Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan says he won't be directing a James Bond movie as his next project.
"No, sadly no," Nolan said in a video interview with the Associated Press. "No truth to those rumors."
The interview was recorded on Nov. 13 and posted to YouTube this week.
Interviewer Krysta Fauria asked about the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike and how Nolan could get to work on his next movie "whatever it is. Bond maybe?"
The idea of Nolan directing Bond 26 was hyped in September by a website called World of Reel.
A Sept. 7 story on the site claimed that Eon Productions boss Barbara Broccoli "is zeroing in on Nolan" to direct Bond 26. "I was told there were discussions with the filmmaker to helm the film, but no deal has been struck just yet, and the strike, not to mention Nolan promoting 'Oppenheimer,' further delayed talks."
On Sept. 26, the site had another story claiming that Eon and Amazon, which owns Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, "are pushing for Nolan and that he's on board, in principle, unless his need for creative freedom isn't met. There are sticking points to be ironed out in terms of tone that might scuttle things though."
Nolan makes his films through his Syncopy production company. His wife, Emma Thomas, is a producer and Nolan also takes a producer credit. His most recent movie was this year's Oppenheimer.
Nolan has repeatedly talked about how he likes Bond films. "I love those movies, the influence of those movies on my filmography is embarrassingly apparent, you know, so there's no attempt to shy away from that," Nolan said in an interview with a digital outlet, Happy. Sad. Confused. in July. "I love the (Bond) films, and it would be an amazing privilege to do one."
Meanwhile, Broccoli has said repeatedly that no work has been done on Bond 26.
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