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From a career standpoint, if he leaves now, he will be seen as the man who brought Bond back full circle, from newbie agent to seasoned vet, and his Bond era will be seen as an almost 'artsy' or 'artistic' one. That's quite a legacy to leave behind for the next fella and for EON. He leaves now with his head held high. Higher than Connery, Moore or Brosnan.
EDIT: Moreover, his reputation as an actor is intact and even enhanced.
I said this before and it's probably not a good comparison but I see Craig's 4 films like the seasons 1-4 of breaking bad. In breaking bad the series could have ended in season 4. Walt kills the meth king pin, he made his money, family is safe he can move on perfect happy ending for him, but they made a 5th season to countinue the story and the 5th season was absolutely fantastic and was a better ending to the series then season 4 ending.
Now look at the 4 Craig films. His story his complete. He beat the main bad guy in Blofeld, he tied up all his lose ends from his 3 other films, he retires, and settles down with his girl madeline the perfect happy ending for Craig's run, but just like breaking bad they left a small hole opened to countinue to add on to the Craig Bond story if he wants to.
Bond movies have always been standing on its own.
Look at Moore, compare TMWTGG with AVTAK or LALD with MR etc.
That's like at least 4 different "arcs".
Craig can easily do two more. They can easily just forget Spectre and continue with something completely different.
Personally I find it nonsense to say, Blofeld or/and Swann have to return (I don't mean you bondjames).
What I want is Bond 25 with Craig on a mission that has nothing to do with anything from CR to SP. Make it a FRWL/FYEO kind of movie, or the opposite, a MR/DAD kind of movie which means OTT fun mindless action with a lot of self-irony.
Both scenarios would work I'm sure. Bond fans are loyal, Bond 25 will be financially successful like all its 24 predecessors.
Yes even QOS was financially successful.
I agree, they were quick to contradict this story. Saying that, Donny, I'm with you: Craig's my fave; I think he's got lots left in the tank (just, as I wrote on another thread, fix up the scripts with some fresh eyes, and get to work to challenging the actor again and giving him something worthy of his talents).
When I read the first report, I was gutted.
But now I have hope that, as Jake mentioned, this was fabricated.
The fact remains EON has to announce something rather sooner than later because the media will go to any length to have such stories on a regular basis and that's not a good scenario.
Agreed.
If EON have nothing to report (whether distributor or next film), there's no point in rushing an announcement for the sake of an announcement.
The media will continue spinning tales.
EON will just hafta have their people ready to respond, as they did today.
You are correct @BondJasonBond006, up to the Craig era. They have consciously gone with a 'timeline' in the Craig period, and tied everything together even when they didn't have to. It's a clear artistic decision on their part (and perhaps even Craig's). So his era can be 'contained' as a reboot one if the producers want to move forward. Artistically, I think that would be best for him (it will give him a distinct story in comparison to the other actors).
They have given themselves options post-SP with the SP ending, as many have noted. It now just comes down to Craig & the new studio. We know what EON prefers (Craig returning), although I'm sure the Hiddleston meeting had some purpose, even if it was an 'intro' (arranged by Mendes perhaps?) to just see how they all got along.
He is the one actor who I believe doesn't need an audition. He's already given it.
We don't know anything for certain yet.
Given Craig's age, and his ambivalence toward the role, it would have been better to hold off and introduce Blofeld with a new actor imho, so that they could have played the Blofeld arc out over multiple films and let it unfold like in the prior years.
I think they made a mistake introducing him in SP. They could have 'hinted' at him in the finale and then gone forward with a new actor in B25 if they wanted, or potentially gone with a multi-Craig film Blofeld arc (which is what they initially wanted if I'm not mistaken - and Craig turned them down).
What we have now is not the best situation, as far as Blofeld is concerned. They probably will have to keep him 'at bay' for the next few films, if it's a new actor. If it's Craig again, it probably has to be a Blofeld continuation, which hampers them creatively with a new studio.
Craig's Bond will be blamed for SP even though that's an erroneous connection.
This is what I think as well
That mixed reception only happened in the US. In Europe Spectre has broken countless ticket sales records and got a lot of rave reviews.
Spectre has put movies like Jurassic World, Furious 7 and Age Of Ultron to shame ticket sales wise.
Europe is ready for some more action with Craig.
I agree but the US is an important market.
That means we need it's new partner (Again, it may be likely to be Walt Disney Pictures and not Warner Brothers unless MGM's contract with other film studios may merged into one) and it's release date (seen above) for Bond 25.
It's not insignificant, and EON always pays attention to US critical opinion, even if it's not as important as before.
The reviews I believe were pretty much mixed overall but less forgiving maybe in the US.
I could be wrong. Still NA is a profitable market and one the studios at least want to not loose share.
I really think everything is on hold or limbo until distributor found. And even after that how to handle Bond is unsure.
Remember Bond's co-owners MGM from the quarterly conference call aren't in a rush to produce a new Bond.
Bond's reception and profit margin (thanks to EoN's stupid budget.) aren't the selling points or isn't pulling in potential distributors.
That also said, MGM is aiming to get back on its feet and become a studio of its own again by 2022. And with a couple of years in that pace, there is no chance in hell they'll hand over the Bond rights to anyone, let alone a swallowing monster company like Disney. Let's get back to the real world, now.
If Disney could be through Touchstone.