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I hope it is also smaller budget. Small for Bond has never failed IMO.
So were Martin Campbell's pre Bond films though
I totally see where you're coming from. But I think there's a chance he'll find a good balance between his own vision and what the franchise demands.
I agree. If the script is good, Boyle will be fine and the film will have energy--and it helps that they have a long collaborative history.
They have to reboot with B26 anyway. James Bond will return.
I agree I have not commented on the possibility of Boyle doing Bond upto now as it's underwhelming for me, I like some of Boyle's films though never did I think he would be a good Bond director.
Re: picking him - they seem to have basically run out of options and time, after backing away from Demange for some reason.
I'm so happy with this news. He's a great director, one of my favourites, and I think he could really deliver something special. He can do tense/hard hitting, he can do funny, and almost all his films are distinctly British. If he can do a decent job with the action scenes then we're in for something good.
I'm actually properly excited for Bond 25 now which I can't say I was before.
We should bear in mind that this isn't 100% as of yet (even Baz has stated that his hiring is contingent on Hodge's script being greenlit). Eon have however trapped themselves. With Demange likely ousted (as well as the original story outline), the entire production is reliant on Hodge's draft. If Eon/Craig don't like it then they will have been completely trapped. My excitement for Craig's last has decreased substantially. What a waste.
A. R. Rahman has done 127 HOURS and SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE for him. Daniel Pemberton (who did THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.) did his latest, STEVE JOBS. He doesn't seem married to any composer, though. I wouldn't be surprised to find Arnold return.
You can kind of get an idea of his visual sensibility from this:
Which is at times sort of unnecessarily eccentric. His style doesn't scream Bond but as others have noted Forster, Mendes, etc. were in the same camp.
Yes. Or at least suddenly find themselves with two scripts and possibly zero directors.
More simple to build a great film with a small budget - Bond or not. Something like DN again would be fantastic I think; it was very simplistic, but perfect.
This will all rest on that Hodge script being up to snuff. I wonder what they have in mind.
Well, best case scenario, it means something leaner, with maybe more emphasis on tension and story than big CGI filled setpieces. I think people just associate a smaller budget film with something a bit more stripped back and back to basics. I can see the appeal, my only worry is the stunts. We haven't had a really good jaw dropping one since CR, and I doubt halving the budget would help. But depending on what they go for it could work. If they are going the Logan route then something smaller scale would probably work better anyway.
I wonder if we have another surprise in store. Smaller budget suggests reboot to me.
Cantillion *was* a Sony executive but left to accept a producer deal at Sony. She still worked on SPECTRE after making that move.
He's an MGM executive.
http://www.mgm.com/#/about/mgm-today
Glickman is listed on the MGM website with the other executives.
http://www.mgm.com/#/about/mgm-today
Cantillion left as a Sony executive in 2014 or so, but still did SPECTRE-related duties for Sony as part of the transition. Her name shows up in the Sony hacks.
"as long as Bond screenplay by #JohnHodge meets approval." (part of Bamigboye tweet).
And these slicker, flashier and bigger budget Doyle films, to me-- only to me-- seemed to lose the spirit of his grittier/character films (TS, SG and 28DL).
Which has me conflicted if Boyle's our next man for 25:
He's great at character and gritty, for sure, and I love a Bond that has that (CR, QoS), but when Boyle's films do this, the scope of that world seems rather small-- not good for Bond.
But when Boyle does big and slick, the characters and grittiness seem to suffer-- not good for DC Bond.
So I feel off-balance: neither excited, nor disappointed. But wary that Boyle's not the right man for Bond (and, if memory serves, he also agreed that this franchise was not for him either (in well published articles, easy to google)).