This is the end of the once-respected Marc Forster — a total capitulation of a man who showed he knew how to make emotionally sensitive material play on-screen in Monster’s Ball, but whose instincts have been off ever since, especially in the woefully sloppy Stranger Than Fiction. (His direction of Finding Neverland was the first serious indication of trouble), And now, finally, comes the final dropping of the pants with this Variety story announcing that Forster will direct the 22nd James Bond film.
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