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Sam Mendes Doubts Making Another James Bond Movie & Says Producers Want Directors “Who Are More Controllable”
Sam Mendes doubts he will director another James Bond movie after helming 2012's Skyfall and 2015's Spectre.
Director Sam Mendes and Daniel Craig in 'Skyfall'Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic / Francois Duhamel / Columbia Pictures / Courtesy Everett CollectionIn HBO’s The Franchise, the filmmaker spoofs the process of making big-budget franchises and, in a new interview, explains why he doesn’t think he’ll direct another James Bond film. “They don’t want people who have a big track record,” Mendes said in an interview with Inverse. “They want slightly more malleable people who are earlier in their career who perhaps are going to use it as a stepping stone, and who are more controllable by the studio.”
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