Alfonso Cuaron no longer directing Bond 26

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Alfonso Cuaron no longer directing Bond 26

I've been telling you guys for months now that Alfonso Cuaron is not directing Bond 26 and all reports linking him to the job are false or exaggerating. He held informal meetings which quickly made clear just how off-base Cuaron is with Amazon's wishes and desires about how to reboot Bond. He not only wanted to continue the Daniel Craig way of Bond but wanted to double-down on it, making Bond in the vein of "70's paranoid thrillers like Marathon Man or The French Connection" and was adamant about this bold re-invention which soured Amazon immensely. David Heyman tried to convince him to take the backseat but he was unrelenting. Amy Pascal and Heyman (and Amazon MGM at large) want a classical and "people-pleasing" Bond away from the subversions and trope-breaking of the Craig years. They want a Bond that appeals to the youth but also long-time Bond fans by taking the character back to the Connery-Moore-Brosnan mold instead of Craig and/or Dalton.

David Leitch, Ilya Naishuller are the main contenders for the job. Drew Pearce was tasked by David Heyman and Amy Pascal to write the script along with a partner. No Purvis and Wade returning. The most likely option is Naishuller because Leitch already has two films lined up with Amazon MGM which were in pre-production long before Bond 26 developments.

YES, that Omega partnership is because Aaron Taylor-Johnson is the new Bond. No, it does not ruin plans for a big reveal which is planned by Amazon in the coming months. They want the film to be close to shooting before revealing the project to the public. A release date of late 2026 is very feasible since they want to start shooting by the end of summer. For context, Casino Royale was still shooting 4 months before it released. Naishuller is known for directing action comedies like. BUT there's also the possibility Leitch could commit if shooting is postponed but Amazon wants it to happen yesterday. They're going 100% deep into Bond 26.

I'm amazed there are only 26 bond films, when you consider its been going on since the 60s and MCU (begun in 2008) is 36

Amazon was never going to hire Cuaron. He's an auteur.

That's because of the Craig era taking ages for new releases despite the movies being terrible. There was an over 4 year gap between his last three movies. From Quantum of Solace to Skyfall, the first phase of the "MCU" released. From Spectre to No Time To Die, the MCU went through two whole phases.
Exactly. It was an ill-advised idea that Heyman fought for that wasted valuable time. Now they'll get either Leitch or Naishuller who Pascal vouches for and wants to direct. They want to make a classic Bond movie that gets people back on board instead of deconstructing the character yet again. Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been picked because of his experience with blockbuster action movies. They've thrown away the model of finding an unknown actor and growing him into the role that Barbara followed. They want experience and efficiency.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson has a gay voice and will not be Bond. You’ve been saying he was cast and would be announced soon for a year

Good. He should stick to making good films instead of corporate franchise slop.

kek what a loser

He was cast, even before Barbara gave up control but she objected and wanted an audition process to assess options but Amazon was adamant to Taylor-Johnson (which she gave the okay to, keep in mind) and wanted to cast him. He had a verbal agreement with Amazon but only signed the contract after Amazon bought out Barbara and Michael's share of Bond. Even if Barbara had stuck around, he would have played Bond. Both parties, especially Amazon, championed him for the role. Omega only announced him as an ambassador this week but he has been wearing rare models for over a year now, models that no other actor ambassadors get.

He is 1000% the new Bond and has been since 2022 when he had an informal screen test though details of which were exaggerated on tabloids.

"im hearing its not happening"

"not sure exactly why, --maybe a deal fell through."

is this what passes for journalism nowadays?

As I've reiterated, they're planning a massive social media event reveal instead of the traditional press conference for Taylor-Johnson's unveiling. Akin to the recent Avengers: Doomsday gimmick that set the internet ablaze. They're now refining the script for shooting and casting supporting roles. They're also throwing a wide net across Europe to find models for the title sequence which is envisioned as a throwback to the classic Bond title sequences featuring beautiful women alongside Bond and other visuals.

first time reading world of reel?

Nope

Akin to the recent Avengers: Doomsday gimmick that set the internet ablaze

lol

They're also throwing a wide net across Europe to find models for the title sequence

Double lol

The fake leaks you invent are always cringe inducing, like the "this Bond will be the next Patrick Bateman TikTok edit star for da youth"

admit you keep up with all of the fake leaks that anon writes for fun and is assmad about them

sounds like you're the loser in this equation lol

I come here every 6 months or so when I feel like insulting strangers and that retard (you?) is always posting his garbage. They’re not even fun leaks, if he made up entertaining plot details it’d be fine, but everything he says has the depressing weight of deep his stupidity and lack of imagination hanging over it. Makes me sick.

take this site so seriously

try and pretend you're not hopelessly addicted and spend the better part of everyday here

being a moralfag/smartfag in THIS site

Lol sure lil bro. better get a grip on your life doe

I am addicted to twitter, I come on Anon Babble infrequently enough that I can find the exact dates from March 2024 and October 2024 I was last here in the archives.

And there’s no morality here, I hate stupid people like yourself and wish ill upon them.

wish ill upon them

spacing

addicted to twitter

Out of mercy, I would implore you to commit suicide. You didn't come out right out of the womb and aren't a person that should go on existing. Sincerely.

I can’t die while there are billions of subhuman morons like you still walking free instead of working in sand mines like you should.

You're a loser who acts superior to fellow retards on anime forums. You have no power over anything.

No acting required, you dumb monkey

They're also throwing a wide net across Europe to find models for the title sequence

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Yeah dude, the corporation behind THE BOYS is going to make a classic bond movie filled with beautiful women. You inmense retard

What's the contradiction? Amazon produces a ton of content, not everything is going to be the same.

You're a complete mouth breathing retard if you think the radical activists at amazon tv will let that happen, i'm not exaggerating, you need to have brain damage. They quite literally didn't even bother doing Conan because of "toxic masculinity" or some other shit

Amazon MGM swapped out its entire leadership once the Bond takeover happened. You're the idiot commenting on things he's not up to date with. They fired the infamous Jennifer Salke so she won't touch and "wokify" Bond. Imbecile.

They fired the infamous Jennifer Salke so she won't touch and "wokify" Bond. Imbecile.

I knew some retard would spew this hecking epic factoid to say "uuuuhhhhhh the woke is over at amazon chud" as if the person replacing her isn't the same or worse.

Some dumb show like The Boys is not equivalent to a legendary IP like James Bond, you fucking IDIOT. Obviously, they won't be made with the same standards and by the same people. This site has done horrific damage to your psyche.

Somebody get Dan Trachtenberg on the phone! Ask him if he knows somebody that can replace Alfonso! ASK HIM.

Bond is a cigar, MCU is a vape. You can't into patrician taste. Silly gen alfalfa.

Can't wait when Superman, Avengers all flop and Bond 26 comes out and annihilates them at the box office and the whole world will know THE KING IS BACK

gay voice

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is a semi-private homosexual. Just like Timothee Charminlett and Baby Driver. For a short time the "press" was "leaking" stories about men they were dating, mostly each other, but Hollywood cooled on that "progressive march forward" in favor of longtime grift and subversion. But hey Daniel Craig is also a homosexual. Henry Cavil is not. They waited until they could use "Cavil is too old and no longer commercial" to justify casting a homosexual chosenboy Bond, as they did with Superman. Cavil was a natural born Bond more than Supes.

They want a Mossad-qualifying to complement the world to come. This is also why Robert Pattinson wasn't considered by Amazon, when his casting would have guaranteed a Nolan two-fer or trilogy, and Amazon also knew Batman II was never happening. But Nolan dislikes Aaron Taylor-Johnson for Bond and demanded it be Sixties set. Whatever. Amazon killed the IP before shooting a frame, Mossad'd by their own stupidity.

Can Confirm

Very Bad Decision By All Involved

is sweeney confirmed as rumored?

Don’t think mossad has anything to do with this

he did harry potter tho
but desu they offered him that because of "the little princess", but he was skeptical about potter. then on a casual talk with guillermo del toro he brought it up and del toro basically told him he was an idiot if he didn't take it, made him buy the books and read them first. it was only after reading the books cuaron agreed to make the movie. and they offered him the 4th movie too, but its production overlapped with the post-production of azkaban and cuaron decided to finish his movie instead of jumping ship to the next one. so he's kinda based desu

On pure practical real world terms, not doing blockbuster movies and thinking film is an art and not a commercial medium like roller coasters is insane.

by taking the character back to the Connery-Moore-Brosnan mold

There's NO way Bond is ever going to be a womanizer again.
I bet they even have him do gay stuff "just for a mission to get close to someone".

They're going to fuck this up. Amazon is incapable of making anything but slop.

20 side characters to tick all DEI boxes

It's not really about Bond, but he has a team. So all the DEI characters have something to do and say.

No hotties. He romances "realistic" girls. And they're not girls. They're 46yo mystery meats.

CGI, all the action will be CGI, is made by 13 different studios. It will cost a lot, yet look cheap at the same time.

Guaranteed drop in viewers with every episode

I suppose because Bond movies "were" meant to be an event. You can see how Marvel releasing shit non-stop (especially the TV shows) has diluted the brand and now nobody gives a fuck since it becomes a job trying to keep up with all the content. Thunderbolts is apparently not bad but it couldn't even make more money than Brave New World, which everyone knew was a disaster from all the delays and reshoots, etc.

It should've been Andrew Garfield bros

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pascal still on board

utter disgust