A few weeks ago, a source inside of Amazon/MGM was telling Jeff Sneider that rumored Bond producer David Heyman was potentially eyeing Alfonso Cuarón to direct the next 007 instalment.
Matt Belloni is now saying on The Town podcast that he’s also heard Cuarón could direct Bond 26, adding that the filmmaker has met with Amazon and has a new “take” for how the next one would look like.
Amazon wants to move quickly and have a team ready once the $1 billion rights deal is closed with Barbara Broccoli. Yesterday, I reported that writers have already been hired for Bond 26; it makes sense that a director is now being eyed as well.
What this Cuarón rumor seems to imply is that Amazon/MGM are not willing to wait another 18 months for Christopher Nolan to complete and release “The Odyssey.” Hey, the studio spent over $1 billion to toss Broccoli aside, it’s no wonder they want to get this next Bond off the ground ASAP.
Back in the aughts, Cuarón had been offered to direct Bond, but the filmmaker was quickly turned off once he found out that there would be a separate Broccoli-approved team shooting the action.
Now, Cuarón is no slouch when it comes to action (“Children of Men”) and he’s already tackled a franchise with a loyal following (“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”). He seems like a good fit, and probably my #3 pick to steer this franchise forward for Amazon after Christopher Nolan and Denis Villeneuve.
Cuarón is coming off the Apple TV series “Disclaimer,” but he hasn’t directed a film since 2018’s “Roma”; he’s due to hop onboard something in the coming months. Will it be Bond 26? Quite frankly, I’d love to see that.