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I guess we all kind of expected that.
At least we know now that they are scrambling for directors even though that guy turned it down
And within some years it will be Spectre's turn...
He lives in NYC though.
Look at the article on the mi6 website
His agent confirmed it
"An industry source tells me: ‘There was a meeting with Daniel and Barbara and Danny Boyle late last year at the Eon office in Piccadilly and everyone was rather excited about his plans to shake up Bond and take it in a different direction.
‘What he proposed was radical, but they were all on board including Daniel Craig. Daniel was actually excited to come back to a different kind of Bond, it was going to be revolutionary.
‘However the screenplay that emerged this spring was too radical. The Bond producers thought it lacked humour and thrills and without an agreed script they didn’t have a deal.’"
Let's assume for a minute that all of the above is true. If they were all very excited about Boyle's initial plans and idea but disliked the script, it's safe to say they won't jettison the basic idea and go back to the screenplay by P&W, right? What exactly is this radical idea Boyle and Hodge proposed that they all loved? We still don't have a clue!
As for Hodge's screenplay: considering Boyle's filmography, it's hard to believe it lacked humour. I'm really hoping this screenplay will leak one day, maybe decades from now.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/screenwriter-john-hodge-is-no-longer-working-on-bond-25-180825
You may not have to wait decades. As a few of us have suggested - the script may still be used as a basis for B25, keeping the hook and re-working with a new director. Danny was at Pinewood overseeing production design and set construction only last week, so this is a very recent development. This may not happen, but it’s a possibility if MGM/Universal want to hit the deadline and they can find a director who’ll accommodate it.
Maybe Bond 25 can aim for May 2020.
Will give enough time for director and script work.
Yeah, give us another TND or TWINE rather than something fresh and exciting!
The new Daily Mail item sounds credible. Boyle/Hodge would want to put their own stamp on the franchise, shake things up and try not to copy Purvis and Wade's style. It's not that surprising to imagine B Broccoli was intrigued by their 'vision'...
...but as the months past and the shooting schedule was getting sorted out, she had major doubts? Better to stick with what you know than risk a new approach and jeopardize the box office. Perhaps MI: Fallout did cross her mind. If the Boyle/Hodge storyline was a bit thin on thrills Broccoli may have thought it would look a bit tame compared to Fallout?
Regading Boyle's idea - perhaps Bond has quit the service? That would seem 'radical-ish' and a decent premise for a Bond film. Something terrible happens, the return of SPECTRE or some other threat, and M has to try and convince Bond to return to the 00 division.
Another idea could be Bond as the villain. Bond is brainwashed and works for the enemy. In the final act of the storyline Bond recovers, helps MI6, saves the day! That would be a radical departure from the previous films, but a creative risk.
Of course we'd have no Bond forum so that's a negative. But we also would have to wait patiently for actual news, instead of guessing or hoping all the time, speculating the outcome using a defunct crystal ball.
So, I also might hop on Marc Forster train, even though Martin Campbell is my director of choice. Furthermore, Edgar Wright also seems like a man for the (Bond) job.
Totally agree
Ditto. Although I’d say ‘modern internet’. I’ve been discussing Bond online for just shy of 20 years and it wasn’t like this back at the turn of the millennium.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/director-jean-marc-vallee-turns-down-bond-25-due-to-scheduling-conflict-180825
His son (who works alongside him as an editor) has confirmed that the offer was made but Vallee turned it down.
So it's between
Edgar Wright
Yann Demange
David Mackenzie
Personally, I say give it to Mackenzie or Demange. Edgar Wright can do Bond 26 and write the script from scratch with a new actor.
However, if Eon are looking at HBO directors then there are a host of great directors working in TV and film who could direct:
Cary Joji Fukunaga (True Detective)
Paolo Sorrentino (The Young Pope)
Susanna White (Parade's End - also she did the spy film Our Kind of Traitor)
James Marsh (The Night Of - also an Oscar winning documentary maker)
Likewise when I was at University in the late 90's when the net was relatively new it was very different with regards to discussion.
That would be interesting. Bond could be working for Spectre initially.
I like QOS a lot, but it has its flaws which were in part Forster's fault. In any case both movie and director are too divisive so I don't think they'll ask him again.
Why give Bond 26 to Wright when the far more suitable Christopher Nolan is already waiting in the wings? Seriously, people here should STOP suggesting directors for Bond 26 other than Chris Nolan.