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Sometimes you just get tired of repeating yourself, so you let people run wild. Unfortunately, they're like Energizer Bunnies.
That's a good way to put it! I really look forward to when the real news reaches the media and this thread. Then we at least have something else than rumours to discuss.
Bold move going with a director that's only made two(?) films, if he's the one they choose. Maybe that's what the series need too – an up-and-coming director?
I'll admit Amatuer hour was harsh but I'm not apologising otherwise, Raiders leaves FYEO in the dust regardless of it's stunts, so what does it have a screenplay or consistent performances like ROTLA, Raiders doesn't have corny nonsense like Janet Brown playing that evil woman for laughs. Raiders like I say is a completely different ball park and you can argue it to the cows come home but history has already decided this one.
Only die hard Bond fans would try and argue such nonsense.
https://twitter.com/BazBam?lang=en
And now I think Rhys would be great in a Bond film. Hadn't thought of that before.
(and NO Baz is not saying that; this is just what he recently tweeted, NOT on Bond. I doubt he is on vacation, but who knows?)
Paul Freeman is an okay villain in RAIDERS but hardly something special. About on par with Julian Glover in FYEO. Ronald Lacey is more creepy and effective! John-Rhys Davies is probably my favorite supporting actor in RAIDERS. Karen Allen is just... well... Karen Allen.
You lost me with the bolded. Like, come on.
Baz mentions Boyle left when producers wanted to bring on a new writer. Makes me wonder if they are switching scripts.
Probably. I assumed Boyle left because of a lack of control; he probably figured his original vision would be compromised, and so he figured it wasn’t worth it. Something like that.
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"There’s a lot of pressure on the producers of James Bond 25 to find a filmmaker to take over from Danny Boyle, who quit when Daniel Craig and fellow producers insisted on replacing screenwriter John Hodge.
Several studio sound-stages were booked for the picture. Problem is: do they hang on to them, or give them up?
Tense situation behind the scenes, finding a director prepared to be ruled over by Mr Craig."
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Two things from the above, if taken literally. First, they apparently wanted to replace Hodge. Furthermore Baz makes a point about Craig's control.
If I remember correctly, Boyle's involvement was always conditional on Hodge. That was noted when the story originally broke. So it's perhaps unsurprising that he left, if the above is true.
So it seems as though Craig is, in fact, a bossy Bond.
let’s hope they can fix what’s needed in the script and not turn it into a frankstein monster and also hire a director who can infuse energy and action
Specifically, Boyle and Hodge pitched the idea. Hodge would write it into a script. Boyle was interested in directing only if his and Hodge's idea/script was approved. The May 25 announcement said Boyle was directing from an original screenplay by Boyle.
More detailed chronology here:
https://spycommandfeatures.wordpress.com/bond-25-timeline/
--P&W start Skyfall. Mendes brings in John Logan. Later, he brings in Jez Butterworth for uncredited revisions. Three of the four get a credit.
--Logan starts SPECTRE. P&W are summoned back to "save" it. Butterworth gets involved yet again. All four get a credit.
Every time someone new enters the director's chair, it becomes almost a complete one-off, except for QoS. The best bet for the producers including Craig, who could remain as a producer or director of the Bond franchise after Bond 25, is to stick with P&W and make an offer to Marc Forster to return.
Who the hell does Daniel Craig think he is, telling Danny Boyle that his writer has to go? I've really had it with Craig's petulance and arrogance. He has to go. I now fully support @Mendes4Lyfe .
If Bamigboye is correct, it suggests EON should have done more due diligence about how Danny Boyle operates.