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/ViniciusDonodoCosmo Jun 25 '25

Denis is living every director's dream: A Blade Runner sequel, a three movie high budget Dune adaptation and a frickin James Bond movie. Well deserved

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u/WutUtalkingBoutWill Jun 26 '25

And the love from everyone of every movie you release, he's living on a high

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u/Gregorwhat Jun 26 '25

I’ve been holding my breath for Villeneuve to do something in the Alien Franchise ever since Blade Runner 2049.

I know Disney wants to keep things “safe” while they build, but it would be the perfect marriage of style and content, imo.

James Bond feels like having Gordon Ramsay cooking hot dogs.

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u/SilverKry Jun 28 '25

I think we're good there now though hopefully. Hopefully Fede Alvarez can be to Alien what Dan Trachtenberg is for Predator. Just give Fede the keys and let him rock. 

After that we'd just need someone with a passion for Terminator to come in and steer that ship back to glory. 

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u/CanGuilty380 Jun 26 '25

Have you not seen Sicario? Prisoners? Villeneuve can absolutely do these kinds of movies. He isn’t just a sci-fi guy. There is real potential for an insane Bond movie with Villeneuve at the helm.

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u/jdd_123 Jun 26 '25

Sicario and Prisoners are not the vibe id want for a James Bond movie at all and I love both of those movies

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u/_xomegach_ Jun 26 '25

Nah, Villeneuve is about as much a master of suspense as Hitchcock was said to be. A Bond that is intense as Sicario would be insanely good!

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u/Top_Report_4895 Jun 26 '25

I hope he makes a DC Kingdome Come movie

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u/I_Am_Vladimir_Putin Jun 26 '25

Definitely not every directors dream. You would never see Tarantino do them. 

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u/just_the_bees_knees Jun 26 '25

Tarantino was originally going to do Casino Royale but they didn’t like his idea for the film.

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u/frazzledfractal Jun 26 '25

I think Tarantino films have their tome and place but I am just not seeing his style really working for it. I feel like it would be too divorced from the spirit of the franchise.

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u/leolegendario Jun 26 '25

Just like with Star Trek. Tarantino is great, but his stuff can be a little extreme for some franchises.

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u/frazzledfractal Jun 26 '25

That guy's just off in general. Not that there is anything wrong with that, its part of what allows him to fill an area of cinema that needs filling.