Steven Spielberg Praises SKYFALL, Wanted To Direct James Bond

Well get in line. Somewhere behind Nolan

Id be down with that. Although I suspect they'd prefer a big British or European director.

All for it!

@Alphaman06

Show some respect bro, she's not a Nolanite.

Alphaman06
Well the Bond producers disagree with you. Nolan would probably get the gig before Spielberg.

So if he said yes to Spielberg, he would have made the first Timothy dalton bond movie?? Can't think of the name of that one

Nolan is a more accomplished director than anyone who's directed a Bond film in its 50 year history, so I fail to see how his involvement would be anything but a triumphant coup for Bond at large.

And as a matter of fact only one director outside of the brit commonwealth has ever directed a Bond film. Talk about a bunch of open minded cock sucking wankers

I like stories like these, obviously most 007 film's are successful, Spiels coulda probably made a great 007, but I want him to do one now, not in the 80's.

I think Goyer is a great writer

Steven Spielberg is a great film director. I think he would have done a great job directing a Bond film.

a Nolan Bond would be VERY interesting

and if he reuses his actors again, that means we might see Bale as a Bond villain. That would be GREAT!

Nolan would do a great job. You all saw Inception right?

Fassbender as Bond if Craig leaves. They'll keep M, Q, and Moneypenny hopefully for the next couple of films.

@SuspenseSmith Up until I saw TDKR I looked at Nolan as the next Spielberg and I made it known here when I vigorously defended him while others attacked him.
After seeing TDKR, I honestly dread seeing another Nolan film. Watching TDKR was like walking through desert with no water.

@dark

Spielberg himself has his fair share of misses. Every director has at least one film that doesn't measure up. Nolan has one that I feel isn't bad, it just didn't live up to the impossible expectations. IMO, The Dark Knight was so heavily praised, that there's no way The Dark Knight Rises could ever be anything but a disappointment.

Shoot, even Mendes did not so good of movies. I honestly think Jarhead was crap.

"Worst" Nolan Movie: The Dark Knight Rises

"Worst" Spielberg movie: Kingdumb of the Empty Skull

The Dark Knight Rises > Indy 4

There's a difference between a bad movie and a disappointing movie. Fans tend to hype up a disappointment to the worst thing since aids just as much as they hype up a success to the best thing since sliced bread.

@SuspenseSmith To be fair, Indy 4 sucked because of the EGO-BLOB known as George Lucas.
Spielberg did not like the original story Lucas wrote with aliens and he tried to get Lucas to change it. Lucas changed it to interdimensional Aliens.
Spielberg's most ill advised film AFTER he became a big director was '1941'. Though 'Hook' and 'Lost World' were wastes of his time and beneath him.
But I think his worst film that I've seen was 'War Of The Worlds'. It failed on many levels.

Nolan and Spielberg would both do a fine job. Stop hating Nolan because you didnt particularly love TDKR, if youve seen his other films you know hes a masterful storyteller so quit bitcing.
And Spielberg has proven himself to be one of the most important filmakers of any era so I say both would be good options.

@ 95: Goyer's enjoyed more success in recent years, but we should note that while he had creative input on the storylines, he was not in fact the major screenwriter for either TDK or TDKR. We should also note that apart from the batman movies and Dark City, he has never been associated with a film that got a fresh rating from rottentomatoes. His other notable contributions to popular culture include the second Ghost Rider film, Blade Trinity, and Jumper.

Finally, shouldn't everyone be aware by now that most of the complaints raised about Nolan's batman films have nothing to do with the direction or acting, but instead with plot holes, clumsy exposition, and narrative tone (in a word, writing)?

So...yeah. I really hope Man of Steel is good too. Hard to tell on the basis of a couple clips, but I hope so...I am a little concerned, though, that Snyder may have to succeed in spite of Goyer...

Alphaman06 is a pansy. Direct anything close to what Nolan has achieved and then have something to say.

@thewonderer
Just mention the name Nolan here and it becomes a war. People here are sad and pathetic.

The Original NICK FURY agent of SHIELD is what Spielberg should direct ...

I hope Steven does it someday!

Let us face some facts ok ?
TDKR is a great movie. It woudn't have done so well with general audience, Box office n critics if it were bad.
All i see is a bunch of butt hurt hardcore fanboys or some obvious insecure marvelites bitching about it here.Nobody cares about such wussies.
Spielberg n Nolan r great directors. They know what they can do n what they can't. If Spielberg thought he would do a good bond film, i would give him a chance.same goes to Nolan.

man's a legend.