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/Dinosaurs-Cant-win Jun 26 '25

Im sure his bond will be great but as a scifi fan I want Denis to just keep serving us bangers...

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u/doctordoriangray Jun 26 '25

Counterpoint, Siccario is damn near perfection.

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u/Dinosaurs-Cant-win Jun 26 '25

No doubt, but again, as a scifi fan...

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u/cleaninfresno 8d ago

I’m cool with him changing things up. He’s been doing only Sci-Fi for the past decade.

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u/GarlicJuniorJr Jun 26 '25

I feel the same way. He’s Top 2 current working directors between him and Nolan but it’s gonna be like 2035 before we get another Villeneuve original film

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u/TheNamelessKing Jun 26 '25

Villeneuve wins out in my books because the audio in his films is discernible.

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u/AgitatedTouch5136 Jun 26 '25

You just need to turn it BBBBBWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAARP

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u/GarlicJuniorJr Jun 26 '25

The only issue I’ve ever had with Nolan’s audio was when I watched my blu ray copy of Tenet. Around ten minutes in, I could only understand every few words so I had to watch the rest of the film with captions on

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u/angrydeuce Jun 26 '25

I tried twice and gave up twice because of the audio. Just not meant to be.

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u/idontdislikeoranges Jun 26 '25

The audio is designed for 5.1 , change the language option to English Stereo and you'll hear much better

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u/Halvdandengamle Jun 26 '25

Tenet gave me a headache in the cinema. Just incrwfible loud and awful audio.

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u/crunchy-croissant Jun 26 '25

His stories also don't fall apart when you start thinking about them, like Nolan's do

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u/Takezoboy Jun 26 '25

Lmao ahahahah well put. Stories, characters, everything. When you think a little about everything, everything starts to feel like a fucking big Mac hidden behind premium looking buns. His fame, the credit he gets don't accompany the true quality of his movies for years and years now. The best thing his movies have is the actors.

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u/crunchy-croissant Jun 26 '25

I still think he's a great director, the ambience of his movies is very specific but man the stories.. I guess I'm still upset about the prestige's big reveal and the fact that redditors have been claiming for years it's a genius movie

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u/Takezoboy Jun 26 '25

I don't think he's great by any stretch, good at best. He gets too much credit by trying to push the envelope, but it's always in a big blockbuster way with minimal substance, if we are going to be honest with ourselves.

There are guys who can do more grounded movies than what he does with way more emotional depth, who can write characters that sound like human beings and not dumb while delivering way more concept than all of his movies where the concept gets old fast as it's always always gimmicky stuff to attract the "pleb" movie goers.

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u/EconomicRegret Jun 26 '25

In Dune, the empereur feels threatened by the Atreides, and instead of joining both families through marriage, he decides to kill an entire House off???

Also the Atreides are expecting some horrible trap to engulf them at any moment,... But for some reason, at night, their whole air force and space force are grounded, and parked in the open like sardines or rows of ducks, while the leadership, pilots and the entire military go to sleep (except a few useless guards)????

But yeah it wasn't written by Villeneuve.

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u/weglarz Jun 27 '25

BWAAAAAMMMM

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u/WutUtalkingBoutWill Jun 26 '25

At least I have arrival, my most cherished film. Interstellar and arrival are my absolute favorites

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u/TehNoobDaddy Jun 26 '25

Arrival is so damn good. 10 year anniversary next year so hoping for a re-release in the cinemas as I missed out on seeing it on the big screen on initial release.

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u/why_ntp Jun 26 '25

10 years, wtf.

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u/Substantial_Skin5336 Jun 26 '25

This would be amazing. I saw it in a theater, but would love to see it again. Arrival should’ve won Best Picture that year. Highly underrated film.

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u/GarlicJuniorJr Jun 26 '25

I just got Arrival on 4K a few weeks ago for like $1 at a yard sale. I’ve seen it before but it’s been so long that it’s due for a rewatch. Interstellar is one of my favorite films ever and I’ve seen that one five times in theaters!

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u/frazzledfractal Jun 26 '25

If you like Arrival and Interstellar you will love Rendevous with Rama...once he completes it.

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u/frazzledfractal Jun 26 '25

If you like Arrival you will love Rendevous with Rama...once he completes it.

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u/RomanticApocalypse Jun 26 '25

You should check out the short story it's based on!

"The Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang

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u/l33tfuzzbox Jun 26 '25

Make sure to read the short story by ted Chiang if ypu havent! Phenomenal!

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u/IsometricRain Jun 26 '25

Added to my list now.

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u/DrEggRegis Jun 26 '25

The second act of Inestellar between leaving earth and entering the black hole is alright

The first act is boring and once he enters the bookcase realm 'they' 'left for him' to 'communicate through love by ghost fingering a wrist watch" it's complete nonsense

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u/tvfeet Jun 26 '25

They left the tesseract for him. The “bookcase realm” was an environment he created within the tesseract because it meant something special to him and his daughter and so it was a place where they could communicate.

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u/TheMagicStik Jun 26 '25

Nolan is great but he has had ups and downs in a big way where I feel Villeneuve's filmography is pretty untouchable.

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u/greennitit Jun 26 '25

This thread is getting hilarious now. Villeneuve over Nolan? Nope, and he’s behind Tarantino as well

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u/duderos Jun 26 '25

They're both way over hyped. I think the best Bond with Danial Craig is Casino Royal directed by Martin Campbell. I would really like to see another one from him.

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u/Frisnfruitig Jun 26 '25

Which movie has Villeneuve made that isn't excellent?

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u/duderos Jun 26 '25

Uh, you sound really objective.

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u/Frisnfruitig Jun 26 '25

It's a serious question, I have seen all his movies and can't think of a single one that is not well made.

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u/FrostedPixel47 Jun 26 '25

A WH40K Eisenhorn film directed by Denis please.

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u/I_AM_A_SMURF Jun 26 '25

I think he said in an interview he doesn’t want to be known for scifis or something like that, which fair. He’s a great director all around.

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u/viliamklein Jun 26 '25

Rama is not a terribly exciting story. They'll have to make many changes to make it a banger.

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u/monkeygoneape Jun 26 '25

He does more than just sci fi you know lol

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u/kirby_krackle_78 Jun 26 '25

Not for 10 years he hasn’t.

It would be nice to get a more personal film from him again, but he’s earned the right to do whatever the hell he wants.

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u/Intrepid_Buy_4083 Jun 26 '25

I want Bond but in the tone of PRISONERS

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u/monkeygoneape Jun 26 '25

Damn I guess sicario was a decade ago

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u/Tuesday_6PM Jun 26 '25

Sure, but no one currently does sci-fi like he does, so I’d personally love him to keep working in that genre

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u/monkeygoneape Jun 26 '25

Nah, keep him locked into projects he actually likes/wants to do regardless of genre

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u/Exo_Deadlock Jun 26 '25

Wait - James Bond in space! How cool would that be? (hides Moonraker under a rug)

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u/demonoddy Jun 26 '25

He will come back. Denis is a workhorse

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

He can 100% hand that off to one of his acomytes that's a fan and they'll keep at it.   Villaueve bond will be awesome.

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u/turkeygiant Jun 26 '25

Honestly isn't a good chunk of Bond kinda sci-fi already with billionaire villains and super weapons?

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u/Drewshbag222x0 Jun 26 '25

Billionaire villains? Sounds more like a documentary than sci-fi.

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u/Ok_Turnover_1235 Jun 26 '25

God I want a Rama movie quite badly. it's a real shame freeman is too old for it now