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My mind keeps casting back to Craig saying in countless interviews "I just need six months off." That was 15 months ago now, haha. Not that I'm blaming him entirely, of course. I think it was MGW who said that we should expect an announcement regarding the distributor back in february of last year.
So you think its MGM causing the fuss? That's certainly food for thought.
Of course. The only reason B25 has not been in production sooner is because they are sitting on their butts trying to pick a distributor, they are halting the wheels of progress. You can't start a horse race when the starting gates don't open.
I wonder if the chopper purchase and any other "goings on" behind the scenes is EON's way of nudging MGM along.
Also, this report from Baz states that Bond 25 won't be premiering any sooner than 2019, which I never would have expected it any sooner, even after this chopper news. These two reports aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.
But why do MGM want the draw out the process like this? Surely, its in their financial interest to see that Bond 25 gets made in a timely manner?
It's not as simple as, "here's the contract. Agree to this and sign here". These deals can take time. It's all about agreeing to the best possible deal at the time and who has the most leverage. Stakeholders have to be on board and it can easily be just one person holding things up.
Just watch what does happen.
So when you say we would be extremely lucky for even a 2019 release, does that mean you see this stalemate continuing for the near future? The helicopter could signal that they are ready to go now.
"Guys, we've got the helicopter! It's GO time!"
:D
@Murdock He can listen to the rotor blades to learn what a beat sounds like. :D
The PTS is the new Bond dropping Mendes down a chimney.
And on his way down you hear: "Guinness World Recooooooooooord!"
--Back when MGM was in bankruptcy, it filed a reorganization plan that said the studio wanted to get Bond movies back on an every-other-year schedule.
--As Skyfall was coming out, Barbara Broccoli said in a couple of interviews (one by the Los Angeles Times) that Eon wasn't going to be hurried by a studio again. Around the same time, MGM's Gary Barber indicated the studio would be a little more flexible about the schedule.
Analysis (by me): Eon and MGM have had a dysfunctional relationship ever since MGM acquired United Artists in 1981. During the 1980s and '90s, there was a lot of tension, especially as MGM had various executive regimes.
I've listened to many of the MGM investor calls since Gary Barber took over. On some of them, he refers to "our partners at Eon-Danjaq." My guess is Barber, at least publicly, wants to play nice with Barbara Broccoli. But I suspect the relationship remains uneasy.
Barber wants to take MGM public some day soon. He's trying to make MGM look as good as it can before that happens.
At the same time, it's a very legitimate question why MGM hasn't reached a distribution deal with another studio or decided to distribute the 007 film movies itself. I'm surprised the major U.S. entertainment media outlets haven't explored that. But there's so much going on, maybe they don't have the time or resources to get to the bottom of it.