UPDATE: A Nolan spokesperson has vehemently denied these Bond rumors, calling them “total fantasy.”
EARLIER: Here we go again …
I don’t think we’re going to be getting rid of these Nolan/Bond rumors anytime soon, especially not when new reports keep coming in.
I’ve already mentioned it before, but Nolan directing Bond is something that’s being discussed. Now, The Daily Mail’s Eve Buckland is mirroring my reporting from last month:
An insider has revealed British actor [Aaron Taylor-Johnson], 33, is extremely close to landing the role, with “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan, 53, looking likely to helm the next film in the franchise
They added of Nolan: ‘He is extremely interested in doing something very different with the franchise. If he can get his way with producers, then he is all for it.’
Nolan has worked with Taylor-Johnson before — the actor had a supporting role in 2020’s “Tenet”, and has mentioned in the past that he’d love to work with the filmmaker again, in anything he does next.
The deal being negotiated would be for Nolan to direct two Bond films, with him writing both of them as well. Period-specific films, potentially set in the ‘60s, and, yes, with Nolan overseeing total creative control.
Now, that’s where the bulk of the negotiations reside. Nolan is not one to make creative compromises, if he hops on-board a project then he wants total control of it. That is understandable and we’re all wondering if Bond producer Barbara Broccoli will be giving him that.
Nolan is coming off the most successful non-Batman film of his career, “Oppenheimer,” and it’s also the current frontrunner to win the Oscar for Best Picture, Director and Actor. His next project has not been announced. Who wants to bet it’s Bond?