Director Danny Boyle may have decided to exit “Bond 25,” but that doesn’t mean he was happy about it. Reflecting on the situation in a recent Empire interview, he called it “a great shame.”
After directing Daniel Craig’s James Bond briefly in his Olympics opening ceremony, Danny Boyle was set to return to the world of 007 as the director of Bond 25 – but that all went awry when he left the project in August last year, owing to creative differences with Craig and producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. His proposed version, with a script by his longtime writing collaborator John Hodge, was abandoned, with True Detective and Maniac director Cary Joji Fukunaga stepping in at the helm, and regular Bond writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade back on scripting duties (with extra polish from Scott Z Burns).
Since Boyle left the project, it’s undergone a few delays – but as it currently stands, the film will now arrive on 8 April 2020, possibly with Bohemian Rhapsody’s Rami Malek as its villain. Bond 25 is reported to be shooting under the production title Shatterhand – though Barbara Broccoli has debunked claims that it will be the film’s official name.
Post-departure, Boyle told Empire that his Bond film would have been “really good,” but since producers weren’t on board, they parted ways. He added that “it is just a great shame.” In spite of how it played out, Boyle says he gave new “Bond 25” director Cary Joji Fukunaga his best wishes.
Fukunaga has been hard at work now that he has taken the job. The film has been filling out its cast, and so far, the likes of Oscar winners Lupita Nyong’o and Rami Malek are said to be front-runners to join Daniel Craig in the film.
“Bond 25” is schedule to hit theaters April 8, 2020, while Danny Boyle’s next film, “Yesterday,” will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in May.
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