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June announcement was probably Fox re-negotiating its deal for distributing the Bond film catalog for home release until 2020.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/mgm-renew-20th-century-fox-deal-until-2020?t=&s=&id=04105
In any case I find it strange to mention only Forster, who in comparison to Mendes made a highly traditional Bond film.
Handing over the action sequences to second or third units is standart pocedure on big action productions. That QoS´ second unit was led by Bourne alumni was allegedly intentional, and it´s not as if they copy-pasted bluntly from Bourne. The editing, while superficially very reminiscent of Bourne, was radically different in the details, being actually closer to TB´s action editing. There were other elements that looked and felt much more lifted from Bourne, like Bond staring into the mirror in CR, or Bond walking along the beach in SF.
While some striking images at the beginning of the horse race make no sense in the context of the story, the theme of landscapes reflecting the inner frame of a character was used to at least the same degree by Mendes. I prefer what Forster did in both cases. When Forster provided striking images that had nothing to do with storytelling, at least those images were great to look at. And the landscapes as mirrors offered a pallette of emotions in QoS that resulted in an upward thrust, while in SF and SP there is less emotional variety and they are mostly resulting in a downward pull.
McGuigan´s name was to be expected at some point, because he directed about two thirds of the first two seasons of Sherlock. But, as you correctly point out, @dinovelvet, he also flopped big time in Hollywood (Lucky Number Slevin comes to mind).
Demange - most interesting choice out of all of them, loved 71 - but perhaps this was a bit too bleak for Bond and he's only directed this one feature. I guess he has range - he also directed episodes of Secret Diary of a Call Girl! :-O
I've been canvassing for Demange for years.
Thanks for the info @marketto007 and as others have said, it's always good to see you on the boards mate.
I like the sound of Steven Knight, his first feature 'Dirty Pretty Things' is fantastic. 'Peaky Blinders' has such style and class - Knight has a really good working relationship with Tom Hardy (They did a film called 'Locke' and a new show called 'Taboo') - maybe they're courting him for Bond......?
I wouldn't even mind if news came out that Knight was directing.
In regards to the directors. McGuigan is a boring choice.
Wright would be terrific and in the past he's said he wants to do Bond.
I'd pick Demange outta the lot. He made a great UK series set in Dalston called "Top Boy". It's not the sorta thing you'd assoicate with Bond but maybe he's exactly what the series needs. He's a stylish dude as well.
1. If Knights friend Hardy is being courted for the role of 007 it would be similar to what Mendes said a few weeks ago as Hardy has NOT been mentioned int the tabloids from what I have seen. And Hardy is in my top 3 choices to take over the role so I wouldn't mind honestly (ok maybe a tad disappointed Fassbender didn't get the role but honestly he has 1 possibky two franchises so he isn't hurting for work)
2. I almost want to believe The Knight story is true as well this doesn't sound like the usual made up garbage that gets tossed around on the internet but I am also skeptical we shall see
3. The directors discussion worries me slightly I would prefer Refn over the likes of wright based on what has been said about him... Of course if we are going with directors whose works I have seen then I still would prefer Pierre Morrel (a pipe dream I fear but still) I at least heard of Hanna and I saw the trailer so joe wright I would be ok with.
I work as a project manager in New York for a corporate relocation company. This past February, we moved Sony's NY headquarters within Manhattan. I spent several weeks at Sony and got to speak to alot of people at Sony Pictures. There were SPECTRE posters all over the office space, and as such I had more than a few casual conversations with several Sony Pictures people about Bond. Not higher ups, just regular people, middle managers, secretaries, etc. To a person, they all expressed that Sony was desperate to keep Bond. The assumption I made was that even though the Sony deal with MGM was not very favorable to Sony, it was still profitable and they feared losing Bond. So it could be that they are more than amenable to keeping a similar deal as the previous one, which would probably be a better deal than any of the other studios would offer MGM.
The British film community is surprisingly small in London. This was the 'news' I was hearing over the last week. EON had been more involved in distributing the long delayed 'The Silent Storm' and making 'Film Stars'. Pre-production for B25 has just begun in earnest.
I've heard plenty of other directors mentioned (all with varying degrees of credibility), but those three come up the most often. The other film often being discussed around Soho VFX houses is 'Rogue One' which is said to be in more turmoil than imaginable. People love to gossip.
Stuart Baird has been brought on to re-cut Rogue One. The studios send him in when a film is really in trouble.
We need fresh writing. Honestly thought it would be Purvis, Wade and Butterworth - still may well be.
I still have that fear that it could be P&W but P&W themselves have already said they are out of ideas and time to move on so I'm not surprised if not P&W.
No complaints really against Butterworth.
My guess is we will get the writers sometime next month and then distrubter will be announced in the fall and director/release date/ possibly main actor (either Craig coming back or a new actor tacking on the role) announced in the spring
EON will probably panic when the new writers turn in a draft that doesn't heavily feature Bond/M trust issues, traitors, sibling rivalries, familial issues, and links to Bond's past and will then bring P&W in for an emergency rewrite to add all of those things back in.
:'( I really, really, really hope not...
The P&W effect. =))
Yea but if I'm already spending 300 million dollars I think I would shop around especially since there are writers knocking at the door.
Take Horowitz for example