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By all indications there is some dealmaking going on behind the scenes which is preventing an announcement for the time being. Those sort of deals take time to work through. There are peripheral elements that must be considered.
In the meanwhile, it looks like 'creative' is doing its preparatory thing until it gets the go ahead to propel forward.
I think the silence is actually a positive at this moment, because it means something important (and potentially transformative) is going to come of it. Or at least I very much hope so. If not, then yes I'd agree it's been disappointing.
Exactly.
April 29th: Dull day. No Bond 25 announcements today. I got a message on ny phone and was sure it was about Bond, but no luck, it was a mate asking me to go watch Infinity Warp or something. I don't like Star Trek, really.
April 30th: Still no Bond news. Oh, and I got fired from my job. My boss was a total prick. But what about Bond!!!1
April 31st: My landlord is throwing me out. Says I haven't paid in three months or something. Well, what about my internet connection?! How am I going to keep up with Bond 25 news without an internet connection?! I hate him. While he was telling me I had to leave, I asked him if he was looking forward to Bond 25 and he told me to take a hike. GoldenEye fan, it seems! So he's cool, all things considered.
April 32nd: Okay, today's the day. Bond 25 news in three, two, one... now! Uh... now!
Damn.
Bond and Mr. White is the best scene in the movie.
Honestly, I want to rewatch Spectre right now to prove myself I still love Spectre and that I'm in the minority, that does not consider Spectre a trainwreck every one else sees it.
=)) Awesome
Agreed. Craig is the game-changing Bond. He made the series culturally relevant again.
Great question. I'm not sure, but if I had to guess, it stems from Cubby's method, which was to put everything into the current movie, announce the next movie at the end, and deal with the next story later. The difference back then was that Cubby had all the novels to draw upon, and he had the deep genius of Maibaum, who I'd say is one of the most important people (and a bit of an unsung hero, as the writer often is) in the franchise's success.
Babs and MGW are still trying to emulate Cubby, but don't have the deep shelf and bench that he did.
It continues to mystify me why we haven't seen Gala Brand or the plot of THR yet (especially during the more or less Fleming-free Brosnan years). Brosnan's Bond/Liz Krest/Fidele Barbey would have been interesting.
EON was actually this close to choosing this over Everything or Nothing.
yep maibaum was critical. and perhaps a handful of directors to whom cubby could turn with confidence.
also up until tswlm or whenever it was he didn't have a studio to deal with as Harry was his partner
Broccoli still had to deal with a studio -- United Artists. Broccoli and Saltzman didn't finance their movies. UA did.
You could argue that UA was more flexible than later management regimes at MGM. But UA still made its presence known. Example: UA's David Picker wanted Connery back for Diamonds Are Forever while Broccoli and Saltzman were planning to go with John Gavin.
Thank God for David Picker !
My understanding is that the studio intervened once more, in the early 90s. Perhaps controversially, I'm eternally grateful to them for that too.
I just wanted to show that the old United Artists got involved at least periodically. There's a myth that UA just let Broccoli and Saltzman do whatever they wanted. I think UA did give the producers a long leash. But anytime you're supplying the funds, there's at least implicit power.
I am quite certain that their influence will be felt on B25 as well.
Seems like an arrangement we could do with now.
Aaah now that makes a lot of sense now !
Bond films have been streaming on Amazon Prime prior to September 2017.
I've never seen them on there and I have had Prime for about 4 years.
Mind you I've never actively looked for them,so fair enough.
You could watch the PTS and title sequence for free, but would have to sign up to see the whole film.
I shouldn't joke like that actually.
It's already beginning to happen with certain films dropping on Netflix internationally mere weeks after their release date. Give it 10-20 years if that, you'll see theatrical films getting day-of releases via digital media.
Well….it is Thursday again team. That means Baz is due to release an article tonight. Whether that article contains any Bond scoops is unknown. But considering that the Beatles film is being made now (another scoop of Baz’s), I think he’s clearly in the ‘Danny Boyle business’. He’s dropped numerous other Boyle-related scoops in the past. Most are in relation to films that never came into fruition (including Boyle’s aaborted attempts at two other musicals, My Fair Lady and Miss Saigon). I think tonight is the tonight…………….however, like many, I suspect the next news story we get is of a delay to November 2020.