Whereas hypothesis over who will play the subsequent James Bond rages on, issues are coming collectively behind the digital camera for the subsequent and twenty sixth installment within the 007 franchise. Not too long ago, producers David Heyman and Amy Pascal have been eyed to supply the brand new movie, however no official bulletins will be made till the paperwork is completed relating to the $1 billion buyout of Barbara Broccoli’s Bond rights. The Solar claims that writers have already been employed, however once more, there hasn’t been an announcement. Likewise, no announcement will be made relating to the director of the subsequent movie, but it surely’s mentioned that Edward Berger and Alfonso Cuarón are within the working. Now, Matthew Belloni of Puck mentioned on The City podcast that he predicts Cuarón (Youngsters of Males, Gravity, Roma) will get the gig, which might be his first movie in seven years and comply with his Apple TV+ collection Disclaimer.
“It is an knowledgeable, speculative choose,” mentioned Belloni. “And it isn’t Chris Nolan. I feel the truth that he is tied up for the subsequent yr and a half on The Odyssey, I simply do not assume Amazon desires to attend that lengthy. I feel Jeff Bezos says, ‘Give me my Bond film now,’ they usually simply can not wait. The truth that they went immediately to those producers suggests […] they wish to transfer fairly quick on this. I feel it should be Alfonso Cuarón.” Belloni continued:
“I will let you know why. He has a protracted relationship with David Heyman. They return to Gravity. They return 21, 22 years to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. They’ve labored collectively a very long time. They’re pleasant. I’ve heard that there are some talks, that there’s a take, and that they’re critical. Now, it is not like he is negotiating or something like that, however my prediction is that Alfonso Cuarón will direct the subsequent James Bond.”
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The addition of David Heyman to the Bond group definitely bodes effectively for Cuarón. Heyman has been top-of-the-line producers of latest years because of his firm, Heyday Movies, which has had huge success with Wonka and Barbie. That follows their years of manufacturing the Harry Potter and Unbelievable Beasts motion pictures, together with the Paddington movies. Extra apparently, although, the studio has additionally targeted on auteur-driven movies, from Noah Baumbach’s good White Noise and Marriage Story, to not point out Quentin Tarantino’s As soon as Upon a Time… In Hollywood and Derek Cianfrance’s The Gentle Between Oceans. And, in fact, Cuarón’s Gravity.
Alfonso Cuarón Nearly Made a James Bond Film Years In the past
On the Marrakech Movie Pageant in 2024 (by way of Selection), Cuarón instructed audiences that he had already been concerned in discussions a few James Bond film years in the past. He had made the huge Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (first as a money seize, after which as an ideal studying expertise, in the end making arguably the most effective entry within the franchise), and was, because the filmmaker says, provided a Bond movie. He defined:
“Ages in the past I used to be provided a Bond movie. And I mentioned, ‘Yeah, cool. Perhaps Bond. I’m going to do one.’ After which when the method began and I used to be going to shoot all of the dialogue and stuff, there was a [separate] group doing all of the motion scenes. It type of felt very bizarre. I used to be troubled in regards to the concept of doing it. I had dinner with Joel Coen, and I mentioned, ‘Joel, what do you consider Bond?’ And he mentioned, ‘Oh cool, I get pleasure from Bond.’ I mentioned, ‘Would you do a Bond movie?’” In keeping with Cuarón, Coen replied: “It in all probability falls into the class of a movie I wish to watch however not do.”
“There I discovered the lesson that some movies I favor to observe and never do,” added Cuarón. Time will inform if he applies the identical logic to the James Bond franchise, however the odds are in his favor. And if he does the gig, possibly he’ll forged his Youngsters of Males star, Clive Owen, as Bond. One can solely hope.
James Bond
Abstract
James Bond, code identify 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by author Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two quick story collections. There have been six different authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming’s loss of life in 1964: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wooden, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks and Jeffery Deaver; a brand new novel, written by William Boyd, is deliberate for launch in 2013. Moreover, Charlie Higson wrote a collection on a younger James Bond and Kate Westbrook wrote three novels primarily based on the diaries of a recurring collection character, Moneypenny.
The fictional British Secret Service agent has additionally been tailored for tv, radio, cartoon and online game codecs in addition to getting used within the longest working and the second-highest grossing movie franchise up to now, which began in 1962 with Dr. No, starring Sean Connery as Bond. As of 2012, there have been twenty two movies within the Eon Productions collection, with a twenty third, Skyfall, due for launch on 26 October 2012. The movie will star Daniel Craig in his third portrayal of Bond: he’s the sixth actor to play Bond within the Eon collection. There have additionally been two impartial productions of Bond movies, On line casino Royale, a 1967 spoof, and By no means Say By no means Once more, a 1983 remake of an earlier Eon-produced movie, Thunderball.
The movies are famend for numerous options, together with the musical accompaniment, with the theme songs to the movies having picked up Academy Award nominations on a number of events. Different vital components which run by means of many of the movies embrace Bond’s automobiles, his weapons and the devices he’s provided with by Q Department.