Danny Boyle Would Be a Disastrous Choice to Direct the Next James Bond Movie — Opinion

Last April, when Daniel Craig confirmed that he would be returning for one final onslaught of Heineken commercials (and making another James Bond movie to support them), news of who would be helming the currently untitled 25th installment of the spy super-franchise seemed imminent.

And yet, almost a year later, the director’s chair is still empty.

With November 2019 just around the corner, it goes without saying that each tick of 007’s Omega Seamster 300 watch is starting to grow a little bit louder.Rumors — fueled by the wishful thinking of fanboys everywhere — had it that Denis Villeneuve or Christopher Nolan might be up for the gig, but both of those multiplex titans have publicly taken themselves out of the running.

Now, word on the street says that “Slumdog Millionaire” director Danny Boyle is “high on the list” of people who MGM and Eon Productions are considering for the gig.Hiring

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