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And a Canadian as well— at least for the first twelve years....
(Then that brazen Canuck turned traitor— “not exactly our finest hour”)
Also , if the “gold idea” itself wasn’t the cause of the split, it may have involved much more, EON still has the option to integrate it.
After all, Boyle and Hodge don’t own the script. EoN does, and they can, and they will, use their property in whatever way they see fit.
If that's true, then good riddance.
Plus I also heard the script was far too “action-lite” which no one was particularly pleased with. That’s when tensions rose because the powers that be insisted on some polishes to be done by someone other than Hodge (a writer(s) that could punch up the action.
Hope we'll get to know what this idea was about at some point.
This is all news to me and it makes me even happier that Boyle is gone. “Changing the culture of the character too much” is tantamount to undoing the character.
I'm sure some of the action elements from Hodge's draft will cary over into the current script as those sequences take months of planning.
Had similar nightmares after watching GE in 95. Campbell redeemed himself somewhat though with CR (although a recent rewatch confirmed my belief that even CR is somewhat overrated).
I'm going to reserve judgment on Boyle's idea and approach until I hear from the principals on what actually took place and why. If we don't hear directly from them in the future (I doubt anything will be forthcoming until B25 has done its box office run) then that's fine with me too as it's not all that important as far as I'm concerned. Eventually the accurate details will come out.
More important for me is that this long gestating film be decent, be worth the wait and not be subject to any further delays.
I'm not getting my hopes up about it based on any comments from anyone here or from the current director either because, as we can see, things change. There's been a fair deal of strange hyperbole out there with this film since 2017, from promised highs to 'golden ideas' to the quality of the supporting actors being brought back etc.
Cast and composer will go a long ways towards allaying any concerns I may currently have about the upcoming installment.
I'm guessing .@peter's friend is getting the Eon spin. We don't really know how Boyle and Hodge would cast it.
I'm not disputing that .@peter has connections. I'm just saying unless you could actually view what Hodge produced, we don't really know. At least at this point.
As I said, I think some of this has now been documented in various reports, but at the time there was a rumble that there were several elements to Boyle’s departure: his vision of Bond, he didn’t want anyone touching the script, the producers definitely wanted new eyes on the script (with the goal of developing more “action), and a couple of other details here and there that I’m not privy to speak about, but it all results in the Director had a vision that was no longer jelling with the producers, nor the leading man.
There’s no spin to it, since this is not saying one is more right over the other.
However, personal opinion: I’m putting my money on EoN and the guy playing the role for four films, rather than a guy that in the past said he really doesn’t want to direct a James Bond picture, lol!
I’m suspiciously hopeful but will remain in doubt until watching the movie. I like CF as a filmmaker but does he get Bond, and escapist suspense/action movies... is he writing substantially (and with limited time and openness)... is he considered innovative by Eon for delivering on an innovative story or trying to punch up P&W’s stale bread or was that just press release jabber.
The casting and scoring @bondjames will definitely help in my hopes too. Actually, posters and the title song may help too. When I first saw that CR teaser poster it immediately gave me some hope they were headed in right direction. Conversely, with SP the opposite feeling with the generic marketing Dept posters and then the release of the Writings on the Wall...
I think EoN hired him because of an idea, as stated. But it sounds like the execution of the script was off the mark-- it happens.
I would love to learn more about what that idea was, and if it makes it into this upcoming feature, or one down the line. I can't imagine anyone going over this ground in the near future, so, something to watch out for will be the credits: will Hodge be given a screenwriting credit, and/or will Boyle be given a Story By credit? One or the other? Or both? If not, then I think it'd be almost safe to say the idea didn't survive CF's polishes.
A great deal of hiring Boyle was the design to snag a prestigious director.
However, personal opinion: I’m putting my money on EoN and the guy playing the role for four films, rather than a guy that in the past said he really doesn’t want to direct a James Bond picture, lol!//
And that's fine. I'm just saying we don't really know. It's a matter of faith or trust, rather than a matter of knowledge.
Also, this is the same Eon that was willing to park the original Purvis and Wade treatment off to the side for a number of months because the Boyle/Hodge idea was so intriguing. Until it wasn't.
I suppose you could say that's no harm, no foul. But it did delay development of Bond 25.
Whatever happened with Boyle doesn’t surprise me since this has happened on films before, it will happen many times again in the future.
True. I thought the SP trailer was the best in years suggesting the film was going to be a classic.