A brand new report suggests Christopher Nolan wished to direct a James Bond film after Tenet.
On the weekend, I wrote an opinion piece about how Amazon/ MGM ought to strategy Christopher Nolan about probably directing a James Bond film. In keeping with a brand new report by Selection, the director was open to probably helming a 007 film shortly after the discharge of Tenet however was subbed by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. Why? In keeping with the report, it was as a result of Nolan, as suits his stature, wished remaining minimize, and the 007 producers completely wouldn’t relinquish it to him – as no director within the franchise’s historical past has ever had a remaining minimize.
Certainly, the report retreads a number of outdated tales, akin to how Steven Spielberg wished to make a 007 film within the seventies however wasn’t given the inexperienced gentle by Albert R. Broccoli. Spielberg famously took the concepts he had for James Bond and put them into Raiders of the Misplaced Ark, so it may possibly’t be denied that issues labored out OK for him. Certainly, Nolan’s profession didn’t precisely endure after Bond fell via, with him happening to direct his most acclaimed movie so far, Oppenheimer.
This information isn’t a surprise, because the Broccolis, maybe rightly, at all times thought-about the franchise greater than its director. All through a lot of the franchise’s historical past, they tended to favour workmanlike English administrators like John Glen, Michael Apted, Terrence Younger, and others. Nonetheless, within the Daniel Craig period, issues began to vary, with Martin Campbell being rehired – he had directed Goldeneye however turned an A-list director in Hollywood after The Masks of Zorro. Sam Mendes was additionally an Oscar-winning director who definitely put his stamp on the franchise with Skyfall and SPECTRE, and Cary Fukunaga arguably did the identical with No Time To Die, though apparently none of them had a remaining minimize.
That stated, it’s nonetheless too dangerous Nolan hasn’t gotten the possibility to place his personal stamp on the franchise, as he’s a significant fan. I’ll always remember assembly him at a celebration for Dunkirk and chatting with him for a bit about our shared love of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Hopefully, sooner or later, we’ll see a Nolan Bond film in any case!
