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Has anyone seen Kings? What's the consensus?
This should be interesting.
Just because Waltz says he's not back - (and BTW, if u want anyone to lie for u, hire an actor - I mean he may not, under instructions, be telling the truth) - does not mean Bond 25 will no address the events in SP.
He's been on the stage in major productions, though the films he's done since SP on top of the theater were more than he did post-SF, so he has been working. And he's got Purity all lined up after Bond 25 too, just waiting for him.
But he does what he wants to do, as has always been the case. If nothing lights his fire, he lets it pass and waits for something else. Not exactly the image of a man seeking the hottest paychecks. ;)
So now the Craig era is apparently this big saga about Bond's origins and battle with Spectre... plus one more unrelated movie at the end. I get that getting a popular proven draw actor back is the safer option but I really do think that if this was the route they wanted to take they should have just recast.
I wanted a fresh start, stand alone movie, but if they wanted to carry on from SP I could have got on board with that too. But a stand alone movie with Craig is the least appealing option to me. It'd have to be really good for me to get past how pointless it feels. Obviously I'll go and see it, and I'm not going to write it off at such an early stage, but it's not looking good imo.
Nothing in the movies she produced suggests that she posesses something like a creative vision of her own. Nothing! In fact the opposite is true.
Perhaps keeping Craig on also had something to do with a one picture distribution deal. Certainly an uncertain time because they'll have to go through these shenanigans again post B25.
That's what I'm hoping (either that he's lying or that it'll still follow on from SP somehow). But I do think this is a bit of a red flag.
Precisely...thats how i see it...it makes sense.
Yeah I can't fault that to be honest, I know it probably makes the most business sense and it was naive of me to expect anything else but I'm still disappointed. I mean you said yourself, it made more business sense to go stand alone with DAF, but a lot of us still all long for the OHMSS follow up that could have been. It's a similar situation now imo.
Those behind the scenes know what the story is, and who needs to be cast and who will return from the last film, we're just here wasting away with speculation. But at this point I don't trust anyone beyond the announcement of Dan's return that I knew we'd get anyway. Everything else is debatable for its credibility/authenticity beyond the leading man, and it's the go-to move for actors to lie through their teeth on red carpets. Whether it's the truth or not can only be revealed with time.
If Villeneuve is in the pipeline and Waltz is telling the truth, perhaps it's a sign that EON have signed on a director (or who are preparing to sign one) who wants to do an original story and do their "own thing" as Mendes wanted for SF. This would then mean that a new villain would be formulated for said project.
I wouldn't expect that much from EON my friend. Even though I liked Waltz, this is good news to me. Maybe it won't be SP Part 2.
Another annoying uncertainty, yes. But I imagine that, just as they were flexible with Dan's contract after a certain point, EON weren't heavily contracting Waltz and allowed him wiggle room depending on what came after SP and what Dan wanted. It always seemed like an informal agreement, and was subject to change instead of being a binding one.
And it's really better that way. Contracts have a bad name for a reason. They can restrict and put the contractee in a weird place. EON have been smart to keep everyone loosely contracted instead of tying them up indefinitely, even with their leading man, where the understanding seems to be that you'll get a call if you're needed. That allows for EON to respond sensibly to whatever changes they need to make in a new film depending on various factors, including how a film was received, the BO and what their actors' schedules are. Instead of feeling forced into doing something because of a contract, like keeping an actor in play they don't feel they need, they have more freedom than they would otherwise.
Then who knows what's going on with him. He'll return or he won't, I can guarantee that!
Source?
@Creasy47 has secretly been Baz this entire time.
I can't reveal my sources, but I will give you a hint: I'm Christoph Waltz.
Big fan. Big fan!