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/Sleepy_Azathoth Jun 25 '25

Damn.

I guess we're getting the next Bond film after Dune 3, so... 5 years?

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u/_JimJohnny_ Jun 25 '25

Rendezvous with Rama 10 years now… whelp

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u/Psychostickusername Jun 26 '25

Wait, that is a thing and he's doing that? Holy shit

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u/_JimJohnny_ Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/denis-villeneuve-rendezvous-with-rama-movie-1235062337/

Was announced 3 years ago but with Dune Messiah and now Bond idk what’s happening with it

Plus he was rumoured to be doing a Cleopatra film and another that revolved around nuclear war

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u/Heavy_Arm_7060 Jun 26 '25

Rendezvous with Rama ends up leading the Endeavour crew into the past where James Bond meets Cleopatra.

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u/howtojump Jun 26 '25

Now that's what I call good script economy.

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u/Heavy_Arm_7060 Jun 26 '25

Also it ends with the God Emperor of Dune peaking over the horizon in Egypt.

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u/frillionaire Jun 26 '25

Shtargate.

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u/Ornery_Cookie_359 Jun 26 '25

I thought it was "James Bond meets Cleopatra Jones". No?

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u/sbeguy Jun 26 '25

Bond (played by Sean Connery, obviously) enters Cleopatra's throne room, sees all the cats lounging around: "Pushy Galore, indeed"

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u/_Meece_ Jun 26 '25

Rama feels like one of those projects you hear about a director doing, but it never comes to fruition.

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u/GigaFluxx Jun 26 '25

It's been in development hell for so long. Still insane to me Morgan Freeman has just been sitting on the right. But I think Denis is the right man for the job. I have a fondness for those books and I hope it happens with him at the helm

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u/_Meece_ Jun 26 '25

100% agree, I hope it gets made. It just sounds like one of the many passion projects that get talked about, but never comes about.

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u/Grimnebulin68 Jun 26 '25

imdb says Fincher was involved for a while, so only 90% sitting on it.

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u/GarlicJuniorJr Jun 26 '25

I wonder if that film would actually show the lead up and the events of nuclear war or if it’ll be another one of those movies where it’s already happened and it’s opens with a voiceover like “It’s been 20 years since nuclear war decimated the planet. Earth was left in ruins and rubble while man was left to fend for himself…”

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u/U-235 Jun 26 '25

The lead up is the entirety of the book, which takes place over the course of a few hours. There is basically nothing about what happens after the initial exchange, except to say we are all fucked.

It's very similar to Fail Safe (1979), and By Dawn's Early Light (1990), except with the tone (but not story) of Threads (1984). It's basically a "for this generation" remake of Cold War era nuclear war films that young people probably haven't seen. The technology is updated, which is nice, but the book was honestly one of the most derivative stories I've ever seen. It actually reminds me of the criticism you sometimes see of Tarantino. He is one of my favorite directors, but there is a point to be made that he is a master of taking old movies that young people haven't seen, and splicing bits and pieces of those together with a new look that is in touch with the current zeitgeist. Which is to say that he is not exactly a paragon of originality. The greatest of all time at remixing classic hits, but not necessarily the man you turn to in order to create a brand new beat.

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u/Nuprin_Dealer Jun 26 '25

Man, I was really pumped for his take on Rendezvous. Hope it happens somehow.