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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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Rian Johnson

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I have no earthly idea what a Rian Johnson-directed 007 film would look like – and that is exactly what interests me about this idea. Johnson’s three theatrical features – Brick, The Brothers Bloom, and Looper – are each vastly different from one another, yet share clear narrative and thematic interests that define him as a thoughtful, ridiculously stylish artist. These skills would serve him well on a hypothetical James Bond film, where his aptitude for complex, fascinating plots and ability to build compelling, three-dimensional characters would get a healthy workout. He also has some action credentials from Looper, and is respected enough, I would wager, to attract some impressive talent to the project. Behind David Fincher, this is the name on this list that I would be most intrigued by.

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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.