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[Vauxhall]

Never knew that Lynne Ramsay was married to Rory Kinnear. Anyway, I don't think she has any track record remotely suggesting she would be considered for BOND 24, and the buzz about her withdrawal from her current project appears to be almost entirely negative and extremely critical - which is probably something that EON would not be keen to be tied in with.

[TheSilhouette]

I know it may sound like lunacy at first, but could Ang Lee possibly pick up where Sam left off? The reason I say this is because, for one, I don't think Ang Lee has any commitments in the near future, secondly he is incredibly versatile and is yet to prove that there's something he can't do, and also he has a strong desire to explore new areas and not get comfortable in a particular style of film. He served quite well in his transition to big budget blockbusters with Life of Pi, earning a Best Director win, so perhaps he'd like to try his hand at a big budget action blockbuster. He definitely has the pedigree, artistic merit, and ability to not only handle an extremely stressful and complex project but to truly excel at it. 

 

Edited by TheSilhouette, 20 March 2013 - 08:42 AM.

[Vauxhall]

Ang Lee's an interesting idea, would be a great coup and is obviously talented enough for the job. It appears Pierce Brosnan once suggested Lee as director for BOND 20, but hinted there would be issues as Lee always insists on having the final say on how the film is cut. It's possible that EON allow directors much more of a free hand over such things these days now though.

[SecretAgentFan]

Very interesting idea. Crouching Bond, hidden James.

[RMc2]

Just seen this suggestion of Sofia Coppola whom I'm surprised I haven't seen discussed before. I haven't seen many of her films but I think her and Babs would have a lot in common.

 

Source: (7 People Who Should Totally Direct Bond 24)

The possibility of Sofia Coppola are VERY low. Lost in Translation is an excellent film and even though I haven't seen her other work I can say that a James Bond action film isn't her style. If Sam Mendes got crap from some people when he was hired on to direct imagine the field day everyone would have if Coppola was hired to direct. Just to make this clear this isn't because she's a woman, unlike some other posts I've seen here, I have no qualms about the gender, race or nationality of directors or any other people in the creative field. I base this opinion solely on the work she's done so far. I would support a Kathleen Bigelow directed Bond film. 

I don't care if the director's from the UK or not or if its a man or woman. As long as they're good. 

 

Oh God, no way. She's not suited to Bond at all, and there's the Commonwealth/European thing to consider. Lost In Translation and The Virgin Suicides are good; her other films have been well-made but shallow. Then again, I wasn't impressed by anything Mendes did between Road To Perdition and SkyFall, so what do I know.

 

Kathryn Bigelow's work to date has all been very America-centric: she's very concerned with examining the psyche of the USA and its relationship to violence, and that could count against her when deciding on a director for a film about a British secret agent and his British work family (as they are established in SF) working in Britain. But apart from being a great action/thriller director, she's made a career on deconstructing the male ego, so she could do something very cool with Bond. If they pick an American director for Bond 24, I'd like it to be her.

[TheManwiththeWaltherPPK]

 

 

Please not Branagh.  Thor proved he has no idea what to do with a huge budget.  Also, I fear he is the type who would either treat Bond too seriously like Forster or not take Bond seriously enough like Tamahori.

Thats how I feel too. Thor was awfully directed.

 

Agreed. With Thor from he turned from Kenneth Branagh into Kenny Branagh.

 

I could imagine, however, that the final film is very much a product of the Marvel braintrust, guys who always were pretty hands-on (another reason why IRON MAN 2 was not good at all, and Favreau did not want to return after that). And since Branagh did not want to return for THOR 2 I also think that he just did not want to be second-guessed by Marvel at every turn again. 

 

Will be interesting to see how his JACK RYAN turns out.

Naturally, the final film was not entirely Branagh's fault.  I was referring to creative choices that are largely known to have been made by Branagh, such as decided to put a huge portion of the film's budget into building the Arizona town so that it could be demolished very quickly and anti-climatically.  Thor seemed to indicate that Branagh is out of his depth in terms of running a big budget production, but maybe he as learned from his mistakes.  Jack Ryan should tell us.

[SecretAgentFan]

I must strongly disagree. He certainly did not misuse the budget at all - and the decision to build the Arizona town was only cost-effective and absolutely okayed by Marvel. 

 

And please, do not underestimate the clutches of Marvel control: they are micro-managing everything.

 

You only can see Branagh´s influence in parts of the casting (Hopkins) and choosing some key personal (Patrick Doyle) to be hired. Apart from that he was very controlled (bullied) by Marvel.

[x007AceOfSpades]

I must strongly disagree. He certainly did not misuse the budget at all - and the decision to build the Arizona town was only cost-effective and absolutely okayed by Marvel. 
 
And please, do not underestimate the clutches of Marvel control: they are micro-managing everything.
 
You only can see Branagh´s influence in parts of the casting (Hopkins) and choosing some key personal (Patrick Doyle) to be hired. Apart from that he was very controlled (bullied) by Marvel.

Exactly and very well said.

[quantumofsolace]

Marc Forster has jumped ahead of Guy Richie in the betting for whom will be named Director of the next Bond Film

http://www.film-news...?&nItemID=18203

[x007AceOfSpades]

Dear god, just no...

[tdalton]

Marc Forster has jumped ahead of Guy Richie in the betting for whom will be named Director of the next Bond Film

http://www.film-news...?&nItemID=18203

 

I would love to see this happen.  

 

It won't, though, and I really can't understand why anyone would put money on it happening.  Why not just donate that money to charity?  Since whoever is betting on Forster is clearly just throwing their money away, why not give it away to something worthwhile?

[Matt_13]

I'd be ok with Forster as well.

[Walecs]

Forster back? Terrible idea.

[Sir Godfrey]

Impossible.
Craig criticized Quantum of Solace movie during the shooting of Skyfall. He said he didn't like this movie and I don't think he would really happy to be directed by Forster again.

 

And my opinion is that Forser understood absolutely nothing about Casino Royale and the reboot of James Bond. So I don't want to see Forster.

[JohnnyWalker]

Impossible.
Craig criticized Quantum of Solace movie during the shooting of Skyfall. He said he didn't like this movie and I don't think he would really happy to be directed by Forster again.

 

And my opinion is that Forser understood absolutely nothing about Casino Royale and the reboot of James Bond. So I don't want to see Forster.

He just said it was a hard shoot without a script. He certainly never said he didn't like the film.

[plankattack]

Impossible.
Craig criticized Quantum of Solace movie during the shooting of Skyfall. He said he didn't like this movie and I don't think he would really happy to be directed by Forster again.

 

And my opinion is that Forser understood absolutely nothing about Casino Royale and the reboot of James Bond. So I don't want to see Forster.

He just said it was a hard shoot without a script. He certainly never said he didn't like the film.

According to Sight and Sound back in 2008, DC was involved in the selection of Forster after the guy who made "Mother" passed (can't be bothered to look it up).

 

Forster has really turned out to be useful whipping boy for the masses that dislike QoS and as someone who likes the film I always feel the need to bring some sense of a fair shake.

 

Everyone, including DC, has said production was rushed; the writers' strike crippled the script (DC said that he and Forster were re-writing scenes on set) and without that at the centre, Welles, Truffaut, Hitchcock, would all struggle to put something together.

 

What Forster did do was attempt to compensate for the lack of a solid script with something that was visually appealing and as far as I'm concerned he succeeded. QoS is by far the most stylish film of the franchise, some of the visuals terrific. No-one else in fifty years has made an effort to bring something thematic to the action scenes (no-one who's directed any action film has probably tried that); in fact, that Forster even had to make that choice is an indicator that the script that the production was working with was cobbled together at best.

 

I remember back to the forums in 08, and every criticism seemed to be some form of "shakey-cam" and "I couldn't see what was going on." I never had that problem, which might explain why QoS doesn't rile me like it does so many others.

 

No, it's not the greatest in the franchise, but I can instantly name half-a-dozen others that are considerably worse.

 

Bonds are huge productions; considering the circumstances Forster and crew were under, he should be patted on the back for turning out what he did - a stylish film that hangs together and made everyone involved a nice pile of cash. I would like someone to explain to me how they evaluate that "Forster doesn't get Bond" And I'd also like to someone to post the quotes where DC is negative about the director. I for one have never read anything remotely near that, and DC (and EON) are always pros for never publicly throwing their directors under the bus. It's bad form in the business anyway.

 

It always comes down to the script. Guy Hamilton made both GF and TMWTGG - so he must be both a genius and a plonker then, no? (TMWTGG is notorious for being two different scripts meshed together, with both writers not exactly thrilled with what the other did. And it shows).

[RMc2]

 

 

 

No, it's not the greatest in the franchise, but I can instantly name half-a-dozen others that are considerably worse.

 

 

My thoughts exactly.

 

As for the shakey-cam, I find that watching individual scenes is fine (Youtube hooray) but the succession of flash-cut, shakey-cam, kinetic scenes hurts my eyes and leaves me confused every time. So I wonder if one result of the rushed production was not having an opportunity to calmly watch the film as a whole and see what effect a continuous 100mins of intense action editing has on the story and audience.

[plankattack]

A younger Spielberg would have been great for the kind of films EON were making back then.

 

And the older Spielberg would be an asset for the kind of films EON are making now.

 

He's confessed Bond-fan, and he seems to have a great relationship with DC. I'd be psyched for a Spielberg entry, and his involvement would provide a strong safety net for the film following the huge success of SF. I personally think that whoever directs Bond 24 is on a hiding-to-nothing - the critics will stick it to Bond 24 because they were all so nice to SF. No reason, other than that's what they do. They've always turned their nose up at Bond a little, not dissimilar the attitude that the Oscars have always had to the franchise.

Whoops!

 

Sorry - posted in the wrong place. Have reposted in the "due 2014" thread.

 

Apologies for my old age!!!!

 

Mods - feel free to delete this and the entry above!

[Sir Godfrey]

Impossible.
Craig criticized Quantum of Solace movie during the shooting of Skyfall. He said he didn't like this movie and I don't think he would really happy to be directed by Forster again.

 

And my opinion is that Forser understood absolutely nothing about Casino Royale and the reboot of James Bond. So I don't want to see Forster.

He just said it was a hard shoot without a script. He certainly never said he didn't like the film.

I apologise. Sometimes I confound Craig's words and mine.
 

I am not particulary for Forster's return...

[jrcjohnny99]

Some SPECULATION on me part:

 

I was just reading an article about a director pulling out of a film on the first day of production. [1] Turns out that director 'Lynne Ramsay' is married to Rory Kinnear (Bill Tanner). It may hurt her career but perhaps shes already talked with EON... Haven't seen any of her films but could she be freeing up her schedule for Bond 24? 

 

Well, she's certainly not a 'Bond' type of director and there was obviously issues with the producers on this, her first big budget 'action-type' movie; hence her not showing up for the first day of shooting..which was then followed by Jude Law leaving the project. to be honest, that doesn't sound like the kind of behaviour that would interest EON....

[S K Y F A L L]

I'm just board and anxious for Bond 24 and who will be directing. When Mendes was picked I watched a few of his films and I can't wait to do it again when they announce who will direct. Its exciting because the gap between QOS and SF was so long I feel like a 2 or 3 year gap could be a piece of cake. 

[lechero]

Regarding Lynne Ramsay's possible Bond connection: She is indeed married to a certain Rory Kinnear, but it's not the actor, but her "We Need To Talk About Kevin" co-writer,

[S K Y F A L L]

Regarding Lynne Ramsay's possible Bond connection: She is indeed married to a certain Rory Kinnear, but it's not the actor, but her "We Need To Talk About Kevin" co-writer,

My mistake. 

[KB 007]

What about Pete Travis?

[The Shark]

Who?

[tdalton]

Who?

 

The director of Dredd and the Vantage Point.

[RMc2]

What about Pete Travis?

 

Hm, interesting. I liked Dredd, but not Vantage Point. It's hard to say what a Bond film by Travis would be like, because a lot of what was great about Dredd was from the sci-fi/comic book setting, not so much the real-world drama - and if we're to judge Travis' skill with the latter by Vantage Point, then I wouldn't be very optimistic about Bond 24.

 

Dredd was very (unintentionally) similar to The Raid. Now Gareth Evans is an exciting choice...

[Hockey Mask]

Read over on AICN that Peter Jackson is a big Bond fan.   http://www.aintitcool.com/node/61619

 

Not sure what that would be like but we might get a 3 1/2 hour Bond.

[Berni99]

So any news about Martin Campbell, is he interest to do another Bond Movie?

[KB 007]

Has anyone mentioned Luc Besson? What about Pierre Morel? (From Paris with Love, Taken, District B13)