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I'm beginning to think that Craig doesn't get on with anyone but himself.
Right? Coz Cubby would never hire American John Gavin to play Bond, or try to cast another American actor, James Brolin as 007! No! Everything he did was pure gold! TMWTGG didn’t almost sink the franchise, and TSWLM wasn’t a film that had to save the franchise! No way! From ‘62- ‘89 it was one massive hit after another!! In fact the 80s saw each film consistently making more money that the film previously!!! L2K destroyed Batman, Lethal Weapon 2 and Indy at the box office!!
(I love Cubby too but honestly.....)
I can see a case for DAF being better than QOS. Otherwise, nah.
People are getting a bit nostalgic now for the Cubby era. That was a different time when directors were complacent enough to do three to five Bond films. Funnily, Hamilton turned down TB on the grounds that he didn't want to "repeat himself", a recurring motif with nearly every director since Campbell turned down TND. Campbell, like Hamilton, did come back for CR, but it didn't turn out to be the start of a three film run.
*duckandhide*
:-) ↔ :)
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Great choice. Noyce is a great action director.
Wright will never commit to a Bond movie, especially after the Marvel debacle. I'm surprised that Broccoli would even approach him.
He likes to build his projects from the ground up, and his demands for creative control would never work with EON.
From what I understand Eon is not tight on controlling their filmmakers as Marvel notoriously does, they do give more leeway. That’s why I think there was much more going on with Boyle than just simple casting of the villain. Given that Craig has been wanting to do Bond with a lighter touch, I think Wright has the correct sensibilities.
I’m still not expecting for it to happen though. If I were Eon, I’d offer Wright to help fix the current film with the promise of working on the next one to launch the new Bond actor. But that’s just me.
Clancy films aged poorly. The only saving grace of one of those films was Henry Czerny delightfully eating a carrot as he watched a missile hit a house.
Wish Tom Cruise bring him back as Kittridge for another MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE flick.
That said, he is enjoying this thread enormously with the informed opinions that are being passionately expressed by real film fans.
Looking through the many comments and thinking about them within the context of the market scene it is clear that the time has come for a completely new strategy.
Craig’s Bond totally lacks the humour and lightness of touch of his predecessors and as a consequence he comes across as an actor that was hired to play the lead in a serious thriller but who finds himself having to act his way through the farcical situations that have become the hallmark of the franchise.
Meanwhile the market has changed and spy fantasy has segmented into the brutal and hard nosed (as typified by Bourne) and the absurd (as typified by The Kingsman) with the result that Bond is left in the middle which is a terrible place to be in any market and which is completely out of keeping with the times.
Doubtless Boyle had plans to change this and give us something new, different and better but when the doctor arrived, the patient didn’t like the medicine and we are where we are.
The only option now is to appoint a journeyman director (Campbell being the obvious choice) and to bring the project in on schedule.
When that is done, The Pussy thinks the thing will be indiscernible from previous efforts and will take less than Spectre. Then, and only then, will they find the courage to change the formula, move away from the formula and give the franchise the complete reboot that it so badly needs.
Disagree. Clear And Present Danger is a great flick, especially. Not really sure why anyone would think it has aged badly. It's got some stunning action sequences and a great story.
Salt, meanwhile, has a dodgy story but it's got some cracking set-pieces too. Dead Calm is a well-executed slice of tension-filled shlock too. He'd do a fine job of it.
Nevertheless, I think he's busy adapting a Dennis Lehane novel at the moment.
If there is a hiatus, it will be told in this meeting. And I don’t see how they can’t leak that since the crew will be unemployed (after gearing up for the next year of their lives).
However, I will be shocked if there is a significant delay in shooting (if any), and I may be an optimist, or just plain thick, but I foresee the release dates being honoured.
I'm not really sure how much evidence there is that such meeting has taken place.
I assume Eon are spending their time zeroing in on directors and trying to entice one of the four to commit. Out of the 4 it is only really Edgar Wright who'd want creative control, the rest will do as they are told.
Nonetheless, for the B-team, they are all terrific talents and far more exciting names than Boyle.
LA is just going to work this morning, news on studio movies tends to break around this time, so if there is news it'll happen tonight.
In the meanwhile, I think Yann should really be given the job. He basically had it until Craig thought they could do better. 71 was fantastic and he's a snappy dresser. He could make a great Bond film.
I didn't think of him for a Bond movie before, but now I would like to see the experiment. The success of his HBO shows is largely down to his direction I think, he has his own stamp that he puts in the material and definitely elevates it. He is rather great with actors as well. The way he uses editing and camerawork to inform the audience of the characters' state of mind is also great.
With him you can definitely expect a stylish looking Bond movie. I think he could also make some very tense espionage sequences with great camerawork judging by his previous work.
Marvel have been very relaxed with their approach since phase 2; even more so with phase 3. The real difference is, there's a better dialogue and channel of communication between the producers and the directors over at Marvel than whatever EoN have been doing lately. The debacle with Wright and Ant-Man was mainly due to Wright wanting to make his film entirely independent of having any connection with the rest of the MCU which was silly on his part. You look at what the Russos have done, Taika Watiti, Shane Black, James Gunn (recent controversy not withstanding) and especially Ryan Coogler. The level of freedom and free reign Coogler was given was hugely surprising. However, when you think about it, its not all that surprising when you consider the fact that Kevin Feige is the most competent and successful producer in Hollywood because he bothers to do his job effectively. Feige has a brand to protect and still deliver in films that keep people coming back when there's now a slew of comic book films saturating the market and films and TV shows jumping on the bandwagon in creating and for the most part failing to create their own shared universe. Even Bond tried it with SP and failed miserably. The creative process requires communication and cohesion and that's just effectively not happening with EoN's current business objectives.