True Detective director Cary Fukunaga to helm Bond 25 following Danny Boyle's exit

Los Angeles: Primetime Emmy award-winning American filmmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga, best known for directing and executive producing the first season of the series True Detective, will direct the new James Bond film. [caption id=“attachment_5225211” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Cary Joji Fukunaga. Image via Facebook[/caption] The announcement was made on Twitter on Thursday, 20 September in a two-part tweet.

Earlier, director Danny Boyle quit the James Bond franchise after he reportedly “ refused to kill off Craig’s 007 in spectacular finale to 25th film”. It was announced in August that Boyle had quit over “creative differences”.