Sam Mendes directed two James Bond movies, “Skyfall” (2012) and “Spectre” (2015), and he doubts he’ll return to the 007 franchise to helm a third entry. Speaking to Inverse to promote his new HBO series “The Franchise,

Sam Mendes doubts he will director another James Bond movie after helming 2012’s Skyfall and 2015’s Spectre. In HBO’s The Franchise, the filmmaker spoofs the process of making big-budget franchises and,

The "Skyfall" and "Spectre" filmmaker said the franchise prefers new directors because they're "more malleable."

Skyfall and Spectre director Sam Mendes doesn't expect he'll helm another James Bond movie, and his reasons for thinking that are quite sound.