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Wasn't his availability the issue – at least in the past?
And make that three.
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Magnificent, truly, thanks for sharing @Denbigh.
Totally shows why this film series is unprecedented in film history, there isn't one like it.
Yes others have arrived since and got more money in the kitty to play catch up but having a character played by various actors which has endured like this and still gets bums on seats when released over 50 years later. It will be a long time before any other film series/franchise boasts these credentials.
So mock me if I have still have confidence that Bond 25 is going to be a huge success and the film to well and truly end Craigs tenure in style.
I couldn't stand SPECTRE and it gave my faith in this series a real knock but I'm of the mind that Bond 25 can reset the issues of that film and deliver come April 8th 2020.
Bond has survived this long and with the same family. Those jumping to the assumption that if the series was sold onto a big studio it would retain the same feel might be surprised.
Do you want TV shows, spin-offs, possible casting of other actors outside the nationality of the character that Fleming created?
Maybe there are those that do, although I feel if this does leave its original keepers and they hand over the keys to someone else I don't think the results will be what some think it will be.
I still trust EON, even if others don't.
From the script writing perspective - you only really need a fairly compelling plot, strong relationship between Bond, the girl and the villain. As long as Bond has a connection with those two characters, you'll be fine. The rest really falls on Fukunaga, the actors and the stunt people.
However, if this change means we loose Fukunaga.....then we're in trouble. The apocalypse will truly begin. There's a good chance that Eon might go to Scott Z Burns's longtime collaborator, Steven Soderbergh to rescue the film.
I feel there is a strong chance that CJF jumps ship and that is the point I bail on this film and move on with my life. I'm scared Cary will leave.
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Also, for those interested. Burns's film The Report screened on the 27th Jan 2019 at Sundance and was sold to Amazon on the 28th Jan 2019. So he's been free for approx 3 weeks. The report is clear that he's spending the next 4 weeks on the film, but it's not clear how long he has already been on the movie.
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/the-report-zero-dark-thirty-scott-z-burns-response-1202038740/
https://deadline.com/2019/01/the-report-amazon-studios-adam-driver-jon-hamm-1202543659/
Thanks for that link. A real morale booster.
I wonder, what happens if Fukunaga and EON will have major disagreements between now and the end of post-production? Will they treat Fukunaga like they treated Boyle?
Without doubt this will be Daniel's last movie as I can tolerate a 3 year gap but not this. Their is going to be so much pressure now more than ever on this movie.
It's an interesting question. I'm unsure how this will affect CJF if he were to leave.
He's left numerous projects due to creative differences - It, The Alienist - and has numerous films in development that have either been cancelled or stalled. So if he leaves, he furthers his reputation as "difficult" and jobs disappear.
However, Bond 25 has had a "troubled production", so perhaps no one will blame him. Plus, he has a safe space at Netflix who will probably give him free reign.
I can't see Bond 25 being atrocious - even the weaker films like SP and QOS are redeemable. I anticipate he'll stick around. Plus Eon know the optics are bad right now and will want to retain him. Which means compromising on their part. It's a v interesting situation, I just wish it was happening to another franchise.
This constant repetitive point about Danny Boyle is now officially spamming.
It ends now please.
The point has been made, move on. Final warning
THE DEVIL IN THE DETAIL – Why Daniel Craig’s last Bond film deserves time, not kneejerk panic.
^This.
It seems to me that Barbara has already completed three very difficult tasks as producer on B25:
1. Convincing Craig to sign on again. During this long period, she could have been developing a script, but likely wanted to lock down the actor first so that the script could be developed around him.
2. Firing Boyle. MI6 is reporting that Bond was incarcerated for a lot of the film (which tracks with the "not enough action" criticism we've seen here) and that Boyle/Hodge's script killed Bond (which would be tantamount to Barbara killing her own golden goose).
3. Hiring Fukunaga. She needed to fix the PR nightmare of firing an Oscar-winning director (for apparently good reason) and managed to convince a young, rising talent to take on Bond (something that hasn't been since when...Gilbert and YOLT?). Hiring him has led to some inevitable delays as he tries to get the script where he needs it to be in order to direct.
It also makes sense that she would go back to Purvis and Wade, and Haggis, during this time, writers who have delivered for her in the past (sure, they are responsible for TWINE and DAD but more recently CR and apparently a "save" on SP). The project had to have been in crisis when she made the tough but apparently correct decision to drop Boyle. That's what a good producer does.
Barbara has literally grown up steeped in Bond. When she was young, I believe she thought either Connery or Moore was actually Bond. It is her family's business and her legacy and it is up to her to decide who gets to make a Bond film with her.
True, she gave us TWINE and DAD but she also gave us CR and SF.
In the end Bond dying I could only imagine as some dumb metaphor for Bond nor getting out of the Labyrinth of his life alive, or something nonsensical like that.
So while I cannot find any sensible justification for Bond dying, I can hardly stop myself fantasising About incarceration Scenarios :-).
Why don´t you drop all those silly fears Right away? Life does not grow out of fear. Be happy that the sun Shines, and if there Comes a good Bond film along, enjoy it. And if there doesn´t, then you´ll find enough other good films to watch :-).
An enjoyable read and I concur.
TND had lots of script troubles as well.
We have at least 20 films in the series that subscribe to the formulaic Bond vision you mentioned. Personally, I want to see something new.
I was excited not even 2 days ago knowing we were getting close to production commencing, and a press conference dropping. Now, I’m nervous & extremely worried. It’s just so upsetting.
So, if they want to reach for the intimacy of FRWL, they'd have to disguise it under a lot of action, just like they did with Casino Royale. The parkour scene, the whole airport sequence, the Venitian building collapsing (and the PTS of course) were all additions by the screenwriters. Some of them work better than the others. Vesper's death is colder and more effective in the novel, the parkour scene is very successful because Martin Campbell uses it to show us in less than five minutes what kind of a man Craig's Bond is. But they still needed those sequences to sell the fact that the central set piece of the story is two men sitting at the same table.
John Hodge and Danny Boyle's pitch to the producers must have been very impressive, but what works in theory doesn't always translate into a great execution. Even if they were great fans of the source material, they may have also tried to take some liberties, to be transgressive with the formula rather than subverting it smoothly, which was something the producers would have preferred. That's the difficulty of writing a new adventure for Bond. It must feel fresh and exciting, while also staying faithful to such a long legacy.
This.
THIS!
Yes! This is such a well-written piece of cinema science, it must be read by all, especially by those who feel that delays signal problems, no Bond film at all, a disaster waiting to happen and more.
@CatchingBullets, thank you! This was much needed. Not even the likes of @PanchitoPistoles or @Mendes4Lyfe can break the logic of this article. I will read it again, and again, and again in the next couple of days, weeks and months. I'll be sharing it with others.