The same thing happened with fellow Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle after being chosen to direct Daniel Craig’s final Bond film.
He might have wanted to take Bond in directions Eon may have seen as going against the Bond brand.
Given how experimental Soderbergh’s work tends to be, I could see where MGM and he might have clashed over Bond’s portrayal.
His clash with the production company eventually led to him leaving the project and Fukunaga stepping in.
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