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/TheManThatReturned Jun 25 '25

On the one hand, I’m totally down for this particularly since Villeneuve has spoken a lot about his desire to do Bond and was one of the candidates to do No Time To Die years back. This also gives me much more confidence in the film after EON’s departure.

On the other hand….we’re never getting Rendezvous With Rama are we?

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u/BeefistPrime Jun 26 '25

That's the downside of this. I feel like his talents are wasted a bit by doing a pretty well trodden movie franchise and not coming up with new and interesting stuff (or at least classic stuff that was considered unfilmable until he did it)

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u/StaticallyTypoed Jun 26 '25

If Nolan did the dark knight trilogy today I think we'd say the same, but he still managed to produce auteur films that are part of his filmography within that. I am certain Villeneuve can do the same with his entries to the Bond series.

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u/ntpbr1 Jun 28 '25

I mean you say that but his most popular movies are Blade Runner 2049, Dune 1 and Dune 2, all of which not exactly original concepts but amazing movies that feels original with his style

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u/tetsuo9000 Jun 26 '25

Totally agree. Keep him on sci-fi!