# In the 1990s, David Fincher wanted to direct a James Bond movie. He quickly realised it was never going to happen

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-the-1990s-david-fincher-wanted-to-direct-a-james-bond-movie-he-quickly-realised-it-was-never-going-to-happen/
- Published: 2026-10-31T16:15:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T17:34:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1990s-david-fincher-wanted-to-direct-a-james-bond-movie/
- Topics: Art, Business, Culture, Entertainment, Film, Markets

## Key points

- Fincher explored directing Bond after Timothy Dalton.
- The franchise’s owners did not want his approach.
- Denis Villeneuve is set to direct Bond 26.

## Summary

David Fincher considered directing a James Bond film in the mid-1990s, around the time Pierce Brosnan was being cast, but the franchise’s owners were not interested. His account suggests a clash between his darker creative ideas and the established vision for Bond, a tension that had also shaped his experience directing Alien 3.

The article places the story alongside the forthcoming 26th Bond film, which Denis Villeneuve is set to direct, and notes that the series is approaching its longest gap between instalments. Fincher later made the assassin thriller The Killer, while his next film, The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, is due in IMAX at the end of November and on Netflix on 23 December.

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