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That's exactly how I felt back then. We didn't have social media to find out what was going on. We had only a couple James Bond Fan Clubs to occasionally update us. I remember as we got late into 1990/91 with no news, I wrote to both fan clubs and got responses that the film was pushed back until November, the January, etc. There was an article in CINEMATASTIQUE about Broccoli selling the franchise and that the next film would have robots. John Landis was among the directors considered and so forth.
I remember the assurance was from fan clubs that Dalton was indeed coming back in spite of he rumors he would be replaced by Brosnan.
It was unprecedented that there wasn't a new film in '91. We eventually got the sad news the series was on indefinite hiatus until the legal situations were resolved.
Are you serious? There's nothing strange about this. Bond 25 is in pre-production and they are keeping things under wraps, like any big franchise film. How much have u heard about the new Star Wars film? And that's been filming for months now. Just calm down. News will trickle out soon enough.
When Boyle's departure was announced some people here stated that they were expecting something like that to happen because of the lack of leaks/news. Now here we are closer to the planned start of filming than we were when Boyle left Bond 25 (109 vs 101 days), we don't now more about Bond 25 than we did when Boyle left, and you are essentially saying being worried is unreasonable??
So what exactly do you want to hear about the script-writing process, Panchito? Do you actually want to hear who the big-bad is? What the plot is? How it ends?
In other words, we saw that with the Sony Leaks-- which never would have made it to our eyes and ears if Sony wasn't hacked. And without those leaks Panchito, you would have heard as little as EoN wanted you to hear.
And you would be crying the same song: the production will be stalled! It's over! Chris Nolan to save franchise!
If we didn't hear of the Sony Leaks, we wouldn't know the machinations that were happening behind the scenes.
Bringing that to the present, CF himself said he's polishing the script, and then working on the action (which we should all be grateful for if we care about, you know, story). And that's all he, and EoN and Universal, are willing to share at the moment.
The doomsday predictions are annoyingly funny. Sometimes I think you're having a go and pulling our legs; other times I think your anxiety should seriously be treated. Go out and get a girlfriend, or a boyfriend, or a dog or a cat. Have a pint. Read a book. Watch a film.
In the end, no matter what happens, the sun will still rise the next day. There will be another Bond film. And life goes on...
Not neccesarily.
And I believe very strongly that CF's focus is on story and script work at the present moment.
I also think he has a very clear idea of who will star. And I would guess these actors have been personally contacted by the director himself. No leaks will come of this.
And there's no doubt in my mind that crews have taken to their offices and sets are being designed based on what's in the script at the moment.
This is all "in-office" at the moment, and no one, outside of the present authorities, will be allowed access into this very busy process.
CF's calm confidence makes me quite excited that he's about to deliver something strong, and maybe even unique, to the Bond franchise.
"EON Productions have confirmed that their recent hiring of Bond 25 director Cary Joji Fukunaga who has been working ardently on the project's screenplay has just added a full stop."
This recent update is riveting!
exactly, and very well said, lol...!
And after the Sony Hacks what'd you expect?
It's all in-house at the moment, and, until Universal and EoN hire you as special consultant to the production, you're just going to have to sit on the floor and keep your hands to yourself.
So your worry stems from the fact that they might actually be doing their job well after months of complaints of them doing the opposite?
In the early 1990s, Albert R. Broccoli put Danjaq/Eon up for sale. No sale happened, but the fact it was up for sale was reported by The Wall Street Journal. I'm sure other business outlets reported it as well.
Also, the disintegration over at MGM (or MGM-Pathe as it was known for a time) was also getting reported a lot. The Danjaq-Eon lawsuit was written about. I remember seeing the press release when Danjaq-Eon settled the lawsuit (I think that was 1993).
To be sure, it was a different time than today, no social media, etc. But what coverage oft he drama was taking place on the business pages, rather than the entertainment pages.
Bewildered by your comments, as always. I am simply expressing the realities of feature film pre-production, not defending Eon. Personally, I think they could have benefitted from planning ahead more, but they have/are following Cubby's one film at a time direction, probably out of deep respect, and also, as an example, Star Wars has been weak on this forward thinking too. And leaks/news etc. have nothing to do with being studio based over location based -- believe me, that I know (very, very well) from my close media friends. We are in 2018 - and studio walls are no barrier.
It's pretty clear EON has tightened the rules for the crew. They surely are not allowed to share the slightest info while working on Bond. Alot of information we got was via social media, this won't happen this time as the producers want total control after the Sony disaster. Relax, they're still working on it, just not loud.
Take a xanax, dude.
But the new Star Wars is not shooting 100% studio. A very close associate, my very own ProductionDesigner, is an Art Director on the new film, and he also did Last Jedi, and he looks after the extensive location shoots, in fact far more locations than we saw on SF and even SP. Again, I am bewildered by your weak and very ill informed arguments.
Going to have a wild puck here and say it's down to a lack of perspective / rationality.
One doesn't need any practical knowledge of filmmaking to come to the logical conclusion that the lack of leaks is suspicious. For comaprison, an INCOMPLETE list of Skyfall leaks that happened MORE than 3 months before filming started :
- Naomi Harris would likely play Moneypenny: https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=9569
- Ralph Fiennes likely to appear in the film: https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=9341
- Bardem offered lead role: https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=9234]
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0539883/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr11
He's a long time fixture of Fukunaga's team. He worked with the director on True Detective, Beasts of No Nation and Manaic (he was also the Producer of the latter).
It seems that despite the anxiety on discussion boards, the film is moving forward behind the scenes.
The question now is whether other long time Fukunaga crew members will begin to get announced.