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Thanks a lot, brother.
Ah. Point taken.
Maybe something is really set behind the scenes. At the same time, stop and look over the past year. 20th Century Fox was reported to be in the hunt to distribute Bond 25. Murdoch opted to sell the studio to Disney. Sony was reported to be in the hunt. But Sony Corp.'s CEO is retiring and there's renewed talk the company might sell off its movie and television business.
Annapurna and MGM formed their joint venture for distributing, but Bond 25 wasn't part of the deal. Deadline reported last fall the joint venture was moving toward getting the domestic releasing for Bond 25, but nothing has happened since.
And, again, I remember all the theories on this very thread about how a big announcement was coming on Global James Bond Day. All we got was a 10 percent off T-Shirt sale.
Once of these days something has got to happen. If they're serious about a November 2019 release date, you'd think it would be soon. But until real information surfaces, I have trouble believing a complete cast and crew is ready to spring into action.
If Denis wants to make another ambitious arty sci-fi film, he really needs a hit under his belt. Bond would be a guaranteed hit.
In the interview he expressly states that: “One day I would love to do one, but it’s a question of timing... I think what Martin Campbell did with Casino Royale was impressive”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/blade-runner-2049-director-denis-villeneuve-made-monster-wont/
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/02/06/denis-villeneuve-says-another-art-house-studio-epic-not-a-good-idea
He's very keen to do Dune. He's not doing Bond 25, he's, in his own words 'engaged' - lol.
https://www.avclub.com/shots-fired-denis-villeneuve-says-his-dune-will-be-st-1822251306
i do believe him, but he would have to say stuff like this even if he were hired already for Bond 25, just to misdirect the press.
And in regards to the press, it's quite pitiful how they tried to make it look like he "dissed" star wars with that statement, just to start something.
He's not hired to do Bond 25, he will never be hired to do Bond 25,
is appointed to direct Bond 25.
Maybe those were better days.
Villeneuve's statements sound as though he's trying to throw the press off the story without flat-out saying, "NO, I am NOT directing Bond 25."
I have a sense, he's doing it, knows he can't divulge that info, knows he also doesn't want to be called a liar later on.
I lived those days. There was a little more to it than that. You'd see a small item on the entertainment pages. During the buildup to The Spy Who Loved Me, the newspaper in my area dropped in a publicity still of Barbara Bach standing back to back with Richard Kiel. There was a caption, but nothing else. It whetted your appetite.
But, in general, you had to be alert and search out little stories that'd pop up. The late gossip columnist Liz Smith would have a short item. I think Eon, in those days, did try to keep interest built up. But they didn't have the tools they have today.
The title of Horowitz's new Bond title is being revealed on Thursday. It will be out later this year. Something for Bond fans to occupy themselves with in the interim.
Probably in early March, but I don't know the specific date. In previous years, the fourth-quarter and year-end financial results call have been in early March of the following year, roughly the first week or so.
Or for someone at Ian Fleming Publications to say, "The book has been sent to Eon."
Hard to say. Sometimes MGM drops some Bond news on these calls (hiring John Logan in November 2012, saying it might be relaxing its original post-bankruptcy plans to get the Bond movies back on an every-other-year schedule, to later saying Bond would be coming out on a 3- or 4-year schedule).
But other times they hardly mention Bond at all. I remember one call they talked a lot about Steve Harvey and nothing about Bond. Also, over the years, the investors went from asking a fair number of questions to sometimes not asking questions at all.