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I like the fact that Fukunaga's first Bond was a Roger. Anyone showing some love for AVTAK is cool by me. He doesn't seem to pick favorites or dismiss any of the the Bond's .
I also like that he grew up watching THREE'S COMPANY, CHEERS and so forth.
Making the way in the world today..........takes everything you've got..............
Maybe B25's theme song will have a catchy jingle that generations will remember.
Damn, I miss Cheers.
LOL! I was going to post something similar.
I was also thinking it would be funny if Fukunaga brought Priscilla Barnes back to Bond for B25.
eheh, yes.
Come to think of it, Woody Harrelson has been a surprise for the last couple of years. Maybe he could have some small role? Or Kelsey.
I had a tour guide job about 10 years ago and Rhea Perlman showed up with her family. I remember I was a bit annoyed that my relief hadn't yet shown for me to clock out at the end of the day, and she was in my last tour. No one seemed to recognize her.
She's a classic 80's character actress. I find it sad that her husband gets little to no recognition these days. Danny DeVito is awesome and always has been. Just the other day I laughed out loud when I saw The Kominsky Method trailer and heard Michael Douglas - his life long pal - say he had a strange doctor stick a finger up his @**, and then DeVito showed up getting his glove on. Classic.
That being said, anyone ever thought about taking the name "**" here on the forums? Cause every time anyone would want to evoque their name it would turn up as @**. Ok, ok, I'm that childish, so sue me, it's Wednesday ;)
Back on topic. Cary has his name because of Cary Grant? Really? Didn't know. Still haven't heard a bad thing about the fella.
If smoking is "not cool", then why is every Sherlock Holmes adaptation in the recent years has the character being a drug addict? I suppose that's healthier and cooler than smoking, no? (sarcasm)
I'd be one happy fan. Guy should've been Bond for the last 30 years.
Exactly! And he does smoke his pipe on the special victorian episode.
He’ll need to:
⚫ Re-write the script.
⚫ Work on the overall design of the film and shape it to his vision (production design, cinematography and music)
⚫ The action and special effects sequence requires huge amounts of prep
⚫ Location scouting around the world
⚫ Casting the film
That’s probably the tip of the iceberg, especially considering all the bureaucratic details with producers, studios, budgets, etc. The planning on these productions is huge. I guess they’d have been in a similar position with Boyle (especially since he only formally joined after finishing the Beatles film). But he still had a 5/6 month headstart on Fukunaga.
I also disagree that the director should just shoot the script. I want to see an artistic vision of a filmmaker working in concert with others. I love film and the last thing I want is an anonymous homogeneous product. Why would I waste my time watching that when there are a ton of other films with personality I’d rather watch.
The real test will be whether Eon can let go and let Fukunaga be Fukunaga, trusting his instincts and his process when it comes down to the actual shooting of the script. I'm sure they know what they are taking on, as does Fukunaga, so I'm expecting something very interesting and special at the end of it. As for location scouting and prepping the stunts, Bond productions are famous for having a huge roster of experts that specialise in all these fields. On a smaller budget it might be a concern, but with the money behind B25, it'll be business as usual. Music is the least of their concerns right now. Barry used to only get a couple of weeks to score and produce the soundtrack in post-production, sometimes less. Casting will only be a problem if they're chasing a big-name actor for a key role and he or she isn't available. Again, sometimes these last-minute replacements or second choices can work out for the best. Think Eric Stoltz replaced by Michael J. Fox in Back To The Future; Stuart Townsend replaced by Viggo Mortensen in LOTR; Harvey Keitel in Apocalypse Now; Michael Biehn for James Remmer in Aliens, even Diana Rigg for Brigitte Bardot in OHMSS, the list goes on and on.
He will have had a 5-month pre-production window from announcement to the start of shooting (at least). Not a "fat" Bond schedule by any means, but far from a rush job.
Neal and Rob are also (presumably) still working with him on the script, so he won't need to carry that burden alone. And he'll have the flexibility to be as hands-on with as he likes, I'm assuming. Supported, but not restricted.
I'd also assume there's some inherent agreement in the (already developed) overall concept between him and the producers, or else he wouldn't have signed on. So he'll certainly be creating his 'vision', but not from scratch.
It's a unique situation, but the precise purpose of delaying production by 3 months was to allow for it.
Now that you mention it, I can see it too. And lucky him for having parents with good taste ;)
Dalton replacing Brosnan in 87.
I doubt that will happen. Children have rarely seen screen time in a Bond film. The only notable one is the boy in the boat in TMWTGG. Off the top of my head, I believe that is the only child in a Bond film with a speaking part. The only other kids are extras on beaches, most notably the kids chasing Solange on the horse in CR.
Amen to that !!
+1
I’m personally not interested in them overplaying the MI6 card in Bond 25.
Pretty much all the recent ideas have been derivative of one another. ‘There’s a mole!’, ‘M and MI6 is under attack!’, blah blah blah.
We’ve seen it countless times. By all means incorporate M, Q and Moneypenny and give them something to do. Just don’t rehash the same beats.
One of the joys of CR was how it found a way to include M in the story more but to strip down and focus on her relationship with Bond. It was there we saw the odd surrogate son/mother relationship come together.
There is clearly ways to include these characters without being clichéd or repetitive.
Surely there is an interesting angle to play in the fact that Bond and M are contemporaries in the armed service. That could make a good scene of them speaking.
Exactly
I wish, Timonthy is my all time favorite bond. His eyes screams Bond..James Bond but as M said and I quote- We are not now that strength which in old days moved Earth and heaven.