Denis Villeneuve to be director of next James Bond film
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Hepocles — 9 months ago(June 26, 2025 06:49 PM)
Denis Villeneuve, the Oscar-nominated French-Canadian film-maker, will direct the next James Bond film, Amazon MGM Studios has announced.
The Dune director said in a statement released by the studio that he was a "die-hard James Bond fan" and intends to "honour the tradition" of the franchise.
Speculation has been swirling over the future of the 007 films after long-time Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson stepped down from their roles and handed control to Amazon in February.
Villeneuve will also serve as an executive producer of the new film, having received global acclaim for helming the Dune franchise, as well as Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival.
Amazon did not give any hints on the next actor to play James Bond in the announcement, after Daniel Craig stepped back from playing the most recent incarnation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn41yddj4m1o
Big fan of his. Hopefully this will be a return to form for the Bond franchise but it's in the hands of Amazon, so who knows. Let's just hope they give him full creative control
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Lilith — 9 months ago(June 26, 2025 09:13 PM)
This could be a very good thing. There's a lot of positive potential here. The only drawback, and it's a big one, as you mentioned, the tie to Amazon.
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Hight — 9 months ago(June 26, 2025 09:37 PM)
I'm in two minds, really. I like him as a director for the most part but I'm not as high on the Dune films as most (they're good, just not great in my eyes) and, as much as I liked the Daniel Craig films, I did want this Bond to be a more traditional old-school back-to-basics offering and I don't think Villeneuve will provide that.
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Sophievirus — 9 months ago(June 26, 2025 09:59 PM)
might this be the first film related post you have ever made on filmboards.com?
suck it.
— 9 months ago(June 26, 2025 09:23 PM)