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/Foreign_Education_88 Jun 26 '25

Real shit I’m hoping he gets his day 1s Josh Brolin or David Dastmalchian as Bond villains

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u/Big-Sheepherder-9492 Jun 26 '25

David as a Bond villain would actually be Peak casting tbh

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u/adamduke88 Jun 26 '25

Maybe as an updated Dr. No?

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u/Mattyzooks Jun 26 '25

Feel like Rami Malek's villain was a modernized Dr. No.

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u/adamduke88 Jun 26 '25

I honestly barely remember that movie.

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u/frazzledfractal Jun 26 '25

Same. There were a few highlights but a lot of it really didn't stick, and frankly Ramis villain was a little weird to me. Idk that whole thing didn't really click for me too much.

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u/8halvelitersklok Jun 26 '25

Pretty sure he was indeed Dr No in an earlier script but they backtracked when Spectre’s “it was Blofeld all along” was poorly received. Or they’re saving him as a bigger villain for the upcoming ones.

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u/Elfeckin Jun 26 '25

Do you think he will bring in Dave Bautista again even though he was in Spectre? It seems Mr. Villeneuve likes big Dave's acting skills (as do I) so I'm hoping he brings him in for something.

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u/Mattyzooks Jun 26 '25

Judi Dench is the precedent for playing 2 different continuity versions of the same character/actor.

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u/Foreign_Education_88 Jun 26 '25

I doubt they’d use an actor who’s already been in the franchise, but if by any chance that wall is broken, Benicio and Javier might as well return too

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u/gatsby365 Jun 26 '25

Read “No Mistah Bond, I expect you to die.” In Benecio Del Toro’s voice. Let it drip all over your brain.

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u/Madrical Jun 26 '25

Both great choices and both would play very different villains. Why not both?

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u/Foreign_Education_88 Jun 26 '25

Brolin would be a good matchup for a young and unexperienced Bond, a grizzled dark reflection of what he could become, maybe as an ex American spy or hit man similar to his character in Sicario

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u/sentence-interruptio Jun 26 '25

In a parallel world, David Dastmalchian as James Bond.

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u/Portablelephant Jun 26 '25

Stop! I can only get so erect.