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10 Directors Who Should Make A James Bond Movie

This coming Tuesday, February 12th, Sam Mendes’ Skyfall arrives on DVD and Blu-Ray, thus completing its staggeringly successful $1 billion-plus run around the globe. Now that the dust has settled around what many consider to be one of the very best James Bond films, it seems like as good a time as any to start thinking about the future of the franchise – especially when Skyfall itself put so many promising pieces in place for upcoming installments.
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Published: Feb 8, 2013 10:00 am

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Brad Bird

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One of my favorite potential directors on this list, Brad Bird has proven time and again that when it comes to stylish, character-based action, few do it better. We have never really seen him do an ‘espionage’ film – Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol is more a straight-up action flick, albeit a phenomenal one – but The Incredibles is filled with 007-esque stylistic touches, and every film Bird has ever made, no matter the subject matter, demonstrates his capacity to make top-notch pulp fiction. He would undoubtedly be a terrific Bond director, and I would actually be most interested to see him helm the first installment of a new 007, after Daniel Craig departs the series. I think Bird’s style may be a tad too ‘bright’ for Craig, but when the time eventually comes to recast, Bird might be just the man to set a new tone. 

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Jonathan R. Lack
With ten years of experience writing about movies and television, including an ongoing weekly column in The Denver Post's YourHub section, Jonathan R. Lack is a passionate voice in the field of film criticism. Writing is his favorite hobby, closely followed by watching movies and TV (which makes this his ideal gig), and is working on his first film-focused book.
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