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I liked Zodiac and his Mindhunter episodes are very good.
Were you referring to Barbara or EON in general? Cinematic Bond has always expanded and contracted. Look at YOLT/OHMSS and MR/FYEO. DAD and CR seems totally in step with that.
I do hope not. My daughter is in fifth grade now and was born a week before Casino Royale was released!
If they could keep it in the Barry spirit. I love their scores for Fincher's movies, but it's not in the Bond tradition. Still, better them than a droning Zimmer score.
+1
It won't happen though, so traditionalists have nothing to worry about.
you say that, but Serra did happen, so there's always the possibility.
I'm torn on Serra. I love his collaborations with Besson (some of which he lifted for Goldeneye) and enjoy the soundtrack for his 007 outing, but at the same time it sounds more European than strictly Bond if that makes any sense given Bond's heritage and as such is one of my least favorite scores in the Brosnan/Craig era.
Once again, there was no way SPECTRE would have come out in 2014 regardless whether Mendes came back to direct or not.
A Sony executive named Rory Bruer told theater executives in 2012 that Bond 24 would be out in 2014. Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig, speaking in a joint interview, said Bruer didnt know what he was talking about. They were asked about Bruer's remarks. Here's what they said:
//Broccoli: He was getting a little overexcited (laughs). We’re just actually focusing on this movie. One hopes that in the future we’ll be announcing other films, but no one’s officially announced it.
Craig: No one’s announced anything. He got a little ahead of himself (laughs). It’s very nice that he has the confidence to be able to do that, but we haven’t finished this movie yet.//
http://collider.com/daniel-craig-barbara-broccoli-skyfall-interview/#more-162975
Also, Barbara Broccoli in an interview with the Los Angeles Times in 2012.
"“Sometimes there are external pressures from a studio who want you to make it in a certain time frame or for their own benefit, and sometimes we’ve given into that,”
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/14/entertainment/la-et-mn-skyfall-next-james-bond-movie-20121113
Remember, Sony wanted Quantum of Solace out *in less than two years* time compared with Casino Royale -- May 2, 2008
https://www.sony.com/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/columbia-pictures/2006/columbia-pictures-and-mgm-announce-may-2-2008-rele.html
It got pushed back to fall 2008, as things turned out (ironically giving the date to Iron Man, the beginning of the Marvel produced films).
After Quantum of Solace, there was *no way* Barbara Broccoli was going to rush production for a studio. She drew a line the sand and kept to it. It didn't matter whether Sam Mendes directed SPECTRE or not.
Well, judging by the Spectre soundtrack, Newman kinda did. ;)
It's certainly a legitimate question/issue. Clearly, she had no enthusiasm for looking for a new Bond actor. "My heart was breaking" until Craig agreed to come back, she told The Hollywood Reporter in that podcast interview in December.
I’m not quite sure what your point is. Mine was that waiting for Mendes was out of choice, not happenstance. The timescale is irrelevant.
Let's hope that we never again have to suffer through something like QOS where they burned through locations without ever feeling like you were in any of them.