After a couple of trips into the world of James Bond, it seems Sam Mendes is moving on, as Variety reports that he’s set to direct Voyeur’s Motel, which also has Steven Spielberg set to produce.
It’s a film that could certainly be interesting, as it deals with a salacious subject that raised all manner of ethical concerns. It’ll be based on Gay Talese’s soon to be published non-fiction book, which is about a time back in the 80s when he was research a book about sex in America, when he received a note from a motel owner called Gerald Foos, which read, ‘Dear Mr. Talese: Since learning of your long awaited study of coast-to-coast sex in America, which will be included in your soon to be published book, ‘Thy Neighbor’s Wife,’ I feel I have important information that I could contribute to its contents or to contents of a future book.’
It turned out that what Foos had was a motel which he’d turned into a voyeur’s paradise, where he could spy on his guests having sex. Rather than turning him in to the authorities, Talese signed a confidentiality agreement so he could access the journals and more than Foos had. However, it soon turned out the Foos wasn’t completely reliable and Talese couldn’t completely escape the ethical considerations of what he was now complicit in.
It’s not clear when the movie will shoot.
Sam Smith’s Writing’s On The Wall has just become the first Bond theme ever to reach number 1 on the UK single’s charts, and it’s just a few weeks until Spectre reaches cinemas, hoping to match the gargantual success of Skyfall.
It’s not long now until the much anticipated new James Bond movie, Spectre, hits cinemas, with an October 26th UK release set, while the US and most other countries will have to wait until November 6th. With that release just a few weeks away, a new – and rather cool – poster has arrived.
Nobody was expecting Skyfall to join the billion dollar box office club, but when it did it ensured the 007 got a massive shot in the arm and there was huge amounts of anticipation for the next instalment. The film, Spectre, reunites Daniel Craig with director Sam Mendes.
After the gargantuan success of Skyfall there is huge amounts on anticipation for Spectre, and from this teaser trailer it looks like they’ll be keeping the style and feel of that movie. It’s also clear that unlike many previous Bond adventures, it will genuinely continue the story rather than being a completely standalone adventure.
It’s official, Bond 24 has been announced with a major event in London and it will be called Spectre. Of course that’s the name of the evil organisation headed by Blofeld in early Bond movies (It stands for (SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion), and the name of the film signals its return.
While it can only be treated as a rumour at the moment, numerous sources suggest that the next James Bond movie may have found its villain in the form of Christoph Waltz (although it appears most of those sources are simply quoting the Daily Mail, even if they don’t mention it).
Following the $1 billion success of Skyfall, it’s little surprise that Eon Productions wanted Sam Mendes to come back and direct the 24th Bond movie. Now, after extended negotiations, Mendes has signed on the bottom line to helm the film.