James Bond will return, but Sam Mendes probably won't.

From a Q&A, but I'll put up the bit about him not returning.

http://www.metro.us/newyork/entertainment/article/1154701--q-a-with-skyfall-director-sam-mendes

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James Bond will return, but Sam Mendes probably won't.

"It's been a fantastic experience, but it's been completely exhausting," says Mendes, who adds that he completed work on the film on October 9. "Do I want to do another one? I'm a shadow of my former self. (laughs) No, I don't know. I felt like everything I wanted to do with a Bond movie, I put into this film. So I would have to be convinced that I could do something that I loved and cared about as much if I was to do it again. I think the great risk of repeating oneself is that one doesn't have the great store of ideas that you have when you first tackle a subject."

And I thought they may finally have found another regular.

It's a shame that directors put "everything" they have into one film, and that's it. Have they no creativity beyond what they initially think they want to see in a Bond film? If Mendes does go (which is highly likely), I think the next director they pick should sign a three picture deal. I know it poses a risk because what if the movie is terrible and all that... Well I suppose it's a risk they're going to have to take if they want to maintain a crew reminiscent of the 60s - 80s Bond films.

It's a lot different these days as directors don't really want to get tied down by a contract. It'll be interesting who they chose next.

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And I thought they may finally have found another regular.

Really? I didn't think for a second that Sam Mendes would hang around, just like I knew Marc Forster wouldn't.

Directors of this calibre will only ever really want to do one to prove to themselves they can do it. Unless they're the biggest Bond fan ever. Though I believe both claimed to be.

I still think its a shame Campbell hasn't hung around, Bond films are clearly the only thing he can do right. Can't blame a man for being ambitious I suppose.

Mendes desperately needed a hit film. Now he has the leverage to do something else.

Vesper wrote:

I still think its a shame Campbell hasn't hung around, Bond films are clearly the only thing he can do right.

Check out Edge of Darkness. (BBC.) That's what got him the GoldenEye gig.

Erica Ambler wrote:

Mendes desperately needed a hit film. Now he has the leverage to do something else.

Exactly. However much Mendes may have enjoyed making SKYFALL, he likely has some pet projects that are more interesting to him than another Bond flick.

I wonder which director they'll seek out next.

Probably best if Mendes doesn't return. I'd hate him to dominate Bond like Nolan dominated Batman. If Mendes were to do, say, three Bond films and then not return people would start complaining that having a new director was a comedown.

Bond is a producers' franchise. Let it stay that way.

I'll do it. Babs, call me.

This is the second son of Michael Wilson that I have seen interviewed. The other one was in connection to the new 007:Legends, and now Gregg Wilson discussing BOND 24. Odd. I'd never heard of the Wilson sons being involved with the series and now all of the sudden two of them have popped up on the radar. Is this a calculated signal by EON to show that Michael is slowing transitioning away from the series (perhaps with Barbara) and letting the next generation of family run things?

In any event, at least it's an on-the-record confirmation that they'd consider Christopher Nolan.

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http://latino-review.com/2012/10/26/skyfall-producer-christopher-nolan-direct-future-bond-movies/

Skyfall producer Gregg Wilson would love to have Christopher Nolan direct future Bond films.

In a recent interview, Wilson, son of renown Bond producer and screenwriter Michael G. Wilson, said that it would be a dream to have Nolan at the helm of future James Bond installments.

“We would of course be interested to have a discussion with him. We would like to do the same type of movie. It would be a dream to be with Nolan. But we always have an open mind when it comes to directors.”

In 2010, while doing press for Inception, Nolan told the BBC that he would be interested in directing a Bond picture. He said:

“I’ve loved the Bond films since I was a kid. For me, they’re always about expansiveness of cinema. The first Bond films set up infinite possibilities about the world they create. I’d love to do a Bond film.”

At the time, Nolan also mentioned that the Bond movies had a huge influence on Inception. Recently Skyfall director Sam Mendez stated that his Bond film was inspired by Nolan’s The Dark Knight.

I can't see Nolan directing BOND 24. He doesn't have any upcoming projects that I know of - aside from producing a few films - but between his self-admitted love letter to OHMSS in the snow sequence of INCEPTION and Mendes efforts on SKYFALL being described as "the Nolan Bond film made before Nolan got to direct a Bond film", I just can't see Nolan and BOND 24 lining up as well as they once did. Though he may be tempted if BOND 24 and BOND 25 are indeed to be two halves of the same story and he can shoot them both together.

Depending on how THE LAST STAND turns out, South Korean director Kim Ji-woon might be a good choice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIersyq-Gt8

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

This is the second son of Michael Wilson that I have seen interviewed. The other one was in connection to the new 007:Legends, and now Gregg Wilson discussing BOND 24. Odd. I'd never heard of the Wilson sons being involved with the series and now all of the sudden two of them have popped up on the radar. Is this a calculated signal by EON to show that Michael is slowing transitioning away from the series (perhaps with Barbara) and letting the next generation of family run things?

You must have missed this thread: https://bondandbeyond.forumotion.com/t1923-the-names-wilson-michael-wilson

It does sound like it will be Wilson's heirs that will be running EON. Obviously it will be some time before that happens, as their current roles are more or less where Wilson was during the late-70s and where Babs was in the mid-80s. Perhaps they'll play bigger roles during the 60th anniversary.

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

This is the second son of Michael Wilson that I have seen interviewed. The other one was in connection to the new 007:Legends, and now Gregg Wilson discussing BOND 24. Odd. I'd never heard of the Wilson sons being involved with the series and now all of the sudden two of them have popped up on the radar. Is this a calculated signal by EON to show that Michael is slowing transitioning away from the series (perhaps with Barbara) and letting the next generation of family run things?

In any event, at least it's an on-the-record confirmation that they'd consider Christopher Nolan.

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http://latino-review.com/2012/10/26/skyfall-producer-christopher-nolan-direct-future-bond-movies/

Skyfall producer Gregg Wilson would love to have Christopher Nolan direct future Bond films.

In a recent interview, Wilson, son of renown Bond producer and screenwriter Michael G. Wilson, said that it would be a dream to have Nolan at the helm of future James Bond installments.

“We would of course be interested to have a discussion with him. We would like to do the same type of movie. It would be a dream to be with Nolan. But we always have an open mind when it comes to directors.”

In 2010, while doing press for Inception, Nolan told the BBC that he would be interested in directing a Bond picture. He said:

“I’ve loved the Bond films since I was a kid. For me, they’re always about expansiveness of cinema. The first Bond films set up infinite possibilities about the world they create. I’d love to do a Bond film.”

At the time, Nolan also mentioned that the Bond movies had a huge influence on Inception. Recently Skyfall director Sam Mendez stated that his Bond film was inspired by Nolan’s The Dark Knight.

Gregg Wilson had a credit in Quantum of Solace. I think it was "assistant producer." It's in the main titles.

Then there's David G. Wilson who worked on technical stuff during TND, TWINE and DAD. He was credited as "assistant producer" for Casino Royale but that looks like final film credit, as he moved onto the video games department.

Craig would love to have Mendes back: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/355985/Daniel-Craig-wants-Sam-Mendes-for-next-Bond-film