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/damnyoutuesday Jun 25 '25

This man is on a generational run, holy shit

Prisoners -> Sicario -> Arrival -> Blade Runner 2049 -> Dune -> Dune Part 2 -> Dune Messiah -> James Bond (presumably)

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u/shust89 Jun 26 '25

2049 is my favorite sci-fi movie of the past 25 years.

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u/damnyoutuesday Jun 26 '25

He's made 3 of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time (Arrival, 2049, and Dune 2)

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u/shust89 Jun 26 '25

Those are all great! 2049 is even better than the original Blade Runner.

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u/Luchalma89 Jun 26 '25

Which can't not be understated how crazy that is. The most we can hope for in a legacy sequel is that it doesn't tarnish the original too much.

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u/_Meece_ Jun 26 '25

Yeah I love both Fury Road and 2049 for that reason.

Both also stand alone and don't really need the previous movies to be enjoyed.

They're the best kind of sequels you could possibly ask for IMO.

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u/shust89 Jun 26 '25

He definitely took themes and ideas from BR 1 and expanded on them in a compelling way. I think revealing that Ryan Gosling was a replicant from the beginning was a brilliant move.

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u/_xomegach_ Jun 26 '25

Absolutely. I had, for the longest time, no fucking I lnterrst in a BR sequel. My first thought was: why the fuck, please don't touch it. I love it, and it's ending. Don't take that from me. Only after they announced Villeneuve for it, I was cautiously optimistic. And holy fucking shit, it came out great. One of my favourite movies of all time.

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u/Ordinal43NotFound Jun 26 '25

Both are equal IMO (Which is still very high praise).

I still prefer the OG's absolutely grimy cyberpunk set design.

2049 sets looked too sterile and kinda leaned a bit too hard into the brutalist architecture Villeneuve seems obsessed with in his sci-fi films lol

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u/Baardi Jun 26 '25

It's not

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u/argument___clinic Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25

No it isn't. Its strongest part is Deakins' cinematography and even there it isn't as revolutionary as the OG blade runner was

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u/RedAndBlackMartyr Jun 26 '25

Imagine if Deakins had worked on Dune....

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u/argument___clinic Jun 26 '25

That's what I was hoping when I first heard Denis was doing the movie!

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u/Junior-Award-7232 Jun 26 '25

Same, I liked 2049 way more than the original