Danny Boyle says he’s done with franchise films after his Bond 25 experience

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Although BOND 25 has certainly experienced a few bumps in the road, Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) is currently shooting what will be Daniel Craig's fifth and final film in the long-running franchise. However, Fukunaga wasn't the first director attached to the film, as Danny Boyle (YESTERDAY) was previously the man for the job. After penning the script with John Hodge, Boyle wound up departing due to creative differences, calling it a "great shame." In a new interview with Metro, Boyle opened up about his time on the production by confessing that he's not cut out for franchise movies.

I learned my lesson that I am not cut out [for franchises] otherwise you’re digging in the same hole. I am better not quite in the mainstream franchise movies, is the honest answer.

Danny Boyle has previously said he "learned quite a lot about himself" from the experience, but bears no ill feelings towards Cary Fukunaga and the new BOND 25 team. "What John [Hodge] and I were doing, I thought, was really good," Boyle said. "It wasn’t finished, but it could have been really good. We were working very, very well, but they didn’t want to go down that route with us. So we decided to part company, and it would be unfair to say what it was because I don’t know what Cary [Joji Fukunaga] is going to do. I got a very nice message from him and I gave him my best wishes." While I was certainly intrigued with the thought of Danny Boyle tackling James Bond, I'm more than happy with the choice of Cary Fukunaga.

Starring Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Ana de Armas, and more, BOND 25 will find the secret agent having left active service and enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. "His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology." BOND 25 is slated for an April 3, 2020 release in the U.K.