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UPDATE: Christopher Nolan has told the BBC that, to him, James Bond is one of the great characters in contemporary fiction. Speaking before last night’s world premiere of his much anticipated Inception in London, Nolan said that 007 is a huge influence on his mental heist thriller. “I’ve loved the Bond films since I was a kid. For me, they’re always about the expansiveness of cinema. The first Bond films set up infinite possibilities about the world they create. I’d love to do a Bond film.”
Nolan also told the BBC that the James Bond movies had a strong influence on his new movie Inception, whose marketing campaign describes the pic as “James Bond meets The Matrix“. “The Bond influence on the film was very intentional because, for me, growing up with the Bond films — they’ve always stood for grand-scale action,” said Nolan who helmed The Dark Knight and Batman Begins. Like the Bond films, Inception was shot in various locations around the globe including Morocco, France, Japan and Canada. Nolan said the Bond films had always “stood for the promise of being taken to some place bigger than you could have imagined” and added: “In dealing with the human mind and dreams, my mind naturally gravitates towards the Bond films as that sort of expression of cinematic potential. By the end of the film you feel that Inception could go anywhere and do anything.”
Here’s great interview footage from the premiere with Nolan et al:
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don’t waste your talent on that franchise
i assume someone told him the same thing about the Batman franchise though
have to second this, after the last outing bond should be retired, he’s a cold war relic with nowhere to go, nothing to do
No offense, Christopher, but you are not Bond material. A fine actor in your own right, yes, but not James Bond. It’s not that Bond is so difficult to do, but one needs a certain look and attitude, and it’s just not you.
Keep on doing what you do best, and leave Bond to the proper talent.
Well don’t I feel like an idiot…I saw Nolan’s photo and thought he wanted to actually BE Bond, which of course is ludicrous. My apologies…Nolan might be able to direct a good Bond film…you never know. Hell, I might be able to direct one!
No you most definitely would not be able to direct a James Bond movie.
Funniest exchange I have read in days.
NOLAN, YOU STAY THE F”K AWAY FROM BOND!!!!
The words “ultimate Bond” come to mind. If anyone can re-imagine Blofeld and S.P.E.C.T.R.E with bold, daring vision, it’s Nolan. Make it happen.
I’m sure he’d like to get his hands on it as soon as Sam Mendes walks away.
Before we know it, the suave Bond will have a lacerated shouting voice, squatting on the roulette table yelling: Shhhaaakkkkennn nnnnoooottt sssstttiiiiirrrrreeeddddd.
Then we’ll find that our favourite Aston Martin has been replaced by a Hummer looking beast with winglets on it. Then Bond, would be donning his Tuxedo cape and a pointed top hat on the way to the casino or the opera.
Yes, Mr. Nolan, we’d rather see a Shakespearean Bond from Mendes than a DC Comic Bond from you. This is the reason films like the Wild Wild West and Mission Impossible and Lost in Space and Starsky and Hutch and any thing that had decent characters and alike have been ruined by people who got too big and thought they could just walk in to the studio exec’s office and just claim divine ownership and creativity to fuel such films under their helm.
The only person who is qualified to even get such an opportunity is Cameron, James Cameron, that is, Mr Nolan. You already “had your six”. And the only Bond worth shooting by Cameron will be with Hugh Jackman.
Not even Spielberg or Ridley Scott should touch this franchise. Please, don’t even mention your fantasy publicly. You are so far down the pecking order that rubber suits will be your lot for a while.
In the meantime, just stick to men in tights please. Thanks but no thanks.
Your dream is our nightmare.
You, sir, are an idiot.
A jealous and a bitter idiot.
You, sir have the right remain a viewer and not a filmmaker. Please stick to the aisle and let the filmmakers be the best judge to other filmmakers.
“You, sir have the right remain a viewer and not a filmmaker. Please stick to the aisle and let the filmmakers be the best judge to other filmmakers.”
You unbelievable elitest wanker.
I don’t need to be chef to have a viable opinion on whether my dinner is a good meal or not.
By the same token a person doesn’t need to be a film-maker to recognise a good film.
Clearly Nolan wouldn’t direct Bond like that because Bond isn’t that sort of character. Stop being a bitter idiot and come back when you’ve produced something of note as a “film-maker” before you take such a high and mighty position.
Well, your short story pretty much shows that you only know Nolan’s Batman films. He has done other films that aren’t DC. Look into it.
I would really like to see Nolan make a James Bond film.
His other films are not hits, are they?
You couldn’t name five of them in a row without IMDB.
oo a nolan hater..hmm lets see now, nolan always want to keep things as they are, he doesnt want to change too many things, keep them close to the core..why do u think he would change things in bond into some dc stuff? sure cameron is a great, but how original is he nowadays? i loved avatar but the story was a mix of pocahontas and the last samurai, wasnt it? just watch inception and you will see how good nolan is! and its his own script and idea and all!!!
Agreed with the other poster. You’re an idiot, and a self-righteous one at that.
Nolan is a fantastic filmmaker, and even if you don’t care for his Batman films, to put them in the same category is Wild Wild West and Starsky & Hutch marks you out as an imbecile of the highest order.
Oh Dear!
Another person who thinks they know filmmaking and the business.
This is a business and not an art. Cinematic Art is a by-product of this business. A Cameron helmed Bond is huge business and everyone will buy in to it. A Nolan film will never be as big business. Hence the reason the producers will never yield to Nolans of the world, because it’s just business.
Revenues of a Cameron Bond will be huge. Even Greengrass will do, but Nolan is a not a person who can create iconic characters, who will reverberate with the paying customer for decades. He will give you imagery, think on characteristics.
Don’t even try to tell me that you understand character until you’ve written a stage play. Go and talk to Hamlet for your education. He’ll tell you what character is.
Bond, Bourne, Spidy and alike are characters made by lit writers, not filmmakers. Their character was steeled in the minds of writers who did not and do not have to meet visual requirements so that they can develop characters of highest order with internal dualities. A fine character must have a duality conflict. The greater the conflict, the better their characteristics. Hamlet is the quintessential conflicted character. You learn a thing to two from him.
So write up a few stageplays, then we can resume our discourse.
Oh, dear! A bitter, never-produced playwright.
You’re Eric Stoltz, aren’t you?
My dear friend, the more you talk the more you embarrass yourself.
It is clear that you don’t have much taste to dismiss Christopher Nolan’s talent.
Also your own frustrated artistic ambitions seem to reveal themselves at every new comment you post.
What the hell is a “Shakespeare Bond” and why would you want to see it?
Cameron ?
And why not the Farrelly brothers ?
I’ll give you that.
Cohen Bros. instead.
I’m speechless. I think “Furious D”, “anhonestanswer” and “Whiskey” all owe “ES” here a HUGE “thank you” for this post. The cold, sickening stupidity of it make those ding-dongs appear moderately knowledgeable. (I REALLY need to find another place to procrastinate!)
Cameron–what a horrible choice. The man has no sense of style, which Bond requires. True Lies was a piece of shite.
Wow that was one of the most ignorant comments I’ve read on this site. Clearly you are only aware of Nolan’s Batman films. There is no way in hell he would stray from the original story like you suggested. Please go see Inception when it comes out, as well as The Prestige, Insomnia, or Memento.
This isn’t the first time he has expressed interest in doing a Bond film, and I have little doubt that it would turn out to be the best Bond film in at least 30 years. He grew up on those films and probably knows the character better than any a-list director in Hollywood. Plus, the fact that he is British and would likely cast a British actor wouldn’t hurt either.
The thought of James Cameron doing 007 makes me cringe. His films are too dependent on special effects for Bond, the last thing the franchise needs is over the top CGI (likely in 3D). He would be much more likely to make those ridiculous changes you mentioned, not Chris Nolan.
I believe you’re thinking of Michael Bay. Christopher Nolan would do an unbelievable Bond. A James Cameron Bond makes no sense. Two different world.
I’ve said this from day one.
We will see Nolan direct a Bond film.
And we will see Time Warner buy MGM. Eventually.
Don’t be surprised if, when Daniel Craig hangs up his holster, Warners turn to Nolan to bring about the next iteration of the Bond franchise.
Nothing is certain but taxes, death and Nolan directing a Bond film.
You think the audience is an idiot to keep seeing a reboot with a new director every 10 years?
Bond is a chain, franchise, a marathon. Nolan is not and will not be around for making a new Bond consistently.
Producers and owners want continuity, not sporadic hits and misses.
I would LOVE to see a Nolan directed Bond. Too bad MGM is in the sh**er still. Cmon MGM, work it out. Mendes would be OK, Nolan would be OWNAGE.
This is, of course, no suprise ; Nolan’s clearly better suited to Bond than he ever was Batman (of course, some of us think he’s not really suited to Batman at ALL…)
Fanboy hate never gets old.
I love the idea of Sam Mendes doing a James Bond film, but you know what? I love the idea of Nolan making one even better. If he even writes the script it could be easily the best Bond film of all time, even better than From Russia with Love, Goldfinger and Casino Royale combined.
If “Avatar” is a rehash. Then I guess “Inception” is a rehash too since it is clearly inspired by “Dark City”, “The Matrix” and “Minority Report”.
Bottom line, no one can be heralded for having a truly original idea. Everything in this day and age can be linked to something before it. Even the finale of “Lost” had traces of “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” mixed with the little seen film “Passengers”.
So I wish people would stop overrating Nolan for being so original. He is a good director. And the Nolan vs Cameron is fucking pointless. Especially since Nolan admires Cameron and is a fan of “Avatar”…
Um… Ever seen Memento? Based on/stolen from…? You cannot name a more original film. See? Trying? Thinking hard? Oooh-what-? There. You lose.
Nolan won’t direct a Bond film because it’s a producers franchise. Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli won’t give up final cut to somebody as meticulous and independent as Nolan. The best thing for them is to find some director like Martin Campbell, who won’t clash with their vision and infuse some style and craft into the script.
This is what I came in here to say. Doesn’t anyone remember when Tarantino wanted to a Bond film? He even talked to Pierce Brosnan about it and wanted it to be a period piece. This won’t happen. No imaginative director will EVER do the Bond films as long as they are privately controlled.
So sorry, but have you ever worked with Sam Mendes? The man is the epitome of obsessive micromanagement. If the Bond franchise is as producer driven as you say, then how in the hell did they rope Mendes into doing one unless he has final cut privileges?
I would so rather see Nolan than Mendes direct a Bond. Mended has no “game”. It’s that simple. He’s a tired, one-trick pony. Nolan knows visuals. End of line.
Make it so (Daniel Craig + Chris Nolan = BEST.BOND.EVER)!!!
AGREEEEEEE!!!!! I so wish it would happen!
He’d love to do a Bond film and the rest of the world would love to see his Bond film.
Make it happen Broccoli!
I would love to see the best director alive today direct a Bond movie. Nolan is a genius. Just look at what he came up with, with the Batman series. Not to mention all of his other great movies.
Note:
Batman is not his creation. It’s his direction.
Obviously if it wasn’t for a dead actor, and a Comic series called Batman, Nolan would not be big.
Combine an overdosing actor and a comic series, then we’ll get Nolan. This is true of Greengrass, Tony Gilroy and alike. Michael Clayton is original work by Gilroy, but not Bourne. Please keep Nolan earthly.
That guy/girl ES is an idiot. A Nolan Bond would be great IMO.
Another name-calling commentator who clearly understands film business, that is, money making business!
Please stick to the aisle and keep your mouth full of popcorn. It’s the least support you can show filmmakers by making the concession stands happy. Don’t forget to lick your buttery fingers.
Guys-
As one who’s worked on the Bonds, I can tell you now that Nolan, Spirlberg, Cameron, or God himself will NEVER direct a Bond film. The franchise is controlled with an iron clad fist by producers Barbara Broccolli and Mochael Wilson, the two least creative, most classless producers in the industry. The franchise is their living, not their passion. The fact that the current reinvention with Daniel Craig is so good is an absolute miracle. No filmmaker of vision or strength will ever be allowed near this business. Only bringing back their father, producer empressario Albert Broccolli, a man of taste and vision, would change that.
This is not true. Broccoli and Wilson gave considerable control to Quantum of Solace to Marc Forster.
And what did we get? Sliced and diced action sequences! A Bond who doesn’t sleep with the main girl! A muddy title sequence!
We haven’t enjoyed a “Real” Bond film since Pierce Brosnan was forced to leave the franchise due to the greed of the producers. While Daniel Craig is a good actor, the “new” Bond films are pretty pathetic (which I refuse to buy or support in any way). Roger Moore was a great actor and a fantastic Bond under Cubby Brocolli, unfortunately, Barbara Brocolli and Michael G. Wilson are only interested in profits, they have prostituted Cubby’s vision and cheapened the Bond franchise to the point of no return…The new Bond movies suck and it is no fault of the actors involved. What was th plot of Quantam of Solace anyway??? Mr. Craig’s Bond is a punk, angry as, frustrated spy, not the cool gentleman secret agent we have become accustomed to under the cool hand of Cubby Broccoli…
Christian Bale as Bond and Michael Caine as Q?
Saw Inception at a preview screening the other day. The first thing that came to mind during the incredible winter action sequence was…Bond.
Nolan should tackle “The MAN from U.N.C.L.E.” If done right,it could be a great action movie. DiCaprio as Illya with Bale as Napoleon Solo would be huge!
I dare not dream this. I DARE NOT. I am not one to hyperbolize, but this would be the best thing in the history of everything.
Not only is Nolan my favorite filmmaker currently working, but his insane box office cred (especially if Inception is a hit, which I think it will be) would mean that he’d likely be given a huge amount of creative leeway. Many of the Bond directors serve essentially as TV directors, just doing what the producers tell them, but in this case Broccoli and Wilson would be foolish to turn away the overflowing buckets of money that would result from Nolan’s take on a 007 pic.
Hell, they’d probably let him do it as a period flick starring Carey Mulligan in drag if he wanted to. (And you know he could pull that shit off.)
Dwight and Marketeer got it right. As much as I’d love to see a Nolan Bond film, it will never happen. The producers have never allowed a director of vision take control of the film. Broccolli and Wilson control the franchise and will never hire a director with the clout to wrestle control away from them.
Remember when there was the hope that Quentin Tarantino was going to direct Casino Royale with Pierce Bronson. Then Bronson was out, obviously no Tarantino and then we had a brand new Bond. Ah that would have been a dream. Okay at least Daniel Craig isn’t Timothy Dalton but the last Bond was a pale shadow even to a Jason Bourne movie. Where’s our over the top Bond, lady loving, over-sexed half-drunk Bonds of yesteryear? I grew up on Roger Moore’s James Bond and Barbara Bach as the hottest Bond-girl and also loved Pierce Bronson as Bond. Some fun, some hot Bond girls, and some bad-ass action. Tarantino would have been the man. Nolan would be kick butt too.
Now who’s idea was it to have Sam Mendes direct the next Bond?
We’ll get what we get. Doesn’t mean we have to pay money to go see it though.
he is name is BROSNAN, idiot.
At least Craig isn’t Timothy Dalton? What’s that supposed to mean? Dalton was a great and under appreciated Bond. He brought Bond back to basics after the excesses and ridiculousness of the Moore era. With Dalton in the role, Bond was much leaner and meaner and not so jokey, as well as being much closer to his literary roots. Without Dalton’s serious take on Bond to pave the way, Craig’s gritty portrayal of Bond would not be possible.
I liked Timothy Dalton. The Best Bond ever, even Connery was only second best.
Nolan is correct about Bond movies being “big” and expansive, special stuff that take you places you cannot even imagine.
They are also about the past. James Bond is really just Ian Fleming’s father, recast, as a man of derring do and a bit of his own womanizing, in service to his country. Nearly all of Bond’s key characteristics, including liquor preferences, smoothness, sudden brutality, are taken from Fleming himself, his father, and a few mentors in British WWII intelligence.
Men basically from another century. Near Victorian in sentiment and belief.
Director this, director that, it all starts with the script that captures the essence of the character, going back to the books themselves.
Nolan at least, in making the Batman films, took a serious attitude. He said (paraphrasing) to execs, it may be a popcorn summer movie, but that’s no reason not to make the best, with serious respect to the story as originally told.
I’d just as soon see Nolan continue with original properties like Inception.
Love Cameron, but would never be right for the franchise. Craig and Mendes, or Craig and Nolan. Keep Craig!
Apparently you were born after True Lies or T2. Talk to me after you see True Lies.
True Lies is better than 5 Bonds combined. Period. No! I said Period. Don’t even think about it.
Agreed. Cameron would be completely wrong for Bond. Also, he would never do it in a million years.
INterested Observer,
I agree. If Bond was as big of an influence on Nolan as he says, why not simply use that influence and mix it with fresher ideas? This Bond-influenced mind heist movie Inception sounds more interesting than another Bond movie IMHO. I love James Bond but it is a franchise. As some of the other comments suggest, it sounds like the producers of the Bond franchise do not put up with much creativity from their directors.
A Chris Nolan Bond, genius…. And before he dies, let Sean Connery be the villain!