James Bond: Christopher Nolan sends a strong message

James Bond: Christopher Nolan sends a strong message



Barbara, did you hear?

The question is not new, but the answer is still eagerly awaited. Will Christopher Nolan, can reach a james bond movie ? The director of The dark Knight AND Oppenheimer he has never hidden his love for the 007 franchise, and we can recognize his influence in several lines of his filmography.

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If EON Productions has always entrusted the direction of a James Bond film to a director who respected the stringent specifications of the saga to his liking, the hiring of Sam Mendes for Sky fall AND Spectrum showed that a director with a pronounced identity could be a happy option. As a reminder, Skyfall holds the box office record for a James Bond film, con $1.1 billion in revenue

Christopher Nolan at work

As for the Broccoli-Wilson producing duo, secrecy being the rule, it’s hard to anticipate or guess who they’ll pick. But on Christopher Nolan’s side, the desire is there, explicit and presumed. Host on the microphone of the podcast Happy Sad Confusedthe director said:

The influence of these films on my filmography is so obvious it’s almost embarrassing. It would be a huge privilege to make one. But, when we face such a character, we do it with particular constraints.

These particular constraints, Quentin Tarantino also broke his teeth at some point in his career obsessed with making a 007 movie. Such directors must be able to compose in the style of James Bond and their own style, which Christopher Nolan points out when referring to the “good time“.

It has to be the right time in your creative life to be able to express what you want while also immersing yourself in those constraints, because you never want to take something like that and do it wrong. (…) This has been the subject of discussions with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson for years. I deeply love the character and am always very excited to find out what they do with it. Maybe one day it will be…

A priori, Christopher Nolan will not be the director of the 26th 007 film, but hope for the sequel is more than ever granted!

Source: Cine Serie

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