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100% agreed. And as bondjames said, the 4 year gap did not help either.
In the meanwhile? Umm, TDK was released before QOS.
Bang on when writers strike hit and Haggis didn't want to cross the picket line. QOS final scenes are like a fire at Ikea. Intended ending was Bond driving to Whites home observing him meet with Guy Haynes and executes them both. I wasn't a fan of Dominic Greene as the main villain. His introduction is woeful just hanging around in a fish shack. I still enjoy QOS's place in the series. TOSCA scenes and his time with Mathis are a highlight. I think Giancarlo was excellent as Mathis.
I really am interested in that alternate ending. I think it would have been spectacular and a nice closure and mirror to the ending from CR. The one we actually got wasn't bad either though, and perhaps was more fitting to showcase that Bond wasn't the loose cannon haphazard killer he was made out to be during the film.
I'd take this a step further. Until there's a distributor in place, a lot is uncertain.
It would be different if either/or MGM and Eon self-financed Bond 25 and they simply needed to hire a studio to distribute it. But it's likely B25's distributor will be expected to kick in a significant chunk of the production budget. Sony, as we all know, co-financed Skyfall and SPECTRE.
Until that distributor is in place (and the financing is nailed down), not much is going to happen.
It has been almost 90 days since the Bond 25 release date was announced and there is still no distributor. Earlier in this thread, some posters were sure there'd be a major announcement on Oct. 5, Global James Bond Day. Didn't happen (except for that one-day T-shirt discount).
I already did the pondering and came to the conclusion that most people are very easily gullible by pretensions and an air of grandeur. Just look at yourself.
Look back at few pages and see my post on a Sony 1 film deal and why it makes sense with MGM's current situation.
That's fine. But we don't *know* whether that's in place or not. Here are the facts:
--July 24: A Bond 25 release date is announced separately by MGM and Eon.
--There has been *no announcement* about a Bond 25 distributor since.
Yeah Gary Barber announced that details on distributor would follow. I suspect a verbal agreement has been made enought to lock in a date and get things moving, but could not confirm until i's dotted and T's crossed. Fairly confident it's Sony for one more.
- the return of Blofeld
- David Arnold hired as composer
- no third screenwriter polishing the script
- Sony distributing
@SirHilaryBray I really hope you are wrong about Sony.
With MGM looking for a buyer I don't see them jumping in to a long term arrangement if Sony are prepared to do a one film deal on the priviso Craig returned as is brings the box office cash they want.
Logical after then MGM under new ownership and leadership with EON decide who the new long partner will be. Enter a new Bond and new reboot. Fresh start.
I think the Arnold ship has sailed. I don't see him return. Expect Director to bring in their own preference to match their vision for the film.
As for the 3rd man input. I think someone will come in to tidy up dialogue. Barbara and Mike like to stick to people who have delivered for them so possibly Matt Greenhalgh who wrote the screenplay on "Film Stars don't die in Liverpool".
Would be a massive coup for the franchise. But to be honest I would be happy with any of the names linked.
Very magnanimous of you to concede that second is the best you can aspire to as long as @Gustav_Graves is here.
http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/897239-blade-runner-2049s-sylvia-hoeks-joins-dragon-tattoo-sequel
WHAT ARE YOU TAAAAAALKING ABOUT.
David Arnold is as good as John Barry and it’s a shame that he hasn’t been working on the last two and it will be a disaster if he is not involved in B25.
Edit: what the director du jour should do is make sure Arnold comes up with plenty of good thematic material even before watching the film, like Marc Forster did. Without a strong set of themes, Arnold's work suffers.
MGM said July 24 that an announcement on a distributor would come later.
It has been almost three months later and there's no announcement.
You may be confident. Maybe you'll be right. But as of Oct. 20, there is no Bond 25 distributor in place. This isn't just a formality.
Arnold as good as Barry, continue smoking whatever it is you are puffing on as it must be pretty strong to formulate such an opinion.
Barry is a one off, a genius likely this world will never see again, possibly a little new to the series are we, PB era fan.
Some of you Bond fans make me laugh with such comments, do you realise what Barry bought to the series?
One of the most significant contributors to the legacy of Bond and all that have followed have been playing catch up ever since.
Go listen to OHMSS or YOLT score and then some of Arnold's efforts and try to even say that seriously.
Maybe you were joking or you need to make an appointment at the Doctors to get your ears syringed.