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I get that, but NDAs or not they could at least tell us whether or not the film is still on track. Hell, we don’t even know if it is or not at this point.
The mentor thing sounds a bit lame to me but as others have said it could in theory be handled okay. I suppose I trust Boyle a bit more than Mendes not to totally screw up.
she's not a well known enough name but Keeley Hawes would make a great villainess and I think there would be chemistry with Craig.
Oh dear,no no no.
I only hope the highly paid 'professionals' who come up with the writing for the next Bond film can exhibit such wit, because they failed on their last attempts imho.
I would get a new actor in for cheaper.
She's a fine actress and would have been the best MP since Maxwell.
She pops up on BBC regularly enough - the last thing I saw her in was Line Of Duty, and she looked good as well as giving a good performance.
My guess is, the new investors will feel the same way.
What I mind is that they shift the central attention from Bond and to the highlighted female character, making the story all about her while having the 007 franchise hold the umbrella for her field. No thanks!
When I want to watch a James Bond film, here's the simple way of putting it:
I want to see a criminal mastermind as the villain, the world's safety at stake, and Bond on the other end of the rope pulling it for victory. What other characters do, whether they'd be allies, love interests or benefactors, scapegoats, assistants, helpers, are only there to help move the story forward. Supporting characters. Nothing else.
Jolie would make a great female villain or a femme fatale. Lily James, however, should be spared for the next Bond, either being a Loelia Ponsonby or a Gala Brand. I don't see her beyond these types of roles.
They dropped the ball with Spectre but I was hoping they could use B25 as a chance to redeem themselves. Give us Shatterhand. Make a proper Bond vs Blofeld sequel. They spent all of Craig's tenure building up that story (albeit somewhat retroactively) so why scrap it just as it was leading to some really interesting territory?
Also, what's with the rumoured Logan comparisons? Are they going to kill Bond off and replace him with this female field agent? Sadly I wouldn't be surprised.
Agreed, especially considering Mission: Impossible already ran with this same plot idea of Ethan recruiting and mentoring a younger female agent.
But if the series wants to distance itself from M:I, they shouldn't be using old plot devices that M:I has already used. It's why I hope it's mere rumor, as it's a bit ridiculous if this was the golden idea Boyle had.
I shudder to think that Boyle's golden idea is to line up all the pieces on the board for a female 007.
Not sure what you mean by that, but considering M:I and James Bond are two rival action series, on top of how wildly, eerily similar parts of SP and Rogue Nation were, I'd like to avoid the comparisons by having something a bit more fresh.
Um, why?
Honestly, only thing giving me pause is Jolie. I can see the sort of strong screen presence actress they're trying to go for and someone like Chastain would be perfect (although she's got 355 on the docket and she's probably sworn Bond off). But Jolie is too big.
The mentoring part? I'm in. I'm sure a lot of others will be also. Hasn't been done in a Bond movie, and of course the implication that said mentee would take up the 007 mantle following whatever fate meets Craig's Bond here - it's a logical move for a film that's supposedly written as 'Craig's equivalent of Logan'. Best thing about this - it's a twist on the usual 'co-lead Bond girl' by not making her be a traditional Bond girl/love interest at all.
I think what this comes down to is - if true, those moves are almost certainly to attract wider audiences, not the core core Bond fans. Bond isn't like Star Wars, Marvel and the like where more the casual audiences follow the story, the lore so closely as much as the core fans do. And I think - particularly with how Bond is viewed today in the current climate, which these moves (if true) are trying to adapt to - it's time to kinda move on from the expectations of tradition in every single way and let the franchise evolve.
Can't speak for TLJ as I couldn't even finish it, but it'll be a dark day when the series starts paving the way for a female to become Bond and take the lead. Stepbrothergate would pale in comparison to that.