The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was pretty much a Bond movie without being called a Bond movie, Henry Cavill was really good in that movie and would make for a really good Bond.
I agree - but he's too old. they will want someone who can do more than one film and at the slow rate they make them, he would be over 50 by the time they are looking to make a third one
Yeah I really liked that movie, wish it was a hit, so we would have gotten more movies, and yes it's just like James Bond, and the TV series was made in 1964, my father loves that TV Show.
It's interesting, Nolan wants to do it and set in the ol school era of the 60s/70s. But the studio would want to interject their own ideas, something Nolan would (thankfully) not abide by. I'm all for it, hopefully the studio doesn't get in the way and let Nolan fly.
Nolan would have nothing to do with the project if he didn’t have creative control. He has gotten to that point in his career and uses it to make sure his movies are just what he wants them to be.
If you take it back to the Cold War, make it a mission with connections to major events from the time cuban missile crisis or other major events during the Cold War
There's no way Nolan would agree to do it unless given full creative control. The question is whether the studios would be willing to let him do what he wants. I think he has proven that financially speaking letting him do whatever he wants is a good bet. Even Tenet, although not a good film, did pretty well at the box office, given that it was released at the peak of COVID lockdowns, simulateously with a release on streaming.
@@TheRebornJuker I think the John Wick sequels are fucking shite FYI. And Dunkirk's narrative structure was pretty self indulgent along with non existent characters. Though I agree it's better than the JW sequels. Not the original though
I think Nolan would have an awesome take on the series. He completely changed how we saw Batman with his films, I think he could do the same with Bond.
Agree. He would be perfect to reset Bond back to it's basics. He is creative but respectful of source material and has nothing to prove with making original stuff.
@TheIndianaGeoff A hyper-real Bond without the sillier gadgets and the late-Connery kitsch (it's undeniable _Diamonds are Forever_ is cringe af at times) would be awesome.
I don't think so, Nolan would do an overly dramatic, brooding and unnecessary convoluted movie, something like Skyfall but amplified to eleven. Bond needs another Campbell as a director and the take on the series, not another Mendes. After the much serious take with Craig, it's time again for a more balanced take, so just like after Dalton, now is time for somebody like Brosnan with Goldeneye, ATJ paired with a director like Edgar Wright or Matt Vaughn is the ideal choice. Nolan is a pandora's box, not many people really realize this, especially those more laymen viewers who aren't hardcore Bond fans. Bond was always about the trademark, therefore if you go with Nolan (not counting the darker tone of his possible movie) = you'll get a Nolan film and not a Bond film. The trademark is always first, that's why there were casted Bond actors who aren't such known actors, the choice of directors is kinda the same, Mendes was an exception but he for sure wasn't such a big A list name as Nolan is today. Plus Nolan wants complete creative freedom, which contradicts with what the producers had done through-out the whole franchise, they had always the last word. So all and all, Nolan is not a good choice for Bond, because of the specific tone of his movies and because he just doesn't fit the criteria, he's too famous.
I'm not confident in how a Nolan Bond movie would turn out, but he's stubborn and driven enough to ensure that whatever gets on screen will be his legit vision, mostly free of studio meddling. Like with James Cameron, I can't help but respect that.
Now THAT sounds familar: "I''m not confident in how a Nolan Batman movie would turn out" - I agree with you. His 3 Batman movies were nothing like the 1960 and Burton plus Batman and Robin movies. He wouldn't have a chance with Bond (sarcasm intended)
But that just might be how we get a non-woke James Bond film, because he has enough power to do his own version. It may not entirely be the James Bond we want but it might be close enough.
If they plan to keep making James Bond movies there are a few things they need to commit to. Firstly, keeping the character archetype intact. James Bond is based on a series of real life spies including a Canadian who went by the code name "Intrepid" during his tenure. Secondly, they have to set it in the past. James Bond came about during a specific era and doesn't translate as well into the modern era. We have Mission Impossible for that. But Bond needs to be facing eccentric adversaries during the 60's and 70's era, and a return to volcano bases wouldn't hurt.
@@randomhuman97 again, he's a man of a specific time and era. We already have Mission Impossible for the high tech modern action setting. Bond isn't meant to deal with nano machine bullshit.
@Captain_Draco mission impossible is nothing but a bunch of stunts strung together by a skeleton of a story. For bond, it's always the characterisation and plot that takes center stage. The action serves the story, not the other way around. Also, I don't get why cruise was bending over backwards to set up Hayley Atwell as the new Ethan hunt, it's pretty pointless ( especially after that brain dead decision to kill Rebecca Ferguson)
@@yankeewogdisagree, with Bond being killed in the last movie this is the perfect time for a reboot, Nolan is only 52 years old so he can make a trilogy, what other time would he have made a Bond film when 15 years ago he was doing Batman films ?
@@thetribalist6923 Nolan's movie have become more unintelligible with dialogue due to an severe increase of bass heavy musics. To the point where In Tenet you couldn't even understand the characters when they were speaking due to the ridiculous heavy handed use of music. He was always known for liking bombastic music, but tenet was his peak autistic sense of being an pretentious artist. Hearing dialogue? Well that's just for us simple peasant who'd like for dialogue to be audible to our uncultured ears.
Bond movies have been pretty fantastical since the beginning. Dr. No had a submersible base. Specter had a moon base in Diamonds are Forever. And so on. But I love the idea of a down to earth Bond story set in the post WWII cold war era, and agree Nolan would be good at it given his preference for all practical shooting. Not to mention, the 1950s is a time when misogyny was tolerated. ;-)
@@mossadmossad2226 That's right. I was remembering the moon buggy because they were faking a moon landing. Of course, then there was the space ship that stole other space ships in You Only Live Twice. And then there was the space station in Moonraker.
@@frankbieser Indeed. Spaceships capturing spaceships. Hollowed out volcanos as bases... Underwater bases (with ships that capture submarines)... But never a moon base! That would be just a little too far fetched for a Bond plot. 😃 Moonraker was pushing it! 🙄
Having a Bond movie set in the 50's is something I've discussed with my friends. The majority of the books take place in the 50's, but there's never been a movie that does. The Moonraker book is an example of a story that could only take place in the 50's, since it's so closely tied into the aftermath WW2 and the technology level of that era.
Over the years, I've become more and more a fan of the film, From Russia With Love. It's really the closest the Bond films ever came to a straight Cold War spy thriller. It has a great supporting cast with Robert Shaw and Pedro Armendariz. As a kid I found it boring, but it's become one of my favorites. While it did introduce "gadgets" with the briefcase of death, it was stuff that seemed plausible with 60's technology. Also the first appearance of Desmond Llewelyn as Q.
@@cartooningwithchris5329Timothy Dalton's terrible twosome were the worst and nearly ended the whole, movie franchise before GoldenEye resurrected it.
If not Nolan, i hope they bring Martin Campbell back to direct. He was responsible for making Daniel Craig and Pierce Brosnan as a household name for Bond which Casino Royale for Craig and Goldeneye for Brosnan. Yes you heard me, Goldeneye and Casino Royale were directed by the same guy. How awesome is that?
I love love love the Bond premise you guys set up today. THIS is how you revitalize worn-out series. Even Critical Doggo was sleep-wagging his tail at the idea.
I've been hoping for years there'd do a period-piece Bond film, even if it were a stand-alone holding action before resuming the standard franchise. Sounds really interesting.
I agree that a period-piece Bond is the way to go at this point, but I disagree with you a wee bit. Let's just reboot the whole thing from a movie set in the '60's onward.
@@former_dmcrt8614 Why? just watch first 4 Connery movies and that's it. Bond was always about reinventing itself, a period piece would be a major white flag from the producers, it's like they just gave up and try to jump on the nostalgia train. We had already great films with Connery from that era, those were close to the books, so there's no need for this, just a cheap nostalgy bait gimmick.
Nolan is a rare treasure-- a director who has melded box office success with critical accolades. No one since Spielberg has done that. I'd prefer he do his own original movies. Although, to contradict myself: the Dark Knight trilogy are among my favorite movies. My only real complaint being there are only 3 of them and not more of them.
You forgot Peter Jackson, also a fantastic director who have made fantastic movies, and James Cameron, but yeah his last movie Avatar: The Way of Water, was not a good movie, when James Cameron stood for only great movies with great story and acting and action.
It was probably due to Heath Ledger's death that they discontinued Nolan's saga. Sure, Batman is much more than just "Batman vs Joker till the end of times" but not having the most famous villain in the franchise for your cinematic universe was probably not a good sign going forward (then again, Joker barely shows up in the DCEU so...).
@@AmigaWolf Both Jackson and Cameron tripped up when they fell into the trap of trying to formula-ize their previous sucess. To the comment OP I would say perhaps don't complain that there were only 3 dark knight films with Nolan, we should appreciate when things stop before they turned sour. Trying to play out a premise beyond it's conclusion just because it's good right now is the recipe to ruin it, and the reason our favorite fictions feel like they're being driven into the ground this past decade. They had satisfying ends, yet aren't allowed to end.
There is an interview somewhere where Nolan gets asked that very question " would you direct Bond movie'' and he said ''yes, providing I would have the artistic control''. It could have been on of the Oppenheimer promo interviews.
The biggest highlight if they set the movies in the 50s and 60s, then we get to see Bond in classic cars. Including the icon of the series, the Aston Martin DB5 👍🏻
If he did, the producers know all subsequent films would be measured against his. That's why I would be surprised if they hired him, set the bar too high. That being said I would absolutely love to see him direct one as a period piece akin to Russia with love, day of Jackel or Tinker Tailor, just fantastic.
I loved Craig as Bond, but I agree with your take that the plots are too modern. The ladies in my family want Henry Cavill as the new Bond, and I can't disagree. Nolan as a director would be awesome.
Craig never felt like bond to me, he always had the look of your signature thug of a villain. And I think it's all about the suit. When bond wears a suit he hides his strength and looks like your average playboy in a casino. Craig looks like a professional football player in a suit. Add on to that a bond whose scripts left his dower and downtrotten and it just wasn't any fun being bond. The simple fact they had a scene that said "oh gadgets? no that stuff is stupid" when the entire history of spy work has been about gadgets and technology upping one another. It was indicitive of a bond that was "no fun allowed" and unlike previous versions I don't think there's many people who'd want to be his bond.
@@kevinjohnston4923 I agree. Bond is supposed to be more self-assured and secure in himself. I mean... Daniel Craig spent way too much time in self-doubt and suffering from being a bad guy bringing way too much death. Maybe if they write a new Bond to be less about being a killer and more about being a spy (kinda like mission impossible type) it would allow more room for adventure and fun.
@3:44 They kind of did a period piece of the Justice League in justice league new frontier 2008 in Animation, adapted by Darwyn Cooke's original Silver age take. Cool thing is, Darwyn Cooke also Co-wrote the film. Years later, they did wish they adapted more story elements from the books vs. the final Animated film.
I love the idea of Nolan directing a Bond movie, but I don't think taking it back to the Cold War is necessarily the way to go about it. Bond has always been a franchise that takes place in whatever year the films are released in, so I don't see why that should change just because of the divided socio-political climate we're in right now. If anything, that makes it all the more reason to set the next movie in the present day. Also, as much as I like the idea of Nolan directing a Bond movie, I also want Bond to go back to the more light-hearted and campy roots of Brosnan and Moore, and there's just no way in hell Nolan will ever make a light-hearted and campy Bond movie.
Woah, it's a little presumutious to assume it's because of the social political climate. The truth is is that in the modern day of satillites, internet, phones, cctv etc, it's a lot harder to have an engaging and internally consistent solo spy thriller. Having it in the mid century lets you have a lot more freedom with the setting. Its why a lot of modern, say, horror films take place in something like the 80s. Horror movies are harder to write when mobile phones are a thing.
The problem is the new villain in the current year is China and Hollywood (and the US economy in general) relies on China. I would love it if they grew a fucking spine and showed China for the villains they are, but they won’t do it.
I’d also say that Henry Cavill would make a better classic era, campy Bond than a Daniel Craig more serious Bond. From what I understand of the books though, the serious Bond is more true to Flemings vision of the character.
Easy to tell most of them haven’t read the original books, would love to see the time period piece, but Bond isn’t supposed to be this lazy variation we’ve been given as of late. He’s a gentlemen, and a damn good spy. Movies have not done him justice. With the right script, could do just that. But I don’t think an origin story is the way to go. Too much heavy stuff to be put into a Bond film.
Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy was one of the saddest movies I have ever seen. When that retired spy woman was lamenting the end of World War II, back when they had an actual enemy, and spies where able to use spycraft with her team of operatives, how now that the war is over, there is no more use for their kind. The Notion of What are Warriors supposed to do when there is no more war for them to do what they know?/do what they are best at? Learn to Code? (groan)... That I believe is the essence of Bond. What does he do in a world that no longer needs him. Truly heart wrenching to somebody like myself.
That’s why I don’t resent the mercenary/private military contractor types. I mean, you spend years of your life training to be an exemplary warrior, do some deployments, probably face some messed up situations and lose friends. After all of that, what? You’re just supposed to go work some 9-5 office job?
Really hope they make the smart decision and higher Christopher Nolan to do the next bond film and I do sincerely hope that if that happens he casts Henry Cavill as 007
I got a feeling that Henry C will never ever get a good movie role anymore, Hollywood is very good in canceling actors there carrier, if they do not follow what Hollywood want's them to say or do.
@@AmigaWolf You do not know Christopher Nolan for he is stubborn and will not bend the knee when it comes to his film and he knows his worth and the studios know that hiring him would be a steal for anyone.
@@JustTooDamnHonest You do know were in a age, were almost all movies and now good movies fails? So no i do not trust it anymore that good directors can do good stuff or movies that do good in the cinema.
@@AmigaWolf You would also know that out of the 100 films that is made each year only 20 are good and 5 of them are great and only 2 are excellent. I know this for I have studied cinema since I was 10 years old and I found out about the fact when I turned 16 and I'm 32 now and it still is a fact and I also know that the who holds the real power over what is made and what is a success or failure and that is the paying customer and those who can cut through all of the BS that Hollywood is constantly throwing at us and tell the truth is how things change or get fixed in the end.
@@JustTooDamnHonest That have changed, even Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) was a HUGE flop, and also The Equalizer 3, mostly only horror movies are doing good, but that has also to do how cheap horror movies are to make. Nothing will change, yeah people are soon going to love awful movies, like Barbie that made worldwide 1.4+ billion.
Drinker, being a good Scott, I'm sure you've heard of Fitzroy Maclean. He's one of the founding members of the SAS. and credited with one of the main inspirations of Bond. His auto-bio "Eastern Approaches" is a must read, so just add that one to the queue. hes was there for the Russian show trials, North Africa campaign, was a legit spy hanging out with Tito in Yugoslavia, etc. lived one of those lives, and makes you go "what the hell have I done with my life"
Interesting- thanks for the book recommendation. I'd always heard thst Christopher Lee was the template for Bond due to his undercover war exploits and familial relation to Ian Flemming.
@@chaosgyro Well, I did say "one of". I'm sure it was a combination. FYI, I've only ever see it in paper. That auto bio and Chuck Yeager's are by far my favorite
@@chaosgyro One of the templates perhaps, but also semi-auto biographical. Flemming was a participant in WW2 'Activities' with Naval Intelligence, setting up 30 Commando, and much else, Operation Goldeneye was one.
I hope this happens. A 60s-set Bond would be amazing. But I don't see how the studio would let it happen because how can they shoehorn in "tHe MeSsAgE"? I'm watching Mad Men at the minute and I think to myself, this would never be made today.
@@СайтаменBond is about espionage, class, witty dialogue, pretty women and crazy villains. Also Bond should be a charismatic and savage kinda guy not like Daniel Craig
I don't know if this came up, but Sam Mendes said that he couldn't have made Skyfall without Chris Nolan having made the Batman trilogy. If you look closely, you can see some Batman / Nolan DNa in Skyfall.
Its Christopher Nolan we are talking about so I only see two Options: 1. He takes full controll of his Bond movie and brings all the good and bad Nolan habits with him. 2. He f*#ks off and does some other movie because there is no way Nolan would ruin his live long dream to do a woke James Bond.
@@thetorturepenguin Well for one thing I actually want to hear the dialogue and secondly I'd like to at lleast have a minimal understand of whats happening in the film without having to google a million things afterwards!! aha
Nolan has been essentially auditioning to be a Bond director his entire career. I hope the rumors are true, I've been saying he should do Bond for a long time now.
Nolan often carries over research and plot points from his last project. As per Oppenheimer, I’d say this will be to do with trying to stop Soviets getting their H-bomb in the 50s.
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EON spent the the previous 3 or so Bond films trying to make a Nolan Bond film without hiring the man himself, lol. At this point an actual Nolan Bond film will probably be bonkers
michael fassbender would make a great bond too, especially considering how he's already kinda pulled off that kinda vibe with his performance in inglorious basterds and as young magneto in x men first class, i think fassbender even modelled his performance as young magneto on sean connery.
I do believe perhaps he is just a tad bit too old for it, but he is certainly befitting of the tailored suit, suave gentlemen archetype Bond inhabits so easily as a character. There is a scene in the Steve Jobs film where he is wearing a suit and just the look of him (credits to the costume people there) was very suave and professional. He could do it, but I do wish it would have happened sooner.
I remember reading the Bond books as a teenager. I could never visualise them as the brash, colourful, pop art, Eon movies, but could only visualise them as an episode of All Creatures Great and Small. It his hard to take Bond seriously when he drives around in a car that looks like something out of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
This idea of Christopher Nolan, THE Christopher Nolan directing a James Bond film sounds like a big no-brainer to me. Nolan seems love and respect 007 so yeah he can DEFINITELY do a blockbuster action spy film.👍🏻
I thought they would bring Martin Campbell back. He always does a good job when starting a new Bond ! Chris Nolan is at his best when his brother collaborates.
The thing about Nolan is he is one of the last surviving blockbuster directors who can firmly shut the door on any studio interference because he is a guaranteed money-maker. He stonewalls any kind of interference on his projects, and the studios have to bite their thumbs and trust him because he's Christopher fucking Nolan.
Yeah once he broke a billion with dark knight he earned his blank check. M night did it similarly with sixth sense and it took 20 years of bad movies to lose it.
Take the dream element out of inception, and you have arguably one of the best bond films. He’s also been fighting for this for over a decade but the broccoli family refused to give him creative control. I say Nolan should just create his own. And have Michael Caine as Q.
Check out a British WW2 unit, 30 commando or sometimes known as 30 beach assault unit. This unit was led by Ian Fleming and it was a behind enemy lines sort of outfit.
I've always liked the theory that 007 and James Bond are codenames that get reused to explain the progression through the actors. But I've also felt that there is a missed opportunity for a story where the current bond has to stop a previous bond who seems corrupted, but it could be a neat twist. However, nobody in Hollywood could be trusted to write such a concept with any real wit or nuance.
Dear James, The idea of a name being a rank was covered by the writer James Mitchell when he created 'Callan.' Throughout both the novels and the TV series' Callan worked for several controllers, all of whom were called 'Charlie hunter.' Frank.
The new hero going after the old hero is a cliche that's now played out imo. Hell it was even explored in Skyfall, where the main villain was a previous 007
I reckon it would be utterly insane to tie in a bond origin story with the UFO roll-in to the Manhattan Project. It feels like the post Oppenheimer story for Nolan to tackle.
Rather than "whole new continuity", I'd say a reset. As in, all the Bonds are fractal versions, sharing many things, but allowing for a certain degree of difference. (Pretty sure that was what the Drinker meant; just clarifying).
It would make a lot of sense. In fact Oppenheimer kinda opened the door to what they were talking about in regards to the transition from WW2 into the world of spycraft. That was a big part of that movie.
You know, a Bond movie, set in the 1950's or 1960's, directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson (or preferably Henry Cavill) sounds like something that could get me into Bond movies again. As long as the script is good.
The era setting is the reason why I really like Atomic Blonde. That was also an action movie done well since she really took some bad lumps in that. It wasn't the garbage superhero thing they do with so many female characters today.
Nolan's movies are good enough to have a solid rewatch value. The kind of film that has a place on the movie collection shelf. Even Man of Steel has value in the spectacle that it is. Looking at his collection of movies, The Prestige is a wild one as well. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman. He gets good performances out of his actors.
More important than the director, time period, actor or gadgets is the decision whether to make Bond a hero like in the books rather than the superhero of the movies. In the Fleming books Bond regularly gets the utter crap beaten out of him, he is well aware of his mortality, falls for "the girl" and is thoroughly human. There is a sense of jeopardy, even dread, in the books that never occurs in the films.
I think a Metal Gear Solid 3 inspired Bond story would be an absolute slam dunk for me personally. Defectors, double agents, a femme fatale, complex villains and experimental super weapons. Sprinkle in some Cuban missile crisis and space race conspiracies and I'm lining up for that.
@jean-pierrewilliams530 Honestly I'm surprised we haven't seen a Metal Gear movie. So many video games have been adapted to movies that it's weird Snake hasn't shown up in a film. It could be great. As long as the right people wrote, directed, and produced it.
Nolan movies aren't without flaw, and often times upon repeat views are even downright stupid, but you can't deny he makes amazing cinema. He would definitely make some great first-time view bond films. I don't think anything can top Skyfall.
They should do some mini series similar to Jack Ryan about Bond in the Navy then his selection and time in the SBS then his 2 kills for 00 status. Then do some movies.
And? I would rather pick an amazing actor than fanboy over Cavil for example... he is great to look at but he is not the best actor... Fassbender has insane acting chops!
I said on one of your Bond videos years back when "Spectre" came out that the only way to save Bond would be to return him to the WWII/early Cold War era he was created in. I WAS RIGHT! Now that I have been vindicated, I'd set the first Bond period piece in 1945, when he was still a Royal Navy officer seconded to Special Operations Executive, before the events of "Casino Royale". And there was more than enough real secret squirrel shit going down that year to frame a story from besides the already done and played out Nazis doing Nazi stuff that we just saw flogged again in the last Indiana Jones. For once, I'd like to see a Asian/Pacific war setting with James Bond vs the Japanese.
That sounds like a good idea. On a related note, I want the Fantastic Four movie to take place in the '60s, back when Ant-Man was the only competition in superheroics.
@@jlev1028 I don't want any more comic book movies, ever. I'm so monumentally sick of "cinematic universes", "multiverses" and Kevin Feige's doughy smirking face that I'd rather watch paint dry than another superhero movie. What are we up to now, between Marvel and DC? 50+ films and TV shows now? When will it be enough? A hundred? That horse is DEAD, so stop beating it.
"For once, I'd like to see a Asian/Pacific war setting with James Bond vs the Japanese." Could even set up his later association with Tiger Tanaka from "You Only Live Twice." =^[.]^=
@@Raycheetah My elevator pitch would be this. James Bond is doing some SOE work in the aftermath of the German surrender for the opening scene, looking for a wanted Gestapo agent who went underground in the Vatican. It goes south while he's in bed with a smoking hot bird and he's wounded. Smash cut to the iconic opening sequence and a cover of Vera Lynn's "There Will Always be an England". Bond is in hospital when he gets a new mission to figure out what the Japanese are planning to do to stop the Allied invasion of the home islands, and his target is a Japanese admiral. Said admiral is the military attache in Moscow, since the Soviets and the Japanese are not at war yet, (but they will be soon) so Bond has to partner with the NKVD to do it. Standard Bond hijinks in Moscow ensue, the Japanese admiral goes back to Japan and Bond follows to the Soviet base of Vladivostok and he and his NKVD partner infiltrate Hokkaido dressed as Ainu. They get there, do more Bond stuff, and the NKVD guy betrays him to the Japanese because of the real world Soviet goals in the endgame with Japan, Britain and the US, and Bond must always get captured by the big bad. This movie leans real hard into the classic Connery Bond tropes. Japanese admiral botches killing Bond somehow, and Hiroshima and Nagasaki happen, and Bond survives. However, the big twist is the Japanese admiral, with the NKVD bad guy, hatch an operation for the admiral to kamikaze the surrender ceremony on board the USS Missouri so the war doesn't end yet and the Soviets get to grab Hokkaido. Bond foils it in Bond style, Japanese admiral goes down in flames, NKVD guy with him. Bond saves the day, and parties with geishas. End credits.
I would love Cavill in a Bond role. But Aaron Taylor-Johnson seems like a great option as well. He was hilarious in Bullet Train, wears a suit like a pro. He’s just about the perfect age too.
The best premise that's never been properly pursued, is that "James Bond" is as much a code name as "007" is a code agent number. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE alludes to that with "This never happened to the other fellow," and there was a fantastic script for an unfilmed Bond project floating around (before they settled on Daniel Craig) that had all the former Bond actors forced to team up as "James Bonds" for some superdupersecret spy assignment to save the world, which promoted the "James Bond as code name" theme. It would also help isolate the "James Bond" who dies in NO TIME TO DIE as his own character, not the half-century iconic continuing character. It is worth pointing out that if Nolan does bounce the character back to the Cold War (which I mostly fully endorse), it also reinforces & buttresses the tacit message that James Bond is dead in 2023. That part I don't like so much. In conclusion, I'll plug William Boyd's excellent 2013 novel SOLO, the single best post-Fleming story and the only one that really nails the original author's style and his closely detailed prose depicting the high class lifestyle pleasures that Bond cultivates & pursues and the electric charge he gets when committing (justified) violence. It's really the only Bond novel worth your time following Fleming's death, and it's probably no coincidence it's a rare one that moves its setting back to 1969 instead of trying to import the character to our current day, of which that terrible awful no-good Charlie Higson novel is the most egregious and insulting example.
It literally adds NOTHING to the film if Bond turned out to be a codename. NOTHING. It's a shit fan theory that was debunked YEARS ago. It will NEVER be reality.
That was only a cheeky meta joke, James Bond was always his name. The '00' insignia is the licence to kill and that's it, you can have whoever you want as 007 but James Bond is only one. :)
I'd love it if my idea for bond could somehow get in front of the producers. Start in ww2, bond is the first, then it becomes a code name in the bond programme. Have different actors play bond throughout different eras. Some succeed, some don't. Culminating in a sneakily woven plot that stretches over a century. You can play with different styles and times and actors and directors.
@@The_AndroidSentByCyberlife thanks! Seriously, I had so many plot points and ideas ha! Just need to get Nolan's number... The clichè old bond is now the villain was a part of the grand scheme. The idea being that the latest bond realises that previous angents aren't perhaps retiring at all, but M15 is eliminating them when they've done their duty. In an effort to control all variables. It would turn out that a much older previous 'bond' had defected as he came to see that the very people that he was fighting for were becoming the very people he was fighting against. That in their effort to keep the peace, they were becoming the enforcers. I dunno, it seemed like a cool way to exploit a 50's bond or a 60's style bond. Perhaps see each one supposedly pass on the mantle to the next. Even see a few of them really screw up and get taken out. Then it really wouldn't matter who you cast as bond.
@@galmando1984 my gosh that's a brilliant idea. So long as it was done well and not satire or nostalgia bait. I wouldn't want any cgi Sean Connery 🤣 just a different version played by a previously unseen bond. Great idea mate hope nolan finds you haha
I'm a bit mixed on this for two reasons. On one hand, I'm not entirely sure if Nolan is capable of doing a Bond film due to his own style. He's far better at making original films, where he has more control. There are some exceptions like The Dark Knight and Oppenheimer, but even then there's a lot of his style there as well. But on the other hand, Nolan just might be the guy powerful enough to make a non-woke James Bond film. From what I could tell, Nolan hasn't been corrupted by the woke mob (yet), so he just might be the saving grace we need for Bond to make a comeback.
7:00. Ok..I would 100% be in for a 1946 Iron Curtain descends origin story of James Bond transitioning from the SAS to MI6, and why they needed it. With Nolan directing? That *should* be a blast to watch.
It’s strange. Throughout the entire Bond series, each movie becomes more and more fantastical in terms of tech or plot until it reaches the point of ridiculousness (I’m looking at you Die Another Day and You Only Live Twice). The series then reboots with another actor and becomes more grounded-only to progress to the fantastic again. A period piece set in the 50s, 60s, or 70s could hopefully take the tech out of the equation and focus on the action, story, and character. If I want tech, I’ll watch a Mission Impossible movie. I don’t need that in Bond-give me a smart plot, grounded action, and a gritty character. More Bourne-like but without the brainwashing and “super soldier” mumbo jumbo.
Excellent premise ideas. Wish Cristopher Lee was still alive to be in it. He was the real James Bond, soldier turned spy that tracked down former Nazis. He famously said to someone when asked about what he did as a spy - “Can you keep a secret?….so can I.”
7:20 That's actually wrong. Both the US and the UK was highly aware of soviet espionage since the mid 1920's and actively fought against it. But in the 1930's and 40's Hitler happened and most of their effort was spent on culling the nazis, but soviet-awareness while was on low flames, but still on the stove. Especially since many russian white immigrants fought in the US army or did their duty as agents of the OSS. The big question in the late period of WW2 was more about what to do with the soviets after and the main problem what the US had was this guy called Truman, who completely misunderstood the threat.
I know that the Daniel Craig run didn't land well with true fans, but I liked the grittiness of those films. I stopped after Skyfall, though. Bond is definitely something that can be rebooted over and over and people will watch it. It has the fan base like Doctor Who. Go back to the classic stories and it will be a banger.
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was pretty much a Bond movie without being called a Bond movie, Henry Cavill was really good in that movie and would make for a really good Bond.
Yeah, but casting Henry Cavill as Bond would also be a good decision, which means they will never do it...
I agree - but he's too old. they will want someone who can do more than one film and at the slow rate they make them, he would be over 50 by the time they are looking to make a third one
Yeah I really liked that movie, wish it was a hit, so we would have gotten more movies, and yes it's just like James Bond, and the TV series was made in 1964, my father loves that TV Show.
Aaron Taylor Johnson would be an even better Bond IMO.
Bond producers are SJW's so Henry would never be cast no matter how popular he is.
It's interesting, Nolan wants to do it and set in the ol school era of the 60s/70s. But the studio would want to interject their own ideas, something Nolan would (thankfully) not abide by. I'm all for it, hopefully the studio doesn't get in the way and let Nolan fly.
Nolan would have nothing to do with the project if he didn’t have creative control. He has gotten to that point in his career and uses it to make sure his movies are just what he wants them to be.
Pretty much what I was trying to write. There’s no way the hands on producers will hand it over to Nolan.
Nolan knows his worth and he does things his own way and aside from Tenet Nolan has a near perfect record when it coms to filmmaking.
If you take it back to the Cold War, make it a mission with connections to major events from the time cuban missile crisis or other major events during the Cold War
There's no way Nolan would agree to do it unless given full creative control. The question is whether the studios would be willing to let him do what he wants. I think he has proven that financially speaking letting him do whatever he wants is a good bet.
Even Tenet, although not a good film, did pretty well at the box office, given that it was released at the peak of COVID lockdowns, simulateously with a release on streaming.
Looking at Oppenhiemer, The Prestige and Dunkirk Nolan has a gift for historic stories
Nolan's a *genius* without a doubt.
Dunkirk was meh
@@ramert32John wick saying yeah 50 times a movie is so Much better😮
@@TheRebornJuker I think the John Wick sequels are fucking shite FYI. And Dunkirk's narrative structure was pretty self indulgent along with non existent characters. Though I agree it's better than the JW sequels. Not the original though
Didn't Oppenheimer donwplay the real Oppenheimer's fondness for Communism?
I think Nolan would have an awesome take on the series. He completely changed how we saw Batman with his films, I think he could do the same with Bond.
Agree. He would be perfect to reset Bond back to it's basics. He is creative but respectful of source material and has nothing to prove with making original stuff.
@TheIndianaGeoff A hyper-real Bond without the sillier gadgets and the late-Connery kitsch (it's undeniable _Diamonds are Forever_ is cringe af at times) would be awesome.
Inception was amazing
I don't think so, Nolan would do an overly dramatic, brooding and unnecessary convoluted movie, something like Skyfall but amplified to eleven. Bond needs another Campbell as a director and the take on the series, not another Mendes. After the much serious take with Craig, it's time again for a more balanced take, so just like after Dalton, now is time for somebody like Brosnan with Goldeneye, ATJ paired with a director like Edgar Wright or Matt Vaughn is the ideal choice.
Nolan is a pandora's box, not many people really realize this, especially those more laymen viewers who aren't hardcore Bond fans. Bond was always about the trademark, therefore if you go with Nolan (not counting the darker tone of his possible movie) = you'll get a Nolan film and not a Bond film. The trademark is always first, that's why there were casted Bond actors who aren't such known actors, the choice of directors is kinda the same, Mendes was an exception but he for sure wasn't such a big A list name as Nolan is today.
Plus Nolan wants complete creative freedom, which contradicts with what the producers had done through-out the whole franchise, they had always the last word. So all and all, Nolan is not a good choice for Bond, because of the specific tone of his movies and because he just doesn't fit the criteria, he's too famous.
@@mrkeoghThat's what we had with Daniel Craig...
I'm not confident in how a Nolan Bond movie would turn out, but he's stubborn and driven enough to ensure that whatever gets on screen will be his legit vision, mostly free of studio meddling. Like with James Cameron, I can't help but respect that.
Now THAT sounds familar:
"I''m not confident in how a Nolan Batman movie would turn out"
- I agree with you. His 3 Batman movies were nothing like the 1960 and Burton plus Batman and Robin movies. He wouldn't have a chance with Bond
(sarcasm intended)
But that just might be how we get a non-woke James Bond film, because he has enough power to do his own version. It may not entirely be the James Bond we want but it might be close enough.
If they plan to keep making James Bond movies there are a few things they need to commit to.
Firstly, keeping the character archetype intact. James Bond is based on a series of real life spies including a Canadian who went by the code name "Intrepid" during his tenure.
Secondly, they have to set it in the past. James Bond came about during a specific era and doesn't translate as well into the modern era. We have Mission Impossible for that. But Bond needs to be facing eccentric adversaries during the 60's and 70's era, and a return to volcano bases wouldn't hurt.
Was there any James Bond movie that played in the past?
Bad idea. Bond had spent decades to become relevant post cold war.
If I wanted a period piece I'd go back and watch Connery films
@@randomhuman97 But he died in the present... It would be strange it he was resurrected.
@@randomhuman97 again, he's a man of a specific time and era. We already have Mission Impossible for the high tech modern action setting. Bond isn't meant to deal with nano machine bullshit.
@Captain_Draco mission impossible is nothing but a bunch of stunts strung together by a skeleton of a story.
For bond, it's always the characterisation and plot that takes center stage. The action serves the story, not the other way around.
Also, I don't get why cruise was bending over backwards to set up Hayley Atwell as the new Ethan hunt, it's pretty pointless ( especially after that brain dead decision to kill Rebecca Ferguson)
Christopher Nolan Bond is one of the few things that would actually get me to go see another Bond movie.
@@yankeewogdisagree, with Bond being killed in the last movie this is the perfect time for a reboot, Nolan is only 52 years old so he can make a trilogy, what other time would he have made a Bond film when 15 years ago he was doing Batman films ?
I've always believed that the only thing missing from James Bond was a sick bass line.
I understood this reference
@@Spartacus114I’m gonna need that reference, sir.
@@thetribalist6923 Nolan's movie have become more unintelligible with dialogue due to an severe increase of bass heavy musics. To the point where In Tenet you couldn't even understand the characters when they were speaking due to the ridiculous heavy handed use of music. He was always known for liking bombastic music, but tenet was his peak autistic sense of being an pretentious artist. Hearing dialogue? Well that's just for us simple peasant who'd like for dialogue to be audible to our uncultured ears.
Preferably without being able to hear the dialogue being spoken by the very expensive actors of course.
@@Nerdiness1985 I wondered if it was an Inception-drone kind of joke or something else. Thanks for the clarification.
Bond movies have been pretty fantastical since the beginning. Dr. No had a submersible base. Specter had a moon base in Diamonds are Forever. And so on. But I love the idea of a down to earth Bond story set in the post WWII cold war era, and agree Nolan would be good at it given his preference for all practical shooting. Not to mention, the 1950s is a time when misogyny was tolerated. ;-)
Spectre used an oil rig in Diamonds Are Forever.
No moon base, that would be silly! 😂
@@mossadmossad2226 That's right. I was remembering the moon buggy because they were faking a moon landing. Of course, then there was the space ship that stole other space ships in You Only Live Twice. And then there was the space station in Moonraker.
Haha, I wrote a comment saying exactly the same before reading yours! Credit to you, your comment is better.
@@frankbieser Indeed. Spaceships capturing spaceships. Hollowed out volcanos as bases... Underwater bases (with ships that capture submarines)... But never a moon base!
That would be just a little too far fetched for a Bond plot. 😃
Moonraker was pushing it! 🙄
Having a Bond movie set in the 50's is something I've discussed with my friends. The majority of the books take place in the 50's, but there's never been a movie that does. The Moonraker book is an example of a story that could only take place in the 50's, since it's so closely tied into the aftermath WW2 and the technology level of that era.
To be fair, Goldeneye is actually a retelling of moonraker in the 90s
@@hoban7733 Sure, but it's a pretty loose adaptation. Still a damn good movie...unlike the other loose adaptation set in the 00's.
Over the years, I've become more and more a fan of the film, From Russia With Love. It's really the closest the Bond films ever came to a straight Cold War spy thriller. It has a great supporting cast with Robert Shaw and Pedro Armendariz. As a kid I found it boring, but it's become one of my favorites.
While it did introduce "gadgets" with the briefcase of death, it was stuff that seemed plausible with 60's technology. Also the first appearance of Desmond Llewelyn as Q.
The Living Daylights started out strong as a Cold War Thriller then it went off the rails
@@cartooningwithchris5329Timothy Dalton's terrible twosome were the worst and nearly ended the whole, movie franchise before GoldenEye resurrected it.
It was also Sean Connery’s favorite Bond movie, so that counts for something.
If not Nolan, i hope they bring Martin Campbell back to direct. He was responsible for making Daniel Craig and Pierce Brosnan as a household name for Bond which Casino Royale for Craig and Goldeneye for Brosnan. Yes you heard me, Goldeneye and Casino Royale were directed by the same guy. How awesome is that?
I love love love the Bond premise you guys set up today. THIS is how you revitalize worn-out series. Even Critical Doggo was sleep-wagging his tail at the idea.
I've been hoping for years there'd do a period-piece Bond film, even if it were a stand-alone holding action before resuming the standard franchise. Sounds really interesting.
I agree that a period-piece Bond is the way to go at this point, but I disagree with you a wee bit. Let's just reboot the whole thing from a movie set in the '60's onward.
@@former_dmcrt8614 Why? just watch first 4 Connery movies and that's it. Bond was always about reinventing itself, a period piece would be a major white flag from the producers, it's like they just gave up and try to jump on the nostalgia train. We had already great films with Connery from that era, those were close to the books, so there's no need for this, just a cheap nostalgy bait gimmick.
This is what I've been banging on about for ages. Just make Moonraker and make it faithful to the book. I'd love to see that
Nolan is a rare treasure-- a director who has melded box office success with critical accolades. No one since Spielberg has done that. I'd prefer he do his own original movies. Although, to contradict myself: the Dark Knight trilogy are among my favorite movies. My only real complaint being there are only 3 of them and not more of them.
I liked them, I wished we would've seen more of the rogues gallery, but man, I also wished he had toned down the reluctant hero shit...
You forgot Peter Jackson, also a fantastic director who have made fantastic movies, and James Cameron, but yeah his last movie Avatar: The Way of Water, was not a good movie, when James Cameron stood for only great movies with great story and acting and action.
It was probably due to Heath Ledger's death that they discontinued Nolan's saga. Sure, Batman is much more than just "Batman vs Joker till the end of times" but not having the most famous villain in the franchise for your cinematic universe was probably not a good sign going forward (then again, Joker barely shows up in the DCEU so...).
@@AmigaWolf Both Jackson and Cameron tripped up when they fell into the trap of trying to formula-ize their previous sucess. To the comment OP I would say perhaps don't complain that there were only 3 dark knight films with Nolan, we should appreciate when things stop before they turned sour. Trying to play out a premise beyond it's conclusion just because it's good right now is the recipe to ruin it, and the reason our favorite fictions feel like they're being driven into the ground this past decade. They had satisfying ends, yet aren't allowed to end.
Tbh TDKR is hot garbage, BB is solid and TDK is overrated and controversial.
I hope he does, having him as the next JB director would be amazing.
There is an interview somewhere where Nolan gets asked that very question " would you direct Bond movie'' and he said ''yes, providing I would have the artistic control''. It could have been on of the Oppenheimer promo interviews.
Yes I remember seeing this as well. In fact I think it's a video on youtube of RDJ and Nolan answering questions from the internet.
The biggest highlight if they set the movies in the 50s and 60s, then we get to see Bond in classic cars. Including the icon of the series, the Aston Martin DB5 👍🏻
Just listening to the guys talk about these possible movie script ideas feels like a breath of fresh air of something I would like to see get made.
I worry about the next Bond because of Barbara Broccoli's comment..."Bond is evolving, as men are evolving."😮
If Bond is evolving the way men are, he'll have to wear a diaper in the next movie.
If he did, the producers know all subsequent films would be measured against his. That's why I would be surprised if they hired him, set the bar too high. That being said I would absolutely love to see him direct one as a period piece akin to Russia with love, day of Jackel or Tinker Tailor, just fantastic.
Casino Royale was fantastic and Craig was great but an old school period setting combined with Nolan's talent would be an AMAZING collaboration.
I loved Craig as Bond, but I agree with your take that the plots are too modern. The ladies in my family want Henry Cavill as the new Bond, and I can't disagree. Nolan as a director would be awesome.
Craig never felt like bond to me, he always had the look of your signature thug of a villain. And I think it's all about the suit. When bond wears a suit he hides his strength and looks like your average playboy in a casino. Craig looks like a professional football player in a suit.
Add on to that a bond whose scripts left his dower and downtrotten and it just wasn't any fun being bond. The simple fact they had a scene that said "oh gadgets? no that stuff is stupid" when the entire history of spy work has been about gadgets and technology upping one another. It was indicitive of a bond that was "no fun allowed" and unlike previous versions I don't think there's many people who'd want to be his bond.
Craig was an ok Bond to start, but he’s too self-loathing to ever enjoy being Bond, which makes him a bad Bond.
@@kevinjohnston4923 I agree. Bond is supposed to be more self-assured and secure in himself. I mean... Daniel Craig spent way too much time in self-doubt and suffering from being a bad guy bringing way too much death. Maybe if they write a new Bond to be less about being a killer and more about being a spy (kinda like mission impossible type) it would allow more room for adventure and fun.
@3:44
They kind of did a period piece of the Justice League in justice league new frontier 2008 in Animation, adapted by Darwyn Cooke's original Silver age take. Cool thing is, Darwyn Cooke also Co-wrote the film. Years later, they did wish they adapted more story elements from the books vs. the final Animated film.
This just sounds too good to be true. Especially with the current rights holders who seem to despise the character.
Yeah that was my first thought. Best guess is Nolan does a woke Bond so the studios will let him do another inscrutable high concept sci-fi movie
I love the idea of Nolan directing a Bond movie, but I don't think taking it back to the Cold War is necessarily the way to go about it. Bond has always been a franchise that takes place in whatever year the films are released in, so I don't see why that should change just because of the divided socio-political climate we're in right now. If anything, that makes it all the more reason to set the next movie in the present day.
Also, as much as I like the idea of Nolan directing a Bond movie, I also want Bond to go back to the more light-hearted and campy roots of Brosnan and Moore, and there's just no way in hell Nolan will ever make a light-hearted and campy Bond movie.
Good thing nobody listens to you
Woah, it's a little presumutious to assume it's because of the social political climate.
The truth is is that in the modern day of satillites, internet, phones, cctv etc, it's a lot harder to have an engaging and internally consistent solo spy thriller. Having it in the mid century lets you have a lot more freedom with the setting. Its why a lot of modern, say, horror films take place in something like the 80s. Horror movies are harder to write when mobile phones are a thing.
Because modern day sucks ass. I'd much rather see a bond from that era again.
The problem is the new villain in the current year is China and Hollywood (and the US economy in general) relies on China. I would love it if they grew a fucking spine and showed China for the villains they are, but they won’t do it.
I’d also say that Henry Cavill would make a better classic era, campy Bond than a Daniel Craig more serious Bond.
From what I understand of the books though, the serious Bond is more true to Flemings vision of the character.
I agree with Smokey.
I dont know, he just wouldnt stop talking
I think Nolan plus Aaron Taylor-Johnson would be absolutely perfect. And that’s why I feel like it won’t happen.
Easy to tell most of them haven’t read the original books, would love to see the time period piece, but Bond isn’t supposed to be this lazy variation we’ve been given as of late. He’s a gentlemen, and a damn good spy. Movies have not done him justice. With the right script, could do just that. But I don’t think an origin story is the way to go. Too much heavy stuff to be put into a Bond film.
I wouldn't mind seein a Christopher Nolan directed James Bond film. It would be an interesting take on the character. 🎉
Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy was one of the saddest movies I have ever seen. When that retired spy woman was lamenting the end of World War II, back when they had an actual enemy, and spies where able to use spycraft with her team of operatives, how now that the war is over, there is no more use for their kind. The Notion of What are Warriors supposed to do when there is no more war for them to do what they know?/do what they are best at?
Learn to Code?
(groan)...
That I believe is the essence of Bond. What does he do in a world that no longer needs him. Truly heart wrenching to somebody like myself.
Thats a boring Bond ... we have had enough washed up Bond ... Bond is a gentleman spy who kicks ass and gets the girls ... Dustin LOL
That’s why I don’t resent the mercenary/private military contractor types. I mean, you spend years of your life training to be an exemplary warrior, do some deployments, probably face some messed up situations and lose friends. After all of that, what? You’re just supposed to go work some 9-5 office job?
Really hope they make the smart decision and higher Christopher Nolan to do the next bond film and I do sincerely hope that if that happens he casts Henry Cavill as 007
I got a feeling that Henry C will never ever get a good movie role anymore, Hollywood is very good in canceling actors there carrier, if they do not follow what Hollywood want's them to say or do.
@@AmigaWolf You do not know Christopher Nolan for he is stubborn and will not bend the knee when it comes to his film and he knows his worth and the studios know that hiring him would be a steal for anyone.
@@JustTooDamnHonest You do know were in a age, were almost
all movies and now good movies fails?
So no i do not trust it anymore that good directors can do good
stuff or movies that do good in the cinema.
@@AmigaWolf You would also know that out of the 100 films that is made each year only 20 are good and 5 of them are great and only 2 are excellent.
I know this for I have studied cinema since I was 10 years old and I found out about the fact when I turned 16 and I'm 32 now and it still is a fact and I also know that the who holds the real power over what is made and what is a success or failure and that is the paying customer and those who can cut through all of the BS that Hollywood is constantly throwing at us and tell the truth is how things change or get fixed in the end.
@@JustTooDamnHonest That have changed, even
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
was a HUGE flop, and also The Equalizer 3, mostly only
horror movies are doing good, but that has also to do
how cheap horror movies are to make.
Nothing will change, yeah people are soon going to love
awful movies, like Barbie that made worldwide 1.4+ billion.
Drinker, being a good Scott, I'm sure you've heard of Fitzroy Maclean. He's one of the founding members of the SAS. and credited with one of the main inspirations of Bond. His auto-bio "Eastern Approaches" is a must read, so just add that one to the queue. hes was there for the Russian show trials, North Africa campaign, was a legit spy hanging out with Tito in Yugoslavia, etc. lived one of those lives, and makes you go "what the hell have I done with my life"
Interesting- thanks for the book recommendation. I'd always heard thst Christopher Lee was the template for Bond due to his undercover war exploits and familial relation to Ian Flemming.
@@chaosgyro Well, I did say "one of". I'm sure it was a combination. FYI, I've only ever see it in paper. That auto bio and Chuck Yeager's are by far my favorite
Scot. Only one T.
As in Scotland.
@@nealm6764 noted, tysir.
@@chaosgyro One of the templates perhaps, but also semi-auto biographical. Flemming was a participant in WW2 'Activities' with Naval Intelligence, setting up 30 Commando, and much else, Operation Goldeneye was one.
I hope this happens. A 60s-set Bond would be amazing. But I don't see how the studio would let it happen because how can they shoehorn in "tHe MeSsAgE"? I'm watching Mad Men at the minute and I think to myself, this would never be made today.
Bond has turned into Jason Bourne
Can we have a classic bond ,Connery or Lazenby maybe , please
What defines James Bond then?
@@Сайтамен
a gentleman, style, class
@@СайтаменBond is about espionage, class, witty dialogue, pretty women and crazy villains. Also Bond should be a charismatic and savage kinda guy not like Daniel Craig
@@Сайтаменexactly what Ian Fleming brought to the page...
I don't know if this came up, but Sam Mendes said that he couldn't have made Skyfall without Chris Nolan having made the Batman trilogy.
If you look closely, you can see some Batman / Nolan DNa in Skyfall.
Hopefully Nolan has the nads to say "No, I'm not making a woke Bond movie"
Dude walked out of his own premier for these woke aholes. So don't expect the next Sound of Freedom is all I'm saying
Never saw a woke Bond movie
@@SubZero-hs9xcso it’ll never happen right? Wow that’s a relief..
Its Christopher Nolan we are talking about so I only see two Options: 1. He takes full controll of his Bond movie and brings all the good and bad Nolan habits with him. 2. He f*#ks off and does some other movie because there is no way Nolan would ruin his live long dream to do a woke James Bond.
My brain just shudders at the thought of a woke nineteen fifties bond.
I love in the original novels how before most of the climaxes Bond rips like 3g of Dexedrine while chain smoking off a hangover.
I hope he does direct the next film
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no thanks
@@Arcanine1995why??
@@thetorturepenguin Well for one thing I actually want to hear the dialogue and secondly I'd like to at lleast have a minimal understand of whats happening in the film without having to google a million things afterwards!! aha
Smokey is just chillin on his back for like 7 minutes straight and I relate to that
Nolan has been essentially auditioning to be a Bond director his entire career. I hope the rumors are true, I've been saying he should do Bond for a long time now.
Nolan often carries over research and plot points from his last project. As per Oppenheimer, I’d say this will be to do with trying to stop Soviets getting their H-bomb in the 50s.
0:31: 🎥 Rumors suggest that Christopher Nolan may direct multiple James Bond films set in the 1950s and 1960s, with Aaron Taylor Johnson potentially playing Bond.
3:05: 🎥 The speaker discusses the excitement and gripping nature of movies like The Day of the Jackal and James Bond, and expresses interest in seeing a Cold War-era James Bond film directed by Christopher Nolan.
6:03: 🎥 The speaker discusses the possibility of starting a new Bond continuity or playing with the existing one, and mentions Christoph Waltz's portrayal of Blofeld in Spectre.
8:54: 🎥 The conversation discusses the recurring character of the leader of the Soviet KGB in James Bond movies and mentions a German Netflix series called Chloe.
12:15: 🎥 Discussion about the potential direction of future James Bond movies and disappointment with the current formula.
Recap by Tammy AI
Bond absolutely needs someone like Nolan to who would keep all the studio interference out of the project and make the movie he wants to make!
EON spent the the previous 3 or so Bond films trying to make a Nolan Bond film without hiring the man himself, lol. At this point an actual Nolan Bond film will probably be bonkers
michael fassbender would make a great bond too, especially considering how he's already kinda pulled off that kinda vibe with his performance in inglorious basterds and as young magneto in x men first class, i think fassbender even modelled his performance as young magneto on sean connery.
I do believe perhaps he is just a tad bit too old for it, but he is certainly befitting of the tailored suit, suave gentlemen archetype Bond inhabits so easily as a character. There is a scene in the Steve Jobs film where he is wearing a suit and just the look of him (credits to the costume people there) was very suave and professional. He could do it, but I do wish it would have happened sooner.
I remember reading the Bond books as a teenager. I could never visualise them as the brash, colourful, pop art, Eon movies, but could only visualise them as an episode of All Creatures Great and Small. It his hard to take Bond seriously when he drives around in a car that looks like something out of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
This idea of Christopher Nolan, THE Christopher Nolan directing a James Bond film sounds like a big no-brainer to me. Nolan seems love and respect 007 so yeah he can DEFINITELY do a blockbuster action spy film.👍🏻
I thought they would bring Martin Campbell back. He always does a good job when starting a new Bond !
Chris Nolan is at his best when his brother collaborates.
The thing about Nolan is he is one of the last surviving blockbuster directors who can firmly shut the door on any studio interference because he is a guaranteed money-maker. He stonewalls any kind of interference on his projects, and the studios have to bite their thumbs and trust him because he's Christopher fucking Nolan.
Oppenheimer was only $100 mil to make, which also shows he's not going to break the budget either.
Yeah once he broke a billion with dark knight he earned his blank check. M night did it similarly with sixth sense and it took 20 years of bad movies to lose it.
Take the dream element out of inception, and you have arguably one of the best bond films. He’s also been fighting for this for over a decade but the broccoli family refused to give him creative control. I say Nolan should just create his own. And have Michael Caine as Q.
Bring Ian Flemming Bond Back!!!
"Trigger Mortis" is an excellent story to bring to screen.
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Check out a British WW2 unit, 30 commando or sometimes known as 30 beach assault unit. This unit was led by Ian Fleming and it was a behind enemy lines sort of outfit.
I've always liked the theory that 007 and James Bond are codenames that get reused to explain the progression through the actors. But I've also felt that there is a missed opportunity for a story where the current bond has to stop a previous bond who seems corrupted, but it could be a neat twist. However, nobody in Hollywood could be trusted to write such a concept with any real wit or nuance.
Cool story, bro.
This shit fan theory was debunked YEARS ago.
Write your own fan fiction, this will NEVER be reality.
Dear James,
The idea of a name being a rank was covered by the writer James Mitchell when he created 'Callan.' Throughout both the novels and the TV series' Callan worked for several controllers, all of whom were called 'Charlie hunter.'
Frank.
The new hero going after the old hero is a cliche that's now played out imo. Hell it was even explored in Skyfall, where the main villain was a previous 007
Codename theory isn’t true, like at all man.
You really think you did something with this stale take 💀
I reckon it would be utterly insane to tie in a bond origin story with the UFO roll-in to the Manhattan Project. It feels like the post Oppenheimer story for Nolan to tackle.
Rather than "whole new continuity", I'd say a reset. As in, all the Bonds are fractal versions, sharing many things, but allowing for a certain degree of difference. (Pretty sure that was what the Drinker meant; just clarifying).
Thank you for visiting Hungary! I listened some of your videos - those with sarcasm. Delightful :)
Cant wait to see "the message" shoe horned into a movie set in the 50s lol. It worked so well in the second Vikings show! 😅😂
It would make a lot of sense. In fact Oppenheimer kinda opened the door to what they were talking about in regards to the transition from WW2 into the world of spycraft. That was a big part of that movie.
You know, a Bond movie, set in the 1950's or 1960's, directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson (or preferably Henry Cavill) sounds like something that could get me into Bond movies again. As long as the script is good.
The era setting is the reason why I really like Atomic Blonde. That was also an action movie done well since she really took some bad lumps in that. It wasn't the garbage superhero thing they do with so many female characters today.
007 is one of those franchises that have such varying qualities that I don't really know what to think of it.
Bond in the SOE when it formed into MI5 after WW2 could be awesome.
Nolan's movies are good enough to have a solid rewatch value. The kind of film that has a place on the movie collection shelf. Even Man of Steel has value in the spectacle that it is. Looking at his collection of movies, The Prestige is a wild one as well. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman. He gets good performances out of his actors.
The only way fans and Nolan would have it, would be if he has complete and utter creative control. If not, doubtful.
Nolan and Cavill for the next Bond. Take my money!
More important than the director, time period, actor or gadgets is the decision whether to make Bond a hero like in the books rather than the superhero of the movies. In the Fleming books Bond regularly gets the utter crap beaten out of him, he is well aware of his mortality, falls for "the girl" and is thoroughly human. There is a sense of jeopardy, even dread, in the books that never occurs in the films.
I think a Metal Gear Solid 3 inspired Bond story would be an absolute slam dunk for me personally. Defectors, double agents, a femme fatale, complex villains and experimental super weapons. Sprinkle in some Cuban missile crisis and space race conspiracies and I'm lining up for that.
Bond in a cardboard box would subtly be the best crossover nod ever
@@drewbobaggins5212 I'd be disappointed if Nolan didn't put Bond in a box within that box.
@jean-pierrewilliams530 Honestly I'm surprised we haven't seen a Metal Gear movie. So many video games have been adapted to movies that it's weird Snake hasn't shown up in a film. It could be great. As long as the right people wrote, directed, and produced it.
Nolan movies aren't without flaw, and often times upon repeat views are even downright stupid, but you can't deny he makes amazing cinema. He would definitely make some great first-time view bond films. I don't think anything can top Skyfall.
If you get Nolan to direct Bond you'll have Cillian Murphy playing him
If they go period and importantly go very serious he would be my choice to play Bond
That wouldn’t be a bad idea. I had the thought of Dan Stevens doing it, but Cillian could work, too.
I doubt it. Cillian is 47.
They should do some mini series similar to Jack Ryan about Bond in the Navy then his selection and time in the SBS then his 2 kills for 00 status. Then do some movies.
Nolan for Director, with Fassbender as bond set in the 60's!!!!
Fassbender will be nearly 50 by the time the next one is filmed.
And? I would rather pick an amazing actor than fanboy over Cavil for example... he is great to look at but he is not the best actor... Fassbender has insane acting chops!
He is too old. They will want someone who can do multiple films
@@stc3145 Yes... but I am referring to Nolan... he is a 3 movie man max! plenty of time for Fassbender.
Why not. If he reboots it, I think it’ll be a winner if he stays close to the source material.
Taylor Johnson is a solid pick for Bond.
I never liked how Craig's Bond eventually devolved into techno pop action movies from the gritty realistic action piece that was Casino Royale.
I agree with Smokey on this one...
A Nolan+Cavill Bond combo would be fucking legendary!
I always wanted to see Michael Fassbender play bond. I think he would be excellent.
Definitely. He gave some definite Bond vibes as a young Magneto in that awful "X-Men: First Class" film.
@@iberius9937 that and his accent in "inglorious bastards" he could really pull it off.
Somerset Maugham's experience was much like described; "Reilly, Ace of Spies" is based on Maugham's experience as an agent in WWII.
I said on one of your Bond videos years back when "Spectre" came out that the only way to save Bond would be to return him to the WWII/early Cold War era he was created in. I WAS RIGHT! Now that I have been vindicated, I'd set the first Bond period piece in 1945, when he was still a Royal Navy officer seconded to Special Operations Executive, before the events of "Casino Royale". And there was more than enough real secret squirrel shit going down that year to frame a story from besides the already done and played out Nazis doing Nazi stuff that we just saw flogged again in the last Indiana Jones. For once, I'd like to see a Asian/Pacific war setting with James Bond vs the Japanese.
Yeah an origins trilogy would be mint.
That sounds like a good idea. On a related note, I want the Fantastic Four movie to take place in the '60s, back when Ant-Man was the only competition in superheroics.
@@jlev1028 I don't want any more comic book movies, ever. I'm so monumentally sick of "cinematic universes", "multiverses" and Kevin Feige's doughy smirking face that I'd rather watch paint dry than another superhero movie. What are we up to now, between Marvel and DC? 50+ films and TV shows now? When will it be enough? A hundred? That horse is DEAD, so stop beating it.
"For once, I'd like to see a Asian/Pacific war setting with James Bond vs the Japanese." Could even set up his later association with Tiger Tanaka from "You Only Live Twice." =^[.]^=
@@Raycheetah
My elevator pitch would be this.
James Bond is doing some SOE work in the aftermath of the German surrender for the opening scene, looking for a wanted Gestapo agent who went underground in the Vatican. It goes south while he's in bed with a smoking hot bird and he's wounded. Smash cut to the iconic opening sequence and a cover of Vera Lynn's "There Will Always be an England". Bond is in hospital when he gets a new mission to figure out what the Japanese are planning to do to stop the Allied invasion of the home islands, and his target is a Japanese admiral. Said admiral is the military attache in Moscow, since the Soviets and the Japanese are not at war yet, (but they will be soon) so Bond has to partner with the NKVD to do it. Standard Bond hijinks in Moscow ensue, the Japanese admiral goes back to Japan and Bond follows to the Soviet base of Vladivostok and he and his NKVD partner infiltrate Hokkaido dressed as Ainu. They get there, do more Bond stuff, and the NKVD guy betrays him to the Japanese because of the real world Soviet goals in the endgame with Japan, Britain and the US, and Bond must always get captured by the big bad. This movie leans real hard into the classic Connery Bond tropes. Japanese admiral botches killing Bond somehow, and Hiroshima and Nagasaki happen, and Bond survives. However, the big twist is the Japanese admiral, with the NKVD bad guy, hatch an operation for the admiral to kamikaze the surrender ceremony on board the USS Missouri so the war doesn't end yet and the Soviets get to grab Hokkaido. Bond foils it in Bond style, Japanese admiral goes down in flames, NKVD guy with him. Bond saves the day, and parties with geishas. End credits.
Atomic Blonde settings of Berlin as the wall was coming down was so good.
I would love Cavill in a Bond role. But Aaron Taylor-Johnson seems like a great option as well. He was hilarious in Bullet Train, wears a suit like a pro. He’s just about the perfect age too.
Paul Chato is a fantastic "acquisition" for this channel. Nice!
Henry Cavil would be a perfect Bond i think
Nolan doing a bond movie, set in the 60’s, is a bloody good idea
All they need is Henry Cavill to play Bond now…
Fo real ❤
I was thinking Richard Madden.
Henry Cavil isnt this box office Magneto you think it is
@@SubZero-hs9xc and Daniel Craig was before he got the role?
He'd have to shed 30lbs and get some etiquette training to pull off the refinement needed.
Can't wait for them to bring me back. 007.
The best premise that's never been properly pursued, is that "James Bond" is as much a code name as "007" is a code agent number. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE alludes to that with "This never happened to the other fellow," and there was a fantastic script for an unfilmed Bond project floating around (before they settled on Daniel Craig) that had all the former Bond actors forced to team up as "James Bonds" for some superdupersecret spy assignment to save the world, which promoted the "James Bond as code name" theme. It would also help isolate the "James Bond" who dies in NO TIME TO DIE as his own character, not the half-century iconic continuing character.
It is worth pointing out that if Nolan does bounce the character back to the Cold War (which I mostly fully endorse), it also reinforces & buttresses the tacit message that James Bond is dead in 2023. That part I don't like so much.
In conclusion, I'll plug William Boyd's excellent 2013 novel SOLO, the single best post-Fleming story and the only one that really nails the original author's style and his closely detailed prose depicting the high class lifestyle pleasures that Bond cultivates & pursues and the electric charge he gets when committing (justified) violence. It's really the only Bond novel worth your time following Fleming's death, and it's probably no coincidence it's a rare one that moves its setting back to 1969 instead of trying to import the character to our current day, of which that terrible awful no-good Charlie Higson novel is the most egregious and insulting example.
It literally adds NOTHING to the film if Bond turned out to be a codename.
NOTHING.
It's a shit fan theory that was debunked YEARS ago. It will NEVER be reality.
@@danjonmills Thank you for your passionately expressed opinion.
That was only a cheeky meta joke, James Bond was always his name. The '00' insignia is the licence to kill and that's it, you can have whoever you want as 007 but James Bond is only one. :)
Critical Doggo’s take on this rumor is RIVETING!!
I'd love it if my idea for bond could somehow get in front of the producers.
Start in ww2, bond is the first, then it becomes a code name in the bond programme.
Have different actors play bond throughout different eras. Some succeed, some don't.
Culminating in a sneakily woven plot that stretches over a century.
You can play with different styles and times and actors and directors.
Thats quite cool actually
@@The_AndroidSentByCyberlife thanks! Seriously, I had so many plot points and ideas ha! Just need to get Nolan's number...
The clichè old bond is now the villain was a part of the grand scheme. The idea being that the latest bond realises that previous angents aren't perhaps retiring at all, but M15 is eliminating them when they've done their duty. In an effort to control all variables.
It would turn out that a much older previous 'bond' had defected as he came to see that the very people that he was fighting for were becoming the very people he was fighting against. That in their effort to keep the peace, they were becoming the enforcers.
I dunno, it seemed like a cool way to exploit a 50's bond or a 60's style bond. Perhaps see each one supposedly pass on the mantle to the next. Even see a few of them really screw up and get taken out.
Then it really wouldn't matter who you cast as bond.
@@galmando1984 my gosh that's a brilliant idea. So long as it was done well and not satire or nostalgia bait. I wouldn't want any cgi Sean Connery 🤣 just a different version played by a previously unseen bond. Great idea mate hope nolan finds you haha
@@The_AndroidSentByCyberlife oh god no! No 'member berries!
I think it's abundantly clear what message they were sending in the first place when they killed off the hero for a predominantly male audience 😕
I'm a bit mixed on this for two reasons. On one hand, I'm not entirely sure if Nolan is capable of doing a Bond film due to his own style. He's far better at making original films, where he has more control. There are some exceptions like The Dark Knight and Oppenheimer, but even then there's a lot of his style there as well. But on the other hand, Nolan just might be the guy powerful enough to make a non-woke James Bond film. From what I could tell, Nolan hasn't been corrupted by the woke mob (yet), so he just might be the saving grace we need for Bond to make a comeback.
The only thing more pathetic than the woke mob is the anti-woke mob crybabies.
7:00. Ok..I would 100% be in for a 1946 Iron Curtain descends origin story of James Bond transitioning from the SAS to MI6, and why they needed it. With Nolan directing? That *should* be a blast to watch.
He's not a spy. He's an intelligence officer.
It’s strange. Throughout the entire Bond series, each movie becomes more and more fantastical in terms of tech or plot until it reaches the point of ridiculousness (I’m looking at you Die Another Day and You Only Live Twice). The series then reboots with another actor and becomes more grounded-only to progress to the fantastic again. A period piece set in the 50s, 60s, or 70s could hopefully take the tech out of the equation and focus on the action, story, and character. If I want tech, I’ll watch a Mission Impossible movie. I don’t need that in Bond-give me a smart plot, grounded action, and a gritty character. More Bourne-like but without the brainwashing and “super soldier” mumbo jumbo.
Henry Cavill would be a great bond wouldn’t he?
Excellent premise ideas. Wish Cristopher Lee was still alive to be in it. He was the real James Bond, soldier turned spy that tracked down former Nazis. He famously said to someone when asked about what he did as a spy - “Can you keep a secret?….so can I.”
I also appreciate Daniel Craig's version of James Bond.
7:20
That's actually wrong.
Both the US and the UK was highly aware of soviet espionage since the mid 1920's and actively fought against it. But in the 1930's and 40's Hitler happened and most of their effort was spent on culling the nazis, but soviet-awareness while was on low flames, but still on the stove. Especially since many russian white immigrants fought in the US army or did their duty as agents of the OSS. The big question in the late period of WW2 was more about what to do with the soviets after and the main problem what the US had was this guy called Truman, who completely misunderstood the threat.
I know that the Daniel Craig run didn't land well with true fans, but I liked the grittiness of those films. I stopped after Skyfall, though. Bond is definitely something that can be rebooted over and over and people will watch it. It has the fan base like Doctor Who. Go back to the classic stories and it will be a banger.