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A lose-lose situation for Bond fans.
Not so sure, I see it as a suck it and see. Rather than go in to a new long term partnership where too many Chef's stick their spoons in. Or face a similar studio issue to the late 80's stopping the films being made because a company is financial hardship.
Smart move for me.
Think about it: 3-5 years in between films will force the filmmakers to put out serious quality, so that audiences will still remember the films after such a long hiatus. And if they want, they still can explore personal stuff, revisiting the character after a number of years.
The only thing I wonder about is if they won´t switch to re-casting Bond if so much time passes until the next film?
If they are only doing a 1 film deal for Bond 25 than I think it's safe to say Craig will becoming back.
That doesn't mean all the films after will be individually distributed with new deals happening between each subsequent film. EON & MGM may find another longer term partner when Bond #7 is found, but for now they simply want to get Bond 25 done, then likely take a lot of time to sort themselves and plan Bond's future as they had to for Craig. It'll be a helluva process casting a new Bond, finding a new vision for the fresh era and planning where the films could go and what kinds of modern concerns and villains they want to deal with, in addition to get a fresher creative team on (I think P&W will end their Bond careers with #25). I believe post-Bond 25 could be the real wait, but it's a break that'll need to happen as EON will be taking another big step in a new direction that will likely build itself as a thing separate from Craig's run, very much its own beast. They will be planning Bond's future for another possible decade or more, and so they must understandably be sure of the moves they make.
Trump is a "cartoon" only to those who oppose him for ideological reasons. Hence, the opposititionists confuse their own inane ideology with the reality of the president. And fools such as that have no business writing Bond scripts.
Spot on. If Perverse and Weird simply must go political, let them limn the follies and perils of political correctness, a far greater threat to western civilization than any president--even Obama!--or premier.
People oppose him because he's an embarrassment. But we all appreciate you digging up a post from a page back that we were asked to abandon to avoid outcomes like this. It'd be a helluva thing if you actually came on a Bond forum to talk Bond, instead of looking for any excuse to drone on about your old pal Donny as you've done in this thread before, to similar results of groans at your posts. But by all means continue, and see how far it gets you.
C'mon, Eon set themselves up for unrealistic expectations for the gunbarrel back at the beginning after QoS and SF (and arguably CR, but I think that one worked). Someone needed to pull Mendes aside and say, "Just let the gunbarrel flow into the really great opening shot of the hatted skull. The quote isn't working because it breaks up the flow and because it's not as deep as it seems."
That MGM/Eon are chasing down only a one-picture deal is the strongest sign yet that Craig will return for one more.
Not to keep harping on this, but it's just text that flashes for a few seconds, and it is highly relevant to the story that unfolds. That's basically it. And I enjoyed the gun barrel-less opening to SF more than I did most that are introduced via the gun barrel, so in that case I can see why it wasn't used, and why it was held off a bit for CR for the same reason. I may be a heretic for it, but my sunny day won't be sent all stormy by twenty seconds of misplaced footage that still remains in the movie regardless of when it shows up.
It's not ruining my sunny day either but I do think it could have been done better.
I think Blofeld will be put back in the locker for a while.
Amen to that! I would love some kind of definitive ending for Craig. He deserves an epic conclusion.
That's the more logical conclusion to draw.
'Purity' could well be affected by the WGA strike as well. Hopefully, at the scripts for the first season are completed and they can at least begin filming on that.
That would be nice. I'd be surprised if they plan on shooting soon and they've yet to get all the episodes written - aren't there 20 episodes or so? Surely that was completed a while back.
Don't think anyone's saying that, just that we hope all of the scripts are done and finalized, which I'm under the impression they are if they plan on shooting soon.
If I can take this one step further, I believe (like you and others) that this points to a high possibility that Craig will be back, but not a certainty. I think the distributor will have some say in the matter, and even in a one picture deal, the direction will be important to whoever gets involved. Again, recent comments and rumours I have read lead me to this conclusion. It's still up in the air, and it's not Craig's decision.
From my perspective, in a one picture deal I would prefer Craig. Better someone we know, and then they can formulate a long term plan going forward.
Once again, MGM's machinations run the risk of throwing Bond into a loop post Bond 25.
I'm sure they're only going with one more for Craig at most, especially if they're looking for a one picture deal with a new distributor.