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It was just a scenario I was asking about
Well said. He's a proven success in the role. I think EON would want to keep him for another.
That said, Brozza was a commercial success and they still showed him the door
MGM, the ball is in your court it seems, in terms of getting the studio situation sorted out sooner rather than later.
Troubling or no?
It's been noted that they'll go back to doing a Bond movie every three or four years, and it hasn't been a full year since SP was released, so it's not troubling/shocking that there have been no recent comments or confirmations regarding the future of Bond. It really is a shame that they don't want to put a little bit more hustle into the upcoming installments, but oh well.
Right. I made the original comment (about MGM's second-quarter conference call) mostly to note it had taken place without new 007 developments. Essentially it was an "for your information" type comment.
Ok thanks to you both @AlexanderWaverly and @Creasy47
"Showtime's #Purity adaptation starring Daniel Craig will be 2 seasons, premiering in 2018 and 2019. #TCA16"
The only thing DC distanced himself from was doing another 007 film right after SP. Not from playing the character again.
Taglines: "How he did Purity. How he did Lucky Logan. How he did Bond. All in a pack. Months of torture. How he triumphed."
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Who knows what he thought when he said what he said. I always took it as being it was a long, hard shoot. He needed space away from the character.
Furthermore, as an actor, he hadn't played any other role but Bond since GWTDT (2011).
Looking at it like that, I don't think he necessarily needed a break from his work, but a break from 007.
And he's doing that right now: the more low-budget and fast-shooting LL, then Othello, then PURITY...
He's still listed for Bond 25 on IMDB Pro.
And I think when the time comes, they will properly send him off, as Fox has with Hugh Jackman and Wolverine, stating this will be his last go around...
Yah, I think the guy deserves a break from the tux. Re-experience creating new characters, meeting new people on sets, or behind the curtains of the stage, re-charging his creative juices.
Half a decade of playing nothing but one character is a long time.
Yea between SF & SP he was in 0 featured films. He just did plays.
Why not? If he wants to do more Bond, that is.
Exactly.
Whether or not he'll do more Bond depends on whether or not he'll want to, not whether or not he does nothing else for a couple of years. Doing different kinds of acting work - different in scale, and obviously different kinds of characters - is good for an actor.
While I wasn't happy about him not doing much else than Bond anymore, and thought it wasn't good for him as an actor, I hadn't even thought about it in terms of time... half a decade is indeed a long time.
Not sure if this has been posted, way behind on this thread.
This all being said, if there was ever a time for a bit of a break to happen in Bond films, it's now. With how SP ended, with Bond seemingly going into retirement with Madeleine, all the time between this point and when we get Bond 25-if Dan does return-only adds credibility to Bond being away. Time will have passed in our world, as it will have in his, and when we find him again in the next film, a year or more will likely have passed and we'll feel like we're seeing a familiar face again after a while away. Kind of like seeing a friend over Christmas.
I'd love to see Bond's new life explored in detail in Bond 25, featuring a Bond a year or so out of the service, trying his damnedest to make his new life work, but just being bored by the quiet of where he and Madeleine are situated. He has nightmares of SPECTRE/Blofeld, and worries about the vengeance in Ernst's heart, paranoid of what he may do if he still holds control in the organization. I'd love to see a scene where Bond and Madeleine are going out in the village/town they're at and every once in a while, Bond thinks he's being watched by SPECTRE, but can't be sure. He sees a shadow behind him, a flash of a face around a corner, but it all turns out to be his paranoia. Until it isn't, and he finds his work is far from over, as his location is tracked and his life and that of Madeleine's is put in danger.
I would like it even more to see Bond 25 open with Bond and Madeleine's wedding, seeing M, Moneypenny and Q along with everyone else at the service enjoying Bond's big day, before the movie then settles into Bond's quiet life. It would be interesting to even see an opening gun barrel begin with a Bond in a tux walking out, and he stops, making you think he's going to shoot his gun towards the viewer, but really he's got a bottle of champagne and shoots the cork out of it, beginning the film in a slightly fresh way. The final shot at the wedding could be a close up of Bond smiling and really getting a kick out of things, then the next shot is of him, shadowed, sitting in their house and looking miserable now that all excitement has left his life, and in its place, nothing but banality.
If Bond 25 doesn't use the opportunity to really examine Bond post-MI6, which we haven't see anything like that before, I'll be extremely disappointed. People shout all the time about their desire to see the series explore original and fresh things with the character. Well, this is the moment.
Solange say's Craig is leaving.
No she doesn't. Read it again, or did you not read it in the first place?
It's doubtful Craig would want to do a long run of this show and then go straight into filming Bond 25. I think it's very unlikely given the claim he was rather tired making SPECTRE.
I can't imagine the Bond producers and MGM wanting to wait too long for Craig to be available - delaying Bond 25 to 2019? 2019 would feel enough of a time gap - four years - to recast and go with a younger actor.