Sam Mendes Explains Why He's Directing Another JAMES BOND Film

Sam Mendes Explains Why He's Directing Another JAMES BOND Film

A few weeks ago, Sam Mendes sat down with Charlie Rose of PBS, and at one point the Skyfall director discusses the reason he decided to direct another James Bond film. Check it out!

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By nailbiter111 - Apr 29, 2014 01:04 PM EST
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Source: mi6-hq.com
Academy Award-winning filmmaker and theater director Sam Mendes explained to The Charlie Rose Show why he felt compelled to return to the James Bond franchise. With Skyfall, Mendes began telling a number of stories that he felt were incomplete. This includes introducing a new M (Ralph Fiennes), Miss Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw). He felts that he could use the 24th James Bond film to tell a second part to his billion dollar grossing film, Skyfall.

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BOND 24 will be directed by Sam Mendes ("Skyfall"), from a screenplay written by John Logan. The cast will include: Daniel Craig as James Bond (007), Ralph Fiennes as M, Naomie Harris as Miss Moneypenny, and Ben Whishaw as Q. The film will be released in the UK and US on October 23, 2015 and November 6, 2015, respectively.
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Pasto
Pasto - 4/29/2014, 2:00 PM
It's simple really, he needs to put food on the table.
MightOfMagneto
MightOfMagneto - 4/29/2014, 2:01 PM
Top 3 trilogies

1. Bourne Trilogy
2. The Dark Knight Trilogy
3. Daniel Craig's James Bond
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 4/29/2014, 2:03 PM
Bond 24 could very well be the best movie of 2015 if the villain is as good as Raoul Silva in Skyfall.
TopCat89
TopCat89 - 4/29/2014, 2:04 PM
Money, Money, Money, Money.....MONEY!


Skyfall was pretty decent so no worries!
thewonderer
thewonderer - 4/29/2014, 2:06 PM
Money.
micvalpro
micvalpro - 4/29/2014, 2:06 PM
Casino royale: best Bond movie ever made.
patrat18
patrat18 - 4/29/2014, 2:06 PM
Who cares why, he did an excellent job on the last Bond film.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 4/29/2014, 2:07 PM
Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Nuff said
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/29/2014, 2:08 PM
This could be better than skyfall and be the greatest Bond film ever. Mendes is an amazing director. I wanna see some original films from him. Penny dreadful shows he has some good ideas on how to interpret classic stories and other genres.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/29/2014, 2:08 PM
If he did a batman or daredevil film, it would be epic.
Jacklincolnvstheworld
Jacklincolnvstheworld - 4/29/2014, 2:12 PM
back to the future
MightOfMagneto
MightOfMagneto - 4/29/2014, 2:13 PM
I like Mendes work on Skyfall but the director I want to see helm Daredevil or Batman is Paul Greengrass (Bourne 2 & 3).
DaVinci31
DaVinci31 - 4/29/2014, 2:21 PM


Just give me Craig, exotic women and my Aston Martin.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/29/2014, 2:21 PM
Nolan will def make a Bond film one day. He would make a great Bond film.
Ocelot
Ocelot - 4/29/2014, 2:24 PM
Should have brought back Martin Campbell instead of this hack. Skyfall is incredibly overrated and isn't anywhere near the perfect Casino Royale.
MightOfMagneto
MightOfMagneto - 4/29/2014, 2:26 PM
^
Why do you think Skyfall is overrated?
YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 4/29/2014, 2:33 PM
It would be funny if Martin Campbell went back to bond and Sam Mendes took over Green Lantern.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/29/2014, 2:34 PM
@Ocelot mother[frick]a are you crazy??? Did you inhale something today?!
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/29/2014, 2:35 PM
John BOYEGA young black Bond. Ever wonder how bond was in his younger years. Young and brash and impulsive??? That's be a cool film. A guy can dream. Elba for Bond after Craig.
RolandD
RolandD - 4/29/2014, 2:49 PM
Oh if we're going to go there, Sean Connery for the win! I would have to go with Craig for a number 2. Roger Moore was a decent Bond, but the movies got too silly.

In terms of the overall movies, the Craig movies are excellent.
Hellboy6666
Hellboy6666 - 4/29/2014, 2:50 PM
Not excited. Skyfall detoured from everything Casino and Quantum was building. If Mr. white and Quatum return then I'll be happy but I don't want another "standalone" bond. I loved the idea that they were building this arc and WAM...forgotten.
cjohnston
cjohnston - 4/29/2014, 2:54 PM
~ Apparently he wishes to put even MORE monumentally O.K. So-So 007 features into our living rooms.
- Make no mistake, I'm a HUGE 007 aficionado myself and DC, while perhaps being a bit to "wooden" at times, is a VERY Good 007ite indeed; but, ....imho, Mendes just. doesn't.. have... whatittakes to craft THE James Bond film.
TheOverlord
TheOverlord - 4/29/2014, 2:56 PM
Didn't care for QOS, but CR and Skyfall rank among the best Bond films ever. Up there with Sean Connery's originals.
6of13
6of13 - 4/29/2014, 2:57 PM
I enjoyed Skyfall but it was not as good as it was hyped to be. IMO, the villain was terrible.
Gazmataz1981
Gazmataz1981 - 4/29/2014, 2:58 PM
Well, he did pave the way to making Bond fun again so it's only fitting he gets to expand on what he set up in Skyfall. And I mean Connery fun, not Brosnan or Moore "fun"...

That's speaking as an Irishman, Pierce Brosnan comes from a town not far from where I live and I still think Daniel Craig is the best 007 since Sean Connery, or George Lazenby for that matter.
TheOverlord
TheOverlord - 4/29/2014, 2:59 PM
Roger Moore was The Saint and Pierce Brosnan was Remington Steele. They were both good, but not quite right -- just Bond imitations. Connery was the original and Craig is the first one to really reinvent the role for himself since then.
GenerationX
GenerationX - 4/29/2014, 3:19 PM
No transcript?
TheOverlord
TheOverlord - 4/29/2014, 3:20 PM
My Top Ten Movie Trilogies:
1. The Original Star Wars Trilogy (1977-1983)
2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
3. The Original Indiana Jones Trilogy (1981-1989)
4. The Trilogy of the Dead (1968-1985)
5. The Iron Man Trilogy (2008-2013)
6. The Original Bourne Trilogy (2002-2007)
7. The Evil Dead Trilogy (1981-1992)
8. The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005-2012)
9. The Dollars Trilogy (1964-1966)
10. The Original Die Hard trilogy (1988-1995)
FantasticSpidey
FantasticSpidey - 4/29/2014, 3:46 PM
I don't think Nolan will ever do one. He isn't one to just use a character as is, he would want to make it his own and reinvent the character, and I doubt that Broccoli/Eon would ever let that happen.
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