Who Should Direct the Next Bond Film?

[Madmick]

https://www.imdb.com/poll/n66yz31tc2I/?ref_=nm_po_q2
Found this great poll on IMDb. I'm stealing it. I cropped the directors I didn't think made sense (like those who have already directed a Bond movie). Let's pretend Bond was as he always was, and avoid torturing ourselves over the prospective overhaul to the 00 agent leading the series.

Who would you want to see steering the next installment? I'm leaving three options so we get a fuller picture of who the forums thinks are the Bond-appropriate directors.


Christopher Nolan

• Batman movies (Christian Bale)
• Inception
• The Prestige
• Memento
• Dunkirk
• Interstellar
• Insomnia

Guy Ritchie

• Snatch
• Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
• Sherlock Holmes movies (Robert Downey Jr.)
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E
• The Gentlemen
• King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Quentin Tarantino

• Pulp Fiction
• Reservoir Dogs
• Kill Bill movies
• Django Unchained
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Jackie Brown
• Inglorious Basterds
• Death Proof (from Grindhouse)
• The Hateful Eight

David Fincher

• Fight Club
• Seven
• The Game
• Zodiac
• Gone Girl
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• The Social Network
• Panic Room

Matthew Vaughn

• The Kingsman movies
• Layer Cake
• Kick-Ass
• X-Men: First Class
• Stardust

Denis Villeneuve

• Blade Runner 2049
• Sicario
• Enemy
• Prisoners
• Incendies
• Arrival

Doug Liman

• The Bourne Identity
• Edge of Tomorrow
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith
• American Made
• Fair Game
• Jumper
• Swingers
• Go
• The Wall

Paul Greengrass

• Jason Bourne
• The Bourne Supremacy
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• Green Zone
• 22 July
• Captain Phillips
• United 93

Edward Zwick

• Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
• Blood Diamond
• Defiance
• The Last Samurai
• The Siege
• Courage Under Fire
• Legends of the Fall
• Glory
• Trial by Fire
• Pawn Sacrifice

Edgar Wright

• Baby Driver
• The World's End
• Shaun of the Dead
• Hot Fuzz
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Martin McDonagh

• In Bruges
• Seven Psychopaths
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Christopher McQuarrie

• Mission Impossible: Fallout
• Missions Impossible: Rogue Nation
• Jack Reacher
• The Way of the Gun

David Ayer

• Bright
• Fury
• End of Watch
• Suicide Squad
• Sabotage
• Harsh Times
• Street Kings

Danny Boyle

• 28 Days Later...
• Trainspotting movies
• Trance
• Slumdog Millionaire
• 127 Hours
• Sunshine
• Millions
• The Beach
• A Life Less Ordinary

Rian Johnson

• Knives Out
• Looper
• Brick
• The Brothers Bloom
• "Ozymandias" (episode from Breaking Bad)

Brad Bird

• Missions Impossible: Ghost Protocol
• Tomorrowland
• The Incredibles movies
• The Iron Giant
• Ratatouille

Nicolas Winding Refn

• Drive
• Bronson
• Only God Forgives
• Valhalla Rising
• The Neon Demon
• Pusher movies
• Too Old to Die Young (TV Miniseries)

Jaime Collett-Serra

• Run All Night
• Non-Stop
• Unknown
• The Shallows

Rupert Wyatt

• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• The Escapist
• The Gambler
• Captive State
• Subterrain

 

[heavyarms21]

As long as it's not Rian Johnson

 

[BisexualMMA]

Elizabeth Banks.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Matthew Vaughn

• The Kingsman movies
• X-Men: First Class

Vaugh has been in the running to direct a Bond film for a while, and he's displayed a bit of the flair of old-school Bond films with these two movies. (Haven't seen the 2nd Kingsman)

As soon as Craig is out and they get a new Bond, Vaugh is my #1 pick by a wide margin.

Nolan is going to be the popular choice because he's Christopher-Fuckin-Nolan, but he hasn't had any interest in franchise films in a very long time - Besides Batman, but it was getting obvious by Rise he was getting tired of it.

 

[Nimrod]

you missed out the only Director that could do JB justise.

Lars Von T

 

[loyalyolayal]

Jordan Peele

 

[Nimrod]

Jordan Peele

Ha .. yeah .. How about David Lynch or Jim Jarmusch? Would love to see that..

 

[Madmick]

you missed out the only Director that could do JB justise.

Lars Von T

I adore him, but I don't think he's the guy.

The top name I probably would have mentioned that wasn't already in the poll is the fellow Frenchman Luc Besson tapped to helm his script, Taken. That of course become a wildly successful franchise. This guy knows how to do adrenaline.

Pierre Morel
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0603628/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

• Taken
• District B13
• From Paris with Love
• The Gunman
• Peppermint

 

[Nimrod]

I adore him, but I don't think he's the guy.

The top name I probably would have mentioned that wasn't already in the poll is the fellow Frenchman Luc Besson tapped to helm his script, Taken. That of course become a wildly successful franchise. This guy knows how to do adrenaline.

Pierre Morel
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0603628/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

• Taken
• District B13
• From Paris with Love
• The Gunman
• Peppermint

Luc Besson, yeah theres a good call..

How about John Woo, the John Woo before he went all American.. The Killer and Hardboiled Woo, slow mo Bond with Doves and shit..

 

[Winter-John]

Chip Chipperson

 

[zapataxiv]

Jordan Peele

I would watch it. Would probably be the only bond movie I willingly watched in my life.

 

[zapataxiv]

Elizabeth Banks.

As pong as she stars in it too

 

[dildos]

Guy Ritchie or Tarantino would be awesome to let their do their own spin with bond.

 

[dildos]

Matthew Vaughn would be good since kingsman is just a spoof of bond and spy movies.

 

[KOQ24]

Danny Boyle already quit as Director for "No Time to Die", so i guess he's out.


Nolan is the easy choice
British ? yes
Great Director ? Yes


With that said they'll probably go with some SJW hack who's gonna make Bond a rapist


I dont wanna see Tarantino anywhere near Bond or Star Trek

 

[Plutoburn]

Guy Ritchie should always be directing Guy Ritchie movies. He tried to branch out but the result were lackluster. He should stay in his lane, continue to refine on what he does best and do quirky British gangster movies, because they are awesome.

 

[DeepCover]

Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Written/Adapted by Taylor Sheridan

I like the idea of David Fincher directing a Bond movie also.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

Vaugh has been in the running to direct a Bond film for a while, and he's displayed a bit of the flair of old-school Bond films with these two movies. (Haven't seen the 2nd Kingsman)

As soon as Craig is out and they get a new Bond, Vaugh is my #1 pick by a wide margin.

Nolan is going to be the popular choice because he's Christopher-Fuckin-Nolan, but he hasn't had any interest in franchise films in a very long time - Besides Batman, but it was getting obvious by Rise he was getting tired of it.

Vaugh does seem like a decent bet, maybe Edgar Wright by the same token as both have the combination of doing action well and selling charisma, Nolan for me is too serious for Bond.

Maybe getting back Martin Campbell might be considered? he's done strong intros to the last two Bond actors.

 

[aunshi189]

Guy Ritchie should always be directing Guy Ritchie movies. He tried to branch out but the result were lackluster. He should stay in his lane, continue to refine on what he does best and do quirky British gangster movies, because they are awesome.

I thought The Man from U.N.C.L.E was a pretty good Bondesque movie. I think Ritchie could be a safe choice.

 

[minute bull]

Vaugh does seem like a decent bet, maybe Edgar Wright by the same token as both have the combination of doing action well and selling charisma, Nolan for me is too serious for Bond.

Maybe getting back Martin Campbell might be considered? he's done strong intros to the last two Bond actors.

His season is over. He had the two good ones, so that's a pretty good season.