It would seem as if Cary Fukunaga’s ready to make a comeback after reports of misconduct with women surfaced. And his comeback project, “Blood on Snow,” is headlined by two of the biggest stars working today. 

According to Deadline, Cary Fukunaga is set to direct an adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s novel, “Blood on Snow.” Leading the cast of this film are none other than Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Tom Hardy.

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It’s been three years since Cary Fukunaga’s most recent film, the 007 feature, “No Time to Die.” Since then, it’s been a bit rough for the filmmaker. He was at the center of sexual misconduct allegations from women in Hollywood. While no legal action was taken, it did mean that when “Masters of the Air” was released, the Apple TV+ war series he directed some episodes of, Fukunaga was not part of the marketing.

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Believe it or not, it’s been nearly 10 full years since it was reported that Steven Spielberg was interested in taking Stanley Kubrick’s unproduced “Napoleon” script and adapting it as a TV series. This has clearly been a passion project for Spielberg, as he has consistently tried to get this to happen, most recently with the help of director Cary Fukunaga. However, after Fukunaga was accused of sexual misconduct, there were questions about whether it was still in the works.

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Years after the beginning of the #MeToo movement, more and more stories of predatory behavior in Hollywood have been coming into the spotlight. Various Actors, filmmakers, and studio heads have all been subject to accusations from people showcasing how the entertainment industry has been littered with harassment and misconduct that would have previously gone unreported. And now, we have another name to add to the list — Cary Fukunaga, the filmmaker behind the recent James Bond blockbuster, “No Time to Die.”

Rolling Stone released an article recently detailing accusations that display a pattern of crossing professional lines by Cary Fukunaga.

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Cliche aside, time flies. It’s hard to believe how much Daniel Craig’s James Bond tenure has popped up over my career as a journalist. I was barely in the game when I interviewed Martin Campbell for “Casino Royale.” I was beyond lucky enough to visit both “Quantum of Solace” sets in  Bregenz, Austria, and at Chile’s Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert. Because, hey, it’s one thing to talk to Craig in a hotel suite for an interview, but it’s another to chit-chat after he’s done an action scene as 007.

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The hunt for the next James Bond is seemingly underway. With “No Time to Die” released all over the world and the days of Daniel Craig’s 007 done as a result, it’s time for producer Barbara Broccoli to begin her search for the next actor to take on the role. And while she’s willing to venture off the white male actor path to find her next star, Broccoli once again affirms that there won’t be a female Bond coming our way. 

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After the massive success of “True Detective” and the acclaim of “Beasts of No Nation,” it appeared that Cary Fukunaga was all set to take on his biggest challenge yet, a project that would adapt Stanley Kubrick’s unproduced “Napoleon” feature into a TV series produced by Steven Spielberg. However, over the years, we haven’t heard too much about it.

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As early reviews are showing, it appears Cary Fukunaga did really well as the filmmaker behind the new James Bond film, “No Time to Die,” crafting a big-budget franchise film that also has a ton of emotion. Well, according to the filmmaker, it was far from the most conventional filmmaking process, including crafting a script well after production actually ended.

READ MORE: ‘No Time To Die’: Daniel Craig’s Final Bow As James Bond Is Worth Toasting [Review]

Speaking to Esquire Middle East, Fukunaga talked about the unusual situation surrounding the scriptwriting process for “No Time to Die.” You see, due to taking over the film from Danny Boyle late in pre-production combined with the injury of Daniel Craig and the uncertainty about when he would return, the production of the film had to keep moving ahead with a collection of scenes that could be molded into what Fukunaga wanted.

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Since Daniel Craig nearly left the iconic 007 role, following the disaster of “Spectre,” the title of his final Bond film, director Cary Joji Fukunaga’s “No Time To Die,” has carried a cruelly ironic tone. Craig has had nothing but time: days, months, and now years added to his sentence as the man who orders his martini best shaken, not stirred. Since his 2006 debut in “Casino Royale,” Craig’s Bond, the actor himself now age 53, more than any other iteration of the character, grappled with loss, mortality, and heartbreak.

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There’s a lot of James Bond discussion right now. Obviously, the main reason is that, after a long delay, Daniel Craig’s last jaunt as 007, “No Time to Die,” is hitting theaters in a matter of weeks. With that, another era of Bond comes to an end. And director Cary Fukunaga thinks this era of James Bond showed the character go through a bit of a change, especially in relation to the treatment of females in the franchise, which was something that was desperately needed after earlier iterations including Sean Connery’s films as the superspy.

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If you have followed the history of the “True Detective” series on HBO, you know that the show is creatively overseen by writer Nic Pizzolatto. The acclaimed writer has been an integral part of all three seasons and has reportedly had some clashes with filmmakers over that time. Well, according to the filmmaker behind Season 1 of “True Detective,” Cary Fukunaga, his struggle with Pizzolatto comes down to what he felt was an unfair partnership.

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Believe it or not, but it’s been six years since James Bond last graced the silver screen in 2015’s “Spectre.” That’s the longest stint between Bond films since 1989’s “License To Kill” and 1995’s “Goldeneye,” which saw Pierce Brosnan donning 007’s tuxedo as Timothy Dalton‘s successor.

READ MORE: MGM May Not Be Able To Delay ‘No Time To Die’ Again Because Of Marketing Costs

No one has replaced Daniel Craig in the Bond role for the upcoming “No Time To Die,” but someone has taken Bond’s 007 code name.

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Though everyone is still waiting for the next James Bond film, “No Time to Die,” it appears that Cary Fukunaga continues to move on with his career, as the biggest film he’s directed continues to be delayed. (“No Time to Die” was originally supposed to arrive in April 2020 and is now set for October.) In addition to an Apple TV+ war series, Fukunaga has found another feature he’d like to work on, titled “Tokyo Ghost.”

READ MORE: ‘No Time To Die’ Officially Moves To October After Yet Another Delay

According to THR, Fukunaga will helm the upcoming cyberpunk feature, “Tokyo Ghost.” The film will be based on the comic book series of the same name from creators Rick Remender and Sean Gordon Murphy.

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In March 2020, when it was announced that the 25th James Bond film, “No Time to Die,” would be delayed from April until November, due to the pandemic, no one really thought it would have to be moved again. Then, last year, it was shifted from November 2020 to this April. And now, months before its third different release date, “No Time to Die” is moving again. Hopefully, there are, uh, no other times the film will move after this.

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We still have to wait a while before seeing if Cary Fukunaga was a worthy pick to take on the Bond franchise with “No Time to Die,” but it seems he already has some fans in the form of the franchise producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. The producers tease a potential return to the franchise for Fukunaga and call his film “one of the best Bond films ever.”

READ MORE: ‘No Time To Die’ Delayed Once Again, Moving To April 2021

The Wall Street Journal has the story, with extensive interviews with Cary Fukunaga as he prepared for the film’s release earlier this year, and how he’s been dealing with the film’s delays.

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Apparently, before “No Time To Die” is going to even grace theater screens next April, director Cary Fukunaga is going to be on set yet again, this time for Apple TV+, working on a WWII epic series, “Masters of the Air.”

According to Deadline, Fukunaga is set to direct the first three hour-long episodes of the upcoming Apple TV+ World War II drama series, “Masters of the Air.” The series, which was previously announced last October, will come from producers Steven Spielberg and his Amblin production company, as well as Tom Hanks and his Playtone shingle.

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Christopher Nolan was supposed to save cinemas with “Tenet” this summer, but
lukewarm reviews and an ongoing box office-challenging pandemic may still want
a word on that final verdict. But that said, if Nolan can’t do it, maybe filmmaker
Cary Joji Fukunaga can with the upcoming 007 film, “No Time
To Die.”

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While summer movies took a lot of narrative hits this year from the various release date shuffles (see Nolan’s movie), MGM might have fared best by being one of the first major studios to seemingly recognize the dangers of the pandemic and act accordingly.

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Filmmaker Cary Fukunaga unfortunately already had history releasing a feature during a pandemic well before his newest film, “No Time to Die” was delayed from its original April date to closer to Thanksgiving. As he explained in a new interview with Empire, his reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic and how it altered the plans for his new ‘Bond’ film is tempered by the fact that he’s already gone through this whole pandemic thing before more than a decade ago.

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Nothing busts canons quite like living in interesting times. In our ongoing Inflection Point series, we look back at the films that have taken on new relevance due to our ongoing cultural and political upheaval. Some beloved, some undiscovered, these titles deserve newfound consideration as film criticism evolves to meet the moment.

Sometime in the next calendar year, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will likely choose to release “No Time to Die” in theaters.

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When it was announced that Cary Fukunaga would be taking over as director of “No Time to Die,” after the departure of Danny Boyle, many were shocked. Historically, ‘Bond’ directors have been British, and Fukunaga is definitely not. Not only that, but his previous works didn’t really make it seem like he’d be the most obvious choice to usher in the 25th film in the spy franchise.

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Believe it or not, it’s only been less than two years since Barry Jenkins released “If Beale Street Could Talk.” And though his last feature arrived two years after “Moonlight,” it feels like it’s been forever since we’ve seen new work from Jenkins. Well, thankfully, the filmmaker is still working on his new Amazon series, “The Underground Railroad,” which should be coming soon (hopefully, at least).

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Filmmaker Cary Fukunaga doesn’t have a huge number of directorial gigs under his belt. However, over the course of his career, one thing has been certain—he’s not a director that likes to repeat himself. From the Spanish-language film, “Sin Nombre,” that marked his directorial debut to the period film,” Jane Eyre,” to the crime drama series, “True Detective,” and many more, Fukunaga isn’t one that finds himself working on similar projects back-to-back.

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The first major film to find itself delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic is the 25th James Bond feature, “No Time To Die.” And though the film was originally scheduled to hit theaters this week, but now arriving in November, filmmaker Cary Fukunaga says that he and his cast/crew aren’t doing anything to change the film, despite the months-long delay.

READ MORE: Daniel Craig Wanted To Play Superman As A Kid, But Ended Up As James Bond

Speaking to fans on Instagram, Fukunaga was asked if he was still working on “No Time To Die” since the film is now months away from being released.

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It’s completely normal, by today’s standards, to have a number of names credited as writers on a franchise film. Just look at the various Marvel Studios films for examples of this. Sometimes, there are up to 6 or more screenwriters on any given project. In the recent Daniel Craig era of the James Bond franchise, all of the films feature at least three credited writers, for example. But there has been a lot of discussion about the script for the upcoming “No Time to Die,” not just because there are now four credited writers (down from six when the film was announced), but also because one of them is Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

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The idea of a “Bond Girl” is fairly outdated. For generations, over the course of two dozen films, James Bond has always found himself opposite a beautiful woman that would inevitably need saving, betray the spy, or get killed. It wasn’t until recent films that the idea has morphed, as society’s views on gender norms have shifted. And in “No Time To Die,” that shift is reportedly more striking than ever before with the introduction of Paloma, played by Ana de Armas.

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