James Bond 25: Chris Nolan Categorically Says No

He better have something better to do...

By Simon Gallagher /

MGM

No matter how hard we all wish it was happening, Christopher Nolan definitely isn't making the next Bond movie.

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The director has been linked to the gig around every single gap in his working schedule and there was some enthusiastic rumour-mongering around the upcoming 25th chapter - tentatively being called Shatterhand. But Nolan was resolute when he spoke to BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs about the possibility:

I won't be the man. No, categorically. I think every time they hire a new director I'm rumoured to be doing it.

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There's a reason for that, Mr Nolan. There can't be many Bond fans out there who wouldn't want to see him take the job on at least once - and it does feel like an inevitability at some point. But not for now.

Though Daniel Craig infamously claimed he'd rather self-harm than return to play the character, he's back and the film really needs to offer him an opportunity to retire from the role on a high. Or maybe just kill him off and replace him, so we can finally have in-canon confirmation of the famous Codename 007 theory.

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Maybe Nolan will just feel more comfortable taking on a Bond film after Craig leaves and we get another soft reset? That'd fit his previous with Batman a lot more, certainly. Let's just hope his next film is a good excuse for not wanting to do Bond now.

So who should take on the 007 director mantle next? How about a slightly more left-field choice like Martin McDonagh? That'd be something.

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