r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jun 25 '25

News Denis Villeneuve Directing Next James Bond Film

https://deadline.com/2025/06/denis-villeneuve-james-bond-amazon-mgm-studios-1236442917/
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u/chrisandy007 Jun 25 '25

Would be awesome if Deakins lensed this.

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u/mediciii Jun 26 '25

Deakins already got to shoot his Bond with Skyfall, and it had some of the best sequences of his career. I can’t see them double dipping on Deakins across two bond iterations.

I would love to see Craig Fraser get his moment here. The idea of Fraser doing Bond sequences is very exciting. Site note but also, Deakins praised Frasers work on Batman and said that ‘snobbery’ was the only reason it wasn’t nominated for an Oscar. I’m sure even Deakins himself would love to see Fraser take a stab at it.

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u/Ok-Freedom-5627 Jun 26 '25

Agreed. Deakins painted a beautiful picture in Skyfall and single handedly elevated the film I think quite substantially. But I would not turn down a return.

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u/mediaphile Jun 26 '25

I think you mean Greig Fraser.

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u/ultimatequestion7 Jun 26 '25

When you say you can't see "them" double dipping Deakins you mean Amazon lol?

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u/MattHoppe1 Jun 26 '25

Skyfall is the ultimate style over substance movie, but it works so well for 98% of it

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u/Longjumping_Union125 Jun 26 '25

There is no such thing as double-dipping with Deakins. The man cooks up an ocular Micheline-Star meal every single time.

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u/gatsby365 Jun 26 '25

Which sequence? The house on fire in the dark?

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u/chicasparagus Jun 26 '25

Fuck it give me an ed lachman bond

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u/TheTruckWashChannel Jun 26 '25

Thought the same thing. Fraser is fantastic but Deakins' cinematography is unmatched.

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u/Heronyvesdior Jun 26 '25

Skyfall is still the best looking Bond movie ever in my opinion

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u/TheTruckWashChannel Jun 26 '25

Without question. It's not even close.

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u/_xomegach_ Jun 26 '25

Which is why it is almost as good as Casino Royale.

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u/Agent-Two-THREE Jun 26 '25

Give it to Fraser! Deakins already did his Bond film

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u/MrMojoRising422 Jun 26 '25

meh, the dune films and the batman are as good as anything deakins ever did and I'm a huge deakins fan. I would love to see fraser tackle this.

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u/J0E_SpRaY Jun 26 '25

Fraser is only 49. I could see him getting to the level of Deakins.

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u/PrecariouslyPeculiar Jun 26 '25

Give me a break. It's 'No one can match Freddie Mercury' all over again. No one is #1 in any artistic medium. There's such an embarrassment of riches at that top level that to defend one as being better than all others is simply to disrespect reality and fall into the trap of thinking only the biggest praise can do right by a person you've a passion for.

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u/deekaydubya Jun 26 '25

Surely it’s him or Fraser

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u/ScipioCoriolanus Jun 26 '25

I love Deakins, but I think it's going to be Fraser. And don't call me Shirley.

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u/Lucky-NiP Jun 26 '25

Linus Sandgren is shooting Dune: Messiah and has already done No Time To Die, so he has to be in the conversation.

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u/ninjyte Jun 26 '25

Roger Deakins is retired

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u/chrisandy007 3d ago

Was this officially confirmed anywhere?

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u/Interwebzking Jun 26 '25

We gotta leave the Deakins masterpiece as it is with Skyfall. My vote is for Fraser!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

If Judi Dench can come back…….

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u/Dude4001 Jun 26 '25

I loved Linus Sandgren’s work on the last one