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Showtime have their TCA panels on Monday, January 9th, 2017. I would expect at least a brief mention of 'Purity'. They may be saving their bigger presentation on it until the summer tour in November 2017.
Some rough guessing on my part.
If they film all 20 episodes in 2017 (they're going to show 10 in '17 and 10 in '18), it could take six months. That'd be 1.3 weeks of production time per episode.
If six months is approximately correct, if they start April 1, they'd be done by the start of October.
Which means if Craig returns he could begin in December
We do have a megalomaniacal Blofeld, who believes, in his heart, he's the "author of all (Bond's) pain". So what an incredible humiliation it must have been for him to have Bond get him arrested. He would have preferred death ("finish it... finish it...").
Bond delivers the ultimate blow to Blofeld; a blow to his over-sized ego.
So, we have this powerful nutcase locked away. He must spend his days planning revenge (SPecial Executive Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion).
I want to see Blofeld release on Bond, and the world, his wrath. So whether Madeline's around or not, there is the potential for a truly epic mano a mano between these two. Send DC off in the proper manner, the way he came in (like a raging bull of righteousness).
Interesting fact I didn't know. Anthony Dawson, who played Dent, played the body of Blofeld in FRWL.
A movie centered around a very deep, racial cultural topic casts a white actor to share the lead role with Halle Berry. The argument can be made that, instead of focusing on the issues and stories behind the King riots--right or wrong--we're getting the "white" perspective.
I know it's based on existing material, but look at the backlash with Matt Damon's The Great Wall and Scarlett Johansson in Ghost In The Shell for examples of similar issues.
I agree, part of the character's appeal was the mystery; this incarnation was revealed with no build up. Add to that the ludicrous connection to Bond and you have a villain who isn't very effective.
If they have a script and director hired *AND* Craig's Kings movie isn't in production. (I don't know the date of the latter).
Whoops. Meant Dent.
Eric Pohlmann provided Blofeld's voice.
That's correct. Dawson was a friend of Terence Young.
Don't any of you shadow guys like/love Savalas????[
Let's have a look at how Jared Harris played Moriarty in Game of Shadows who was both physically and psychologically superior to Holmes. I literally love Harris' performance in that film. Bond still hasn't been given that villain yet. The villain that would not only haunt him, but also physically challenge him. Blofeld should be that, and not a defenseless evil mastermind.
Maybe Wilson didn't see the movie ...Blofeld is in Rome twice.
Maybe they should have paid homage to the menacing nature of Dr. No ....or just paid a decent screenwriter.
Homage ain't worth what it was.
For his re-appearance in SP they did nearly everything wrong with the character. It starts out good with the meeting in Rome how everybody is afraid or fascinated of him ... but the character is ruined once he does his "cuckoo". Within the Mr.White sequence you get a feeling how Blofeld should be received, what they were aiming at. But it just did not work out. I am no fan of Waltz in general but he just did not deliver what I would have expected from a modern Blofeld. Dr. Evil is more scary than him!
I hope they will correct this within B25 - or they reduce Blofeld to the shadowy figure again ... which makes no sense because of SP. Oh I just wish they would not have revealed this iconic character the way they did. I am fine or excited about all the other modern incarnations of classic Bond characters starting with Q, Moneypenny and also M. But Blofeld ... OMG.
The internet has already started refering to the film as "white saviour", so they've already got an uphill battle on their hands.
But at the 'Beyond Bond' talk DC said he was only playing a small part in the film.
Stories from a few months ago when this project first surfaced, re: white savior angle.
Why the Daniel Craig-Halle Berry L.A. Riots Film is a Bad Idea (Hollywood Reporter)
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/daniel-craig-halle-berry-riots-908267
Daniel Craig And Halle Berry's LA Riots Movie Could Be A Disaster (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/daniel-craig-and-halle-berrys-la-riots-movie-could-be-a-disaster_us_577bf571e4b041646410d6fd