Spectre and Skyfall director Sam Mendes says it's time to move on from directing the James Bond franchise. Sam Mendes is finished with James Bond. A former theatre director whose films include the Oscar-winner American Beauty and the somber Revolutionary Road, Mendes said he hoped the next Bond director would come from an "unexpected direction," just as he had. Many fans now consider Craig's portrayal of the suave spy as having revitalized the Bond series. The acclaimed British director of Skyfall and Spectre said Saturday he will not direct the next installment in the popular spy series that started with Sean Connery's startling 1962 performance in Dr. No.

Source: CBC News May 28, 2016 20:03 UTC