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Fall 2016 : Broadway "Othello" - it could be a limited engagement, or it could run a while.. but usually these things don't seem to go on for much longer than a month or two at most - unless it gets extended - but i don't think that'll happen.
2016/2017 TBD : Lucky Logan - Steven Soderbergh film.... we aren't talking about a grand scale production here, Soderbergh is still on the indy fringe of main hollywood directors... this wont be a 6-7 month goliath shoot like SF or SP... it will probably be somewhere in the neighborhood of 3-4... but this film is still in preproduction as far as i can gather, meaning that production probably wouldn't start until late fall / winter - perhaps even spring time of next year..
this is the biggie..
2017/TBD : Purity - who knows when this will shoot.. or how long it will take - and are they filming both seasons back to back... and not much is known about it, other than Daniel Craig is going to star in it - no other cast/crew have been announced - so it's likely that we are still a year off from this thing even seeing a production schedule...
if shooting on Purity will conflict with Bond 25 shooting in early/mid 2018, but Craig does want to return for a fifth and final outing - i could very well see EON delaying until 2019... i don't believe 2018 is set in stone... they were willing to wait out Mendes - i personally feel that if they really want him back, and he says "i'll do it, but not until 2019." - then they'd wait for him.. because why hurry at this point? - what is the rush?..... but you never know, maybe a deal could get worked out to allow Craig time to film Bond 25 first, then roll into Purity shortly after - you never know, deals get worked out like that all the time, so we'll have to wait and see where the chips fall..
but like i said, 2018 is do-able... it would just be a crazy schedule - especially since nothing is known yet about Purity's production schedule, start date - cast - crew - anything.
Thanks. Will do.
Website for where Othello will be performed still isn't giving out precise dates.
http://www.newyorkcitytheatre.com/theaters/newyorktheaterworkshop/othello.php
ok, well either way...
Making a feature in 30 days!? Who is this guy, Ed Wood!?
Well, not making the whole thing from start to finish; @dinovelvet clearly said "30 days to shoot" - pre-production and post-production on top of that. Shooting a movie in 30 days or even less is not wildly unusual or anything. It's not for massive scale stuff, obviously, but for smaller films, yes. It doesn't allow for a huge amounts of takes, either, but not all directors do that, anyway.
Spielberg took about 65 days to film 'Schindler's List'.
That's over double.
Food for thought
It's unlikely though, imho.
He was just speaking generally most probably, but as expected it gave us fodder for a few days and a few pages on this thread.
Yes he was speaking generally - he doesn't know anything, he was just saying that BB chooses Bond and she'll pick who she wants, which may well be a surprise in the way that DC was (to some, Mendes included).
M: Good to have you back 007 sorry about the death of Swann
Bond: I got my revenge by killing Blofeld so I found my quantum of solace
Ok that dialogue is clunky and crap but you get the idea.
I always thought Logan came up with that line. Honestly when Purvis and Wade are basing their film off of Fleming (and aren't interupted by Tamahori) they can do a good job as I find Casino Royale and 50% of die another day quite good actually (in fact the film could of been top ten had the finale been closer to the novel Moonraker as it was in the original script but Tamahori felt it was too bland plus if I remember correctly Jinx was supposed to be the traitor and Pike was supposed to play Gala Brand which would of added to the awesomeness oh well...) but when left to their own devices skyfall and Spectre... So yeah
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In an interview for Deadline back in November, Mendes said something very similar. Here it is:
"DEADLINE: There are all these rumors you and Daniel Craig are done. That would leave the producers with a changed franchise, and the need to find a new actor and filmmaker. In the past, all they needed was to suit up a new actor, give him a villain to chase, and cue the opening theme.
MENDES: I grew up on Dr. Who, and its ideas of regeneration. People say, “Well, once you’ve acknowledged time passing and Bond getting older and characters dying, how do you continue the franchise?” And the answer is you regenerate, and you have to be as brave as when they cast Daniel, and when they let M die. They have to go off in a completely different direction, into regenerating mythology. You cast a new actor and find a new director, and make something totally new. I can, off the top of my head, give you three or four ideas for where it could go next. They’re all daring and big. To me, the enemy is repetition and laziness, and the great danger is not challenging the preexisting format. These are my two chapters of the Bond myth. Someone else is going to write a chapter or 10 or 50, because Bond is strong enough for that, and because there’s enough to play with."
Perhaps this is not just the usual 'expect the unexpected' phrase, there might be something substantial behind this. EON might actually try and do something completely new and original with the series.
Yes, I have a feeling they will switch it up for the next one. Most likely a 'soft reboot' like GE/TLD imho, but perhaps something even more daring. Like I said, we are at a very interesting fork in the road stage for Bond imho, with the new distributor, and most likely a new vision (with increasing involvement from the Wilson son and less from Michael himself).
Sounds interesting, definitely.
Those comments of Mendes' are interesting given that they did the opposite with Spectre i.e. it went back to the formula rather than challenged it.
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-05-31/night-manager-director-in-the-frame-to-take-over-james-bond-films-from-sam-mendes
I hope I'm not the only person who was underwhelmed by The Night Manager. It was pedestrianly executed and a totally middling and uninspired piece of Sunday night tripe. It was the most passé and routine spy drama I'd seen in years. Bier's job was merely adequate.
I'm sure she will step up her game if given the scope and budget of Bond, as would many directors.