It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
Oh no, you're correct. Some people like stirring the pot is all.
Agree, that would be great!
@tuck91, how do you know EoN and crew mismanaged their time? That's a sweeping statement and I'd love to learn what you know.
But I suspect it isn't much.
Like a few people on here, I would have rather a fresh start after SP, but at the end of the day it didn't happen and we've all had a long time to come to terms with that by now. And it's not like another Craig film is a bad thing. He's been really good. The only issue is was another one necessary after SP seemed to wrap things up nicely.
Well EON and Craig seem to think so, and I trust their judgement because despite the ballache of having to wait ages between films, I'm actually quite keen on the direction that they've been taking since QoS. Hated that film but then SF came out and it was great, corrected the course they were on nicely, and I thought SP was even better.
SP was divisive. Even I think it was very flawed, and it's one of my favourites (really a case of them ticking so many of my personal boxes that I was able to overlook the bad stuff and still go along for the ride). But EON know that. Craig knows that. I honestly don't think he'd have come back to do another if he'd been happy with how SP turned out and the reception it got. So I think everyone involved will be firing on all cylinders for Bond 25. Even if they don't manage another CR/SF esque high in terms of the buzz around it, I think it'll be a good one, and probably will be a lot more well recieved than SP was.
Unfortunately, as much I get where you're coming from, I think it's too late in Craig's era to have a fresh start. It's Craig's last film and I don't think they would've been able to get away with just completely voiding the end of the last film. Spectre set up specific points that need to be answered in one way or another. It's quite possible that Boyle wanted to do just that (ignore the end of Spectre) and that's one of the reason why it wasn't working. From what we've been hearing, I feel that Broccoli and Wilson definitely want to get back what they achieved with Skyfall. From the choice of Fukunaga and the DOP, along with the suggestion of Malek as a villain. Although, they obviously need to tie up some loose ends (i.e. Madeleine Swann and Bond leaving the service) and I think it's going to work out brilliantly.
I couldn't agree more with statement regarding their obvious drive to make Bond 25 a great film. That's what Bond needs. You can see that when Skyfall, even though they had the movation from the 50th Anniversary, was being made and I think we're going to see it here. They just need to give it same amount of love and attention.
The mustached Mr Risico will get to the bottom of it
FAAD just got a nomination for best thriller. Evidence enough for Horowitz to come back for a third book? Or to have him adapt his book for a screenplay for the next Bond actor's first outing? Considering it's a origin story, this is where EON should go next.
There have actually been a plethora of leaks about the new film.
None that have been confirmed or denied.
I actually read somewhere that Horowitz pitched an idea to CB and MGW in the 1980s and they wernt that keen, according to Harowitz. Would love to know what it was, but thats for another thread.
I'm very optimistic about B25 and CJF, I think it might be something very special. I'm just impatient now for confirmed news, I actually love the year when they make a Bond movie, not just the movie itself but I love the buildup that we will have over the next 12 months.
Well people do have a tendency to come back to James Bond. From either turning it down themselves, or being turned down.
Weren't they trying to make SP a great film too?
There’s plenty of theories and speculation,but no leaks.
No, it did wrap up things. Maybe not to our liking, but then how good a job did AVTAK, DAF and DAD do? At the end of the day, I think a lot of fans are looking for the ending that satisfies them personally, instead of accepting the one that arrives. Being underwhelmed by the conclusion we got does not make a follow up "necessary." If EON can be taken at their word then the true closure is a year away. Then the story is complete, regardless of how we feel about the result. Eventually we just have to learn to live with what is handed to us, even if it doesn't meet the standard of how we imagined it. Its no one's fault if CR set a standard that the following movies couldn't live up to. Those in favour of transformative change are better holding on until EON, or whichever entity is running things by then, can clear the decks and bring on fresh creative talent, both in front of and behind the camera, post Bond 25.
I wasn’t underwhelmed, I hated it. I’m simply disputing the idea that there’s any advantage whatsoever to ending the craig era with sp- there isn’t. I have no investment in the craig continuity, just in cr and sf as independent films.
Roger Moore's era ending in the shower with a girl only makes sense to me, come to think of it.
Roger Moore said he was finishing for every film from MR to AVTAK. Early drafts for TLD were written with Moore in mind, on the assumption that he would return.
Pierce was under the impression that he'd be back for a fifth outing, but EON had a change of heart, and decided to go with an origin story. Obviously CR wouldn't work with an established actor in the role.
Now we come to Craig, he's said that this will be his last. But will it?
It's not the first time an actor has said it's his last, yet gets lured back for another mission. Only time can answer that question.
As for the lack of news. I'm all for it. Reminds me of my youth (all those years ago) when Bond news came occasionally from a spot on Film ... with Barry Norman. Or a snippet in a magazine or a newspaper. The only other thing was a trailer and the film itself.
Granted we had a few every other year. But there wasn't a lot of news in between.
Didn't take anything away from the movie though. You still liked or didn't like it. I wonder sometimes if we have too much information. I'm quite happy with the little news we've got. Makes for a surprise and adds to the overall excitement in my opinion.
Well said @Benny ... There are a few and impatient people on this site that seem to fill the space with negativity since they know nothing of this upcoming film. It's driving them a little bonkers.
---
Regarding this other point about impatience. It's a fair one to make, but we are in a different time now. This very forum's existence is proof of that. We have older members who remember the good old days when news was sporadic, and younger members who only know the present and are impatient for every little snippet. The time between films is far longer than in the past as well (we are about to have a film released with the second longest gap on record). So a little impatience is to be expected. As long as it doesn't become hysteria (and I've personally seen no evidence of that here), I don't see a problem. We're only a couple of months out from big news anyway, so the majority of the waiting time has been done. It should get quite interesting from now on.
I think Bond 25 will be very Bond-centric. Perhaps with a smaller supporting cast than we are used to. They might even be planning to use Lea Seydoux and Naomie Harris in more showier supporting roles – considering both are confirmed.
Also, the lack of location news might mean that more extensive use of London and Pinewood could be on the cards.
I agree with you @Torgeirtrap and I floated this notion a couple weeks ago that this could be why we aren't hearing too much since we could be seeing something closer to SF-- on set keeps the budget in control, and it keeps everything away from the public.
IF this is the case, i wonder what the policy is on phones at the 007 stage? Everyone's given walkies and phones handed in, I'd imagine.
Actually, given we are close to one year out, perhaps they will give us some news on Valentine's Day. Let's see.