Christopher Nolan wanted to do the next James Bond, he finally gave up

The English director wanted to have the final cut, something impossible under the Barbara Broccoli era and Michael G. Wilson. So now that things have changed …

Shortly after the release of Tenet In 2020, rumors circulated in the interest of Christopher Nolan For the production of a film from the saga James Bond. Today, a variety report confirms that these rumors were founded … but that the project has never succeeded.

After the recent acquisition of the creative rights of the franchise 007 By Amazon, we understand a little better the omnipresence of Barbara Broccoli And Michael G. Wilsonhistoric producers of James Bondin recent decades. To the point of put off certain directors, as Christopher Nolan. Have they been too cautious? Too protective with respect to His Majesty’s secret agent?

The example of Christopher Nolan In any case illustrates this rigidity, because after Tenet and in the wake of the exit of Dying can wait – The last with Daniel Craig – The British filmmaker would have indeed expressed his interest to stage a new film James Bond. However, according to Variety, Barbara Broccoli Was very clear on one point: no director could benefit from the final cut on a film in the saga! Unsurferous, Wilson and she decide, at the end of the chain, to what the film should look like.

Impossible for a director of Nolan’s standing, well known to demand a total control over the final assembly of his works. Faced with this refusal, he preferred to pass his turn and devote himself to Oppenheimerhis biopic on the father of the atomic bomb … which earned him a consecration in the Oscars.

The whole question is whether, now that the duo is no longer in controllers, Amazon MGM will offer to Christopher Nolan to come and play in the universe of agent 007? Will the studio be ready to drop the reindeer to the filmmaker, to mark the blow of his recovery? Or did he prefer to mark his new franchise from his imprint from his imprint?