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Many acclaimed directors have harbored dreams of helming a James Bond film, pitching their unique visions to Eon Productions, the long-standing custodians of the 007 franchise. Filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, and "Trainspotting" director Danny Boyle have all engaged with Eon, only to see their projects fall through due to creative differences. Even Steven Soderbergh (pictured below), the acclaimed director behind "Ocean's Eleven," was no exception.
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Tony Gilroy, the showrunner for the "Star Wars" series "Andor," recently revealed in an interview with Collider that he and Soderbergh had years ago conceived a remarkably low-budget Bond film. "I remember Steven tried twice to make a Bond movie, and in my opinion, what they're doing now is very similar to what Steven proposed a long time ago," Gilroy explained. "We wanted to take it back to the sixties, present it in black and white, shoot it on Carnaby Street, and really commit to that vision. I thought it was a very bold idea, probably costing only about $30 million. But Steven couldn't convince them to greenlight it... they [meaning Eon] just wouldn't hand over creative control to anyone."
via： Collider