Amid widespread rumours of the British director in talks to helm the 007 film, Christopher Nolan categorically denied them, calling it “rumours.”

“No, sadly no — no truth to those rumors,” the Oppenheimer filmmaker told the Associated Press.

This comes after several showbiz outlets reported the Batman director is in talks of helming some films of the 007 franchise.

Christopher previously poured fuel to the fire, suggesting his inclination toward the spy franchise.

“The influence of those movies in my filmography is embarrassingly apparent,” he told Happy Sad Confused podcast.

The acclaimed filmmaker continued, “And so there’s no attempt to shy away from that. I love the films. You know, it would be an amazing privilege to do one.”

The 53-year-old said, “It has to be the right moment in your creative life where you can express what you want to express and really burrow into something within the appropriate constraints because you would never want to take on something like that and do it wrong.”

Noting, “You wouldn’t want to take on a film not fully committed to what you bring to the table creatively. So, as a writer, casting, everything, it’s a full package.”

The Tenet director shared, “You’d have to be really needed, you’d have to be really wanted in terms of bringing the totality of what you bring to a character.”

He added, “Otherwise, I’m very happy to be first in line to see whatever they do.”