Na March 2013 Mendes kwuru na ọ gaghị alaghachi na-eduzi ọzọ film na usoro, mgbe ahụ maara dị ka Bond 24; O mesịrị retracted na mara ọkwa na ọ ga-alaghachi, dị ka ọ hụrụ edemede na atụmatụ maka ogologo oge ga-eme n'ọdịnihu nke franchise na-adọrọ mmasị. Nicolas Winding Refn ga-emecha na-ekpughe na ọ jụrụ na-enye na-eduzi ihe nkiri. Na iduzi Skyfall na Spectre, Mendes ghọrọ onye mbụ director na-elekọta abụọ consecutive Bond fim ebe John Glen duziri ise consecutive fim, na-agwụ na The Living Daylights na Licence na-egbu na 1987. na Dennis Gassner laghachiri dị ka ihe nkiri mmepụta mmebe, mgbe cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema McCoy weghaara n'aka Roger Deakins. Na July 2015 Mendes kwuru na ọrụ nke Spectre karịrị otu puku, na-eme ka ọ a ibu karịa Skyfall. O depụtara dị ka onye na-emepụta ihe nkiri na atụmatụ maka ogologo oge ọdịnihu nke franchise.
Afọ 2013