Danny Boyle will never work on another franchise film after Bond 25 experience (Picture: Rex)

Danny Boyle says he will never work on another franchise film after his experience on Bond 25.

The Oscar-winning director was announced in May 2018 as the man behind the camera of the 25th film in the series, but months later it was confirmed he had stepped down.

A tweet at the time from producers revealed the news, and reports later claimed it was because he refused to kill off the iconic 007 spy.

However, he has now admitted that he feels he has learned his lesson and that he is ‘not cut out’ to work on franchise films.


‘I learned my lesson that I am not cut out [for franchises] otherwise you’re digging in the same hole,’ he told Metro.co.uk ahead of the release of his new film, Yesterday.



‘I am better not quite in the mainstream franchise movies, is the honest answer.’

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Danny previously revealed that the reason he chose to leave was because he didn’t want to work with another writer.

He had initially bought his regular co-writer John Hodges on board.

‘I learned quite a lot about myself with Bond, I work in partnership with writers and I am not prepared to break it up,’ he explained.

‘We were working very, very well, but they didn’t 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 [Fukunaga] is going to do.’

Cast members Léa Seydoux, Ana de Armas, Daniel Craig, Naomie Harris and Lashana Lynch attend the Bond 25 launch (Picture: MGM)

Fukunaga has been brought in as director to replace Danny, and production is currently ongoing.

However, although Danny said he made sure to give Fukunaga his ‘best wishes’, he thinks it is a ‘shame’ that his original script for Bond 25 is no longer being used.

‘What John and I were doing, I thought, was really good. It wasn’t finished, but it could have been really good,’ he told Empire.

‘You have to believe in your process and part of that is the partnership I have with a writer.

‘It is like someone coming and saying, “Hey, we are going to give you a different editor.” Those fundamental partnerships are vital.’

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