No Time To Die: Production Diary

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  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    LIONSGATE is favourite! :D
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    Liongate and MGM aren't on the best of terms as I recall.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I get that Lionsgate makes great action films, but overall, I get the impression from the budget and the treatment of their film productions that Bond may be a little too expensive for them. I don't think Lionsgate will ever get it. I'd rather not see Luc Besson directing a Bond film, anyway. Lol!
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    It was rumoured a while back.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    It looks terrific.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    edited March 2016 Posts: 8,208
    Casino Royale shared a location with one of the SW prequels; it was the hospital where Bond was recovering after being tortured. I remember it was augmented a bit for SW. Does anyone know the name?

    Found it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_del_Balbianello
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Well, a comic book director would certainly be a gift for a Bond film.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Perhaps. Although, I am not saying let's push Bond on the edge of ridiculousness as seen in Kingsman: The Secret Service, what I'd like the Bond films to become are fun-driven entertainment pieces without getting into the site of self-parody or spoofs. I'd like if either of the first two Captain America directors become involved with the next Bond film. I'd rather not have yet another Oscar-worthy drama or a Jason Bourne rip-off.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Perhaps. Although, I am not saying let's push Bond on the edge of ridiculousness as seen in Kingsman: The Secret Service, what I'd like the Bond films to become are fun-driven entertainment pieces without getting into the site of self-parody or spoofs. I'd like if either of the first two Captain America directors become involved with the next Bond film. I'd rather not have yet another Oscar-worthy drama or a Jason Bourne rip-off.

    I posted this the other day that if the Russo brothers weren't tied up to direct the 2 Infinity Wars movies then they'd have my full support and backing to direct Bond 25 but that ain't happening. Cap winter soldier, for me, is superior to the last 3 Bond films and cap civil war looks infinitely better. The Russo's know how to handle and manage action, drama and suspense and they don't ever waste scenes. Their background is predominantly TV work and prior to Winter Soldier they only had 2 movies to their name, welcome to collinwood and you, me and dup ree.....but the vision and passion they have they conveyed to Marvel and hit the job which ended up in one of the best action films ever made and they look set to kill it with Cap civil war.

    EoN need to take more and better risks with the hiring of their writers and directors. People here can say they don't want a comic book director but that's missing the point. It's about who has the passion and the best vision for the job to bring these characters and world alive. Had I not seen GE or CR and had just watched GL, I would have bet and lost that bet that Campbell has never directed a Bond film. Personally I think EoN and some fans are creating and championing unecessary red tape, limiting just how great Bond films can be.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    doubleoego wrote: »
    Perhaps. Although, I am not saying let's push Bond on the edge of ridiculousness as seen in Kingsman: The Secret Service, what I'd like the Bond films to become are fun-driven entertainment pieces without getting into the site of self-parody or spoofs. I'd like if either of the first two Captain America directors become involved with the next Bond film. I'd rather not have yet another Oscar-worthy drama or a Jason Bourne rip-off.

    I posted this the other day that if the Russo brothers weren't tied up to direct the 2 Infinity Wars movies then they'd have my full support and backing to direct Bond 25 but that ain't happening. Cap winter soldier, for me, is superior to the last 3 Bond films and cap civil war looks infinitely better. The Russo's know how to handle and manage action, drama and suspense and they don't ever waste scenes. Their background is predominantly TV work and prior to Winter Soldier they only had 2 movies to their name, welcome to collinwood and you, me and dup ree.....but the vision and passion they have they conveyed to Marvel and hit the job which ended up in one of the best action films ever made and they look set to kill it with Cap civil war.

    EoN need to take more and better risks with the hiring of their writers and directors. People here can say they don't want a comic book director but that's missing the point. It's about who has the passion and the best vision for the job to bring these characters and world alive. Had I not seen GE or CR and had just watched GL, I would have bet and lost that bet that Campbell has never directed a Bond film. Personally I think EoN and some fans are creating and championing unecessary red tape, limiting just how great Bond films can be.
    You've got my applause, sir! Well said!
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Yeah why not make a bond film about spying in the modern world? Also, why follow bond exclusively through the story? If SPECTRE are the baddies, let's have a scene or two without Bond there.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Yeah why not make a bond film about spying in the modern world? Also, why follow bond exclusively through the story? If SPECTRE are the baddies, let's have a scene or two without Bond there.
    Exactly. We don't have to be placed in Bond's shoes all the time. Let's give the villains a perspective, too, and know at least what are they scheming, not how, but at least what.
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    Yeah why not make a bond film about spying in the modern world? Also, why follow bond exclusively through the story? If SPECTRE are the baddies, let's have a scene or two without Bond there.

    I was surprised by how bored by Spectre I was on 2nd and 3rd viewing - enthralled on first viewing. I think this was a big reason why.
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Matt007 wrote: »
    What about Peter Jackson, if they put a two hour time limit on it?

    Abrams? I thought he did great things with Star Wars and Star Trek 1.

    Those are both comic book directors. I would hope they go for someone outside of the genre arena.

    Heavenly Creatures is a comic strip? Right.

  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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    The latest edition to the rumour mill.

    Aidan Turner reportedly holding talks for James Bond role
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Yes, because it's the media and the internet tabloid journalists who get to cast an actor in the Bond role when it comes to suggesting someone. Let's see when they will suggest another newcomer who impressed the audience in a miniseries wearing a tuxedo "should become the next Bond." Haha!

    Next.
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    I mean he does look the part...
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    The hair, eyebrows, he reminds me of Connery.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Kananga wrote: »
    The hair, eyebrows, he reminds me of Connery.

    yeah, Connery crossed with Dalton, I think.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    Kananga wrote: »
    The hair, eyebrows, he reminds me of Connery.

    yeah, Connery crossed with Dalton, I think.

    If you squint you can see pinch of Bronsan too.
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    Turner or Hiddles for me. I think Craig's time is over.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Would anyone know who Danielcraigisnotbond.com is hoping for ? ;)
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Why are you people trying to find previous actors faces in other people as if its a significant qualifier? Many actors have a Bond-esque look to them but they'd be terrible in the role; some may argue some of those that were actually cast were indeed terrible.

    Turner looks like himself and doesn't need to have features aesthetic physical features that recall past Bond actors, just leave it at that and if he gets the role let his acting and the script do the convincing if he's Bond material much like the talent and skilled approach Craig employed.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    As I was saying, anyone who has some "dashing" look and plays a scene wearing a tuxedo in some television series or a British film, the media jumps up and puts them as qualifiers for "who should be the next James Bond?" If it was up for that, we would have had Lewis Collins playing the character in the early 1980s.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    I wish Collins had had his chance.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I would've loved to have Collins in the role, don't get me wrong. But, the primary reason they suggested him was because of his physicality and given that he's British who played the badass known as Bodie in The Professionals. His character shares absolutely nothing with Bond, yet it was Bodie that got him around.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Collins was great in The Professionals but I'm glad we didn't get him. Moore did the right thing by hanging on for FYEO & OP imho. Then he should have left and let Dalton or Brosnan in one film sooner.

    There was a sea change in action films during the late 80's and Dalton unfortunately became Bond just as that was happening. If he had got in sooner, he may have had a chance to shape the role faster, and perhaps gained greater acceptance..

    I've always felt that Brosnan in the mid 80's was far more impressive (in tv series like the Noble House for instance) than he was in the late 90's (when he was Bond). There was something about his younger self that I found more dynamic, confident and rugged.
  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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    From Empire Online:

    After all the anticipation, Spectre has been and gone, and the internet rumour-mill now turns to the nascent Bond 25. Still officially the incumbent James Bond, Daniel Craig hasn't committed himself to returning, and it's possible to read the final scenes of Spectre as his bidding farewell to the role. And according to director Sam Mendes, there may be something in that.

    "It did feel to me like Daniel was saying goodbye to Bond at the end", Mendes told Empire at the awards last night, "but there’s clearly a way he can easily come back. Bond isn’t dead! So that’s clearly Daniel’s call. But I think you’ve got to feel 100% to come back, and I think he knows that. He needs to have a break and do another role and see how he feels after that. I’ll be watching with as much interest as you guys."

    Much was made last year of Craig appearing to say he'd rather slash his wrists than play Bond again. But his words were taken slightly out of context; he was talking about his exhaustion with the role having just finished a gruelling shoot. He didn't necessarily mean forever. So Mendes' words here leave us more or less in the same place, while confirming that Craig has been consciously given an out should he decide to take it.

    Development on Bond 25 begins imminently. No cast, director or screenwriters have yet been announced, although Christoph Waltz' Bond contract was reportedly for three films.
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