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Well, at least Digital Spy aren't denying the Purity rumour. Whether you believe their statement to be true or not, it still brings me back to the problem of conflicting shooting schedules. Whether Craig has quit or whether he hasn't, he's clearly not so eager to jump back into Bond's skin for quite a while yet - if at all.
And even if he is interested in doing another, it'll mean waiting a further 3 years before we get to see Bond 25 at the very least. Call me fussy, but I don't care whether you sleep wearing Daniel Craig's iconography festooned all over your pajamas (@The_Reaper) or have a lock of his hair in a keepsake bracelet - that's way too long to wait for the next Bond movie, Craig fan or not. As much as I love Craig as 007, if it means further delaying another Bond movie, I say replace him. The next Bond movie needs to be in theatres by 2017.
I like Craig but whatever he does is whatever he does. What I'm saying here is that people on this forum read something that even hints at him leaving and they throw up their hands and say, "Whelp! He's done. That's it!" Please. Instead of being reactionary and believing the hoopla and the negative, sensational press, look at the facts. Money talks, BS walks. Craig will be back.
When the MGM crisis happened back after QoS, so many people here were saying the same thing. "I knew he would be like Dalton! I knew he'd only do two Bond films! He's done. It's over!" Blah, blah. Crying ninnies.
Everyone quick to call Dan out while the throne is still warm...largely because he's still sitting in it!
All these garbage tabloids slinging false stories to get viewership, each using that tired old "wrist slashing" gag that Dan made with the hopes that people would be able to use their brains and tell that he was having a larf. Christ, have we become that thick?
As @DonnyDB5 has said, post SP there's still a major sense of incompletion in the era. Sure, Blofeld is captured and Bond is off with Madeleine, but that is a false resolution. There's no way it's going to just end there, what with ESB being Bond's Moriarty and that look of hatred that spills out of his eyes at James when he's laying out on the bridge. We deserve one last rousing confrontation between them in Dan's swan song film, and I think that's exactly what's going to happen.
I hope an announcement comes soon, because I don't know how much more of this tabloid BS I can take, along with everyone else making the irrational leap that Dan is out of the game. Hardly.
I would prefer Craig to stay for 1 more, I really would, but that's because I think he's been brilliant and the best Bond since Connery. But having watched Spectre again yesterday, it does sort of conclude Craig's "arc". He finally seems to have found some solace and has the opportunity to leave behind all the killing and darkness that has been his life for so long. It's as close to a happy ending as this incarnation of Bond will likely enjoy. If he returns, I can see it being because Bond's lover, Swann, has met a bloody end at the hands of Blodfeld, and Bond returns for one last mission - or something like that. So don't see how another REVENGE story would appeal to Daniel Craig to be honest. We'll know for sure in a couple of months.
It's a different era in film making where 3-4 year gaps are more normal, but I do hope this doesn't hold up things too much.
Well the last time they fought hard for a better deal, we had a 6 years hiatus.
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The Sun? The same newspaper which back in 2013 reported that Bond 24 would be titled "Devil May Care"?
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Give it a month or so, and then hope that EON makes an announcement once the studio negotiations are completed to put this thing to rest for once and all.
I know they normally like to let the rumours percolate (it keeps Bond in the press after all), but as mentioned, Craig's comments always get brought up with the rumour these days, which is not good for Bond in my view, so I think this time around it's better to have clarity sooner rather than later.
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My bet is that he's done what he wanted to with the character, and his knee hurts every single day (twice as much when it's cold), so he'll hand it over to someone else.
"They'll print anything these days."
Amen to this! I'm awaiting an announcement as well. Can't stand all the suspense/gossip/rumors.
Imply some logic at times, folks.
And HOW did he announce a new project, that is offensive? The media announced it in a perfectly usual way. Of course, some may think, he is not allowed to do other stuff. Then of course. How dare he?
We shall see. I'm not stressed about this. I do think all thoughts of Craig being finished as Bond are far too premature. A new Bond film will be, I think, no sooner than 2018. The script takes times (often far too much time); they will not be filming for the next Bond film at all this year, that I would bet big money on. A 2 year gap between Bond films is a dream, I think. I don't mind too much, as long as quality prevails and it is not longer than a 3 year gap.
Although, there's nothing stopping them putting a film out in the summer (of '18?). Maybe whichever new studio they partner with would prefer this. (And because it seems like every end of year is now going to have a Star Wars film to go up against).
Dan understands what goes into these kinds of exhausting projects and how precious time is. He doesn't jerk people around when they're his partners in a professional enterprise. He saves all that funny business for his promotional interviews, god love him. ;)
He's a fine actor and he should definitely do other stuff as well. It's a long overdue.
When it comes to Bond, I can completely understand if he wants to move on. As @chrisisall said, if he thinks he's done what he wanted with the character, then he should quit. There probably isn't much more that he can do with it creatively, and playing Bond by the numbers isn't his thing. He's been saying that from the beginning.
If he stays, it will be for the money, and that's okay too.
I think you could look at it both ways.
He's gone from rookie to retirement, he got the girl, Blofeld is in prison. He didn't kill him because he wanted to stop killing people, and move on to peaceful and more meaningful life. To me, that's a completed story.
On the other hand, I can understand if someone doesn't like it that way, and wants to see them going for another round. That's a perfectly legitimate way to look at it.
The one theme I don't think DC will be interested in is to return for a standalone story. What's the point? He might as well move on and let the new fella take the baton. It's only if there is some kind of continuation to SP that I see him returning for one more, and perhaps the studio negotiations will determine whether that's going to happen or not, which is why the ending of the film (convoluted though it may be) suggests they can go any way they want to, depending on the outcome.