Danny Boyle Exits 'Bond 25' Over "Creative Differences"
The search for the next "Bond 25" director continues.
Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced that the Oscar-winning director is leaving "Bond 25" over "creative differences". The brief and disappointing news was announced on Twitter:
❝Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig today announced that due to creative differences Danny Boyle has decided to no longer direct Bond 25.❞
It’s not entirely clear what factors led to Boyle’s departure but one has to wonder if EON/MGM ultimately had a different vision than what Boyle and longtime screenwriting collaborator John Hodges had cooked up.
Back in March, Boyle was chosen over finalists ’71’s Yann Demange and Hell or High Water’s David Mackenzie as just the twelfth director to helm the Bond series. As originally reported back in February, Boyle and fellow Trainspotting scribe John Hodges, were "quietly penning a version" for Broccoli and Wilson. If by chance Hodge's version didn't quite hit the mark, MGM and EON could fall back on a completed script originally written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, the writers of the last three Bond installments.
With production set for December, it shouldn’t come as a surprise if EON and MGM announce a replacement director soon. Question is, who’s on their short list?
No doubt this is a huge bummer for fans hoping to see Boyle’s vision play out on the big screen.
Stay tuned as we hear more.
