It is a secret that was at least as locked as that of the actor who will embody the future James Bond (and we always do not know the name of the lucky man!): That of the director. He will have the heavy task of putting a part in the machine of a license, a parenthesis closed with Dying can wait In 2021.
A daring choice to invigorate the license
Amazon MGM had drawn up a short list Who contained many talented directors, like Edgar Wright, Jonathan Nolan or Alfonso Cuarón, close collaborator of producer David Heyman who is now taking care of the saga in the cinema. The choice finally fell on Denis Villeneuve, a prestigious director haloed by several Oscar … and also very busy.
He is indeed preparing the last part of the triptych Dune For Warner Bros, with a release date set on December 16, 2026. Denis Villeneuve completely invigorated the universe of Franck Herbert to the cinema, for the best and also, sometimes, for the least! He is also attached to several major projects, such as the remake of Cleopatrathe adaptation of the novel SF by Arthur C. Clarke Go with Ramaor that of Nuclear war: a scenario D’Anie Jacobsen.
It remains to be seen whether the producers of Amazon MGM, who have taken over the reins of the license, will leave him enough latitude to reinvent James Bond in his own way. Because if Denis Villeneuve has proven his talent to orchestrate spectacular and ambitious frescoes, he is sometimes criticized for a staging deemed cold or distant, as could be the first two Dune.
In several of his films, the protagonists sometimes seem to be crushed by the staging or the world around them; However, in a James Bond The hero is 007 who needs to breathe and impose his charisma. Everything will depend on the actor who will be chosen …
But between his visual flashes and his ability to reinterpret cult universes without betraying them (Dune, Blade Runner), the Canadian filmmaker may well give 007 a new identity, denser, more adult, more cerebral – and above all, unexpected.
« Some of my very first cinema memories are linked to 007 “Explains Denis Villeneuve. “” I grew up watching James Bond’s films with my father, since “James Bond against Dr No” with Sean Connery. I am an unconditional fan of Bond. For me, it is a sacred territory. “His intention is to” respect tradition “While opening the way to” many new missions ». A huge responsibility, but also ” Something very exciting for me, and a great honor. »
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