.

[Leiter]

I just finished watching 'The Proposition' and I think that director John Hillcoat would make a great Bond movie. Especially since I feel that Australia or New Zealand should play a role in a future Bond film.

[Turn]

Wasn't there a Jon Voight movie that had a similar plot? Sounds kind of like a Speed sequel too...

Yeah, Runaway Train, with Eric Roberts. This does sound more like Speed, with trains, or one of those 70s disaster flicks like The Cassandra Crossing.

I wonder if Campbell will cast any Bond alumni in this movie. What's Brosnan up to?

If Brosnan was cast, he'd have experience at this. Just before signing as Bond, he starred as an agent sent to stop a nuclear weapon on a train in a film surprisingly titled Death Train in 1993.