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So you're saying Bond 25 will be delayed the moment Purity or any other TV or film featuring Craig gets into production? If they aren't planning to film Bond 25 for another year, anything that comes along in the next year, including Purity, will mean EON have to look for someone else for Bond 25.
Believe what you like, but a lack of rumours or speculation or information on social media does not mean nothing is happening. Producers and production companies can be very good at working under the radar or just quietly getting on with it, especially a new show which has yet to catch public or media interest. There are hundreds and hundreds of tv and film projects in development, some with serious talent involved, which have zero social media traffic at present.
Again, stop being delusional about your agenda to get Aidan Turner as Bond. What you are saying doesn't even make sense. If Bond 25 doesn't film in 2019, it means Craig will not take part of any production starting from the last few months of 2018 before B25's filming until early 2020 after B25 is released. If Purity doesn't happen before late 2018, it's good bye to that project. And with absolutely nothing happening on Purity, it's possible Craig is tired of waiting and signs on to another film to keep busy in the next year until B25, meaning Purity will be delayed for that project and for Bond 25.
Again, you are making wild speculations based on -- on what? Certainly not any real understanding of how film and tv production actually works.
'Right now Craig's Wolf is the only character cast, but expect more news soon considering shooting will begin in 2017. The twenty episodes will be split into two seasons of ten, beginning either late 2017 or early 2018.'
So where is the casting announcement, since Purity has finished filming and will start airing in the next few months?
The Guardian gave zimmer's Dunkirk score rave reviews. Said it was one of his best.
It's bizarre to me that anyone couldn't be intrigued by the prospect of a Nolan-Zimmer Bond film. It seems like such an obvious fit. Have to say I'd be deeply disappointed if it never happened.
Agree though that it would make a lot more sense for nolan to start a new era.
You make a very good point. I've been saying the same for years.
Craig is not the amazing actor he's made out to be. He's a very good Bond (not a great one IMO) and he has given the series a much needed injection of credibility. He will leave Bond in a much healthier state than he found it. He's laid to rest the doubts that existed after Dalton that Bond audiences could deal with a bit of darkness. He's open the way frankly for future writers and directors to push and tweak the envelope in interesting ways.
But what his non bond films have shown is that he neither has the acting chops nor the audience appeal to be a big leading man actor after Bond. He will go back to ensemble and character parts, which he will probably be perfectly happy about.
This does underline though that Bond is clearly the best gig that Craig will ever have and he should savour it. If I were him I'd be looking for a two picture deal right now.
I agree with you about:
DC not being the amazing actor he's made out to be.
He's a very good Bond (not a great one IMO)
But some people on this forum demand another DC bond film for some reason.
Even it seems Babs especially.
She seems obsessed with him.
In any case, I'll only believe it when I hear it from MGM/Eon.
*McGuigan
I think EON will not what Craig doing a fifth Bond film and a major tv show around the same time. I'm betting if Craig does return to Bond he won't do Purity.
Regarding Craig's non-Bond film roles - I liked him in Tintin!
I presume he signed up for it while he was still dithering. Now that he has (apparently) agreed to come back (money talks), Purity is indefinitely on hold.
In terms of his non-Bond performances since becoming Bond, I like him in Tintin , TGWTDT and Star Wars-TFA. He wasn't bad in Munich either. I haven't seen Defiance but he seemed decent in the trailers, even if outshone by the super charismatic Liev Schreiber.
The rest were absolute rubbish imho (I turned off Dream House half way and tried to get my money back from the rental store claiming I rented it in error). Invasion was filmed before CR but released afterwards, as I recall.
EDIT: Oops, you mean Craig's films he did post-CR. My bad.
It sounds like the lead actors and director signed for one film, but when they got on set, another film was waiting for them to shoot. Producer interference, and all of that.
It's hard to blame Craig, or any actor for that matter, when they are in shit films. The script they read, might be vastly different than the final shooting draft.
I remember reading an amazing spec script called THE LAST FIRST KISS and loving it. That script was made into the film HITCH, which was a generic rom-com (and one I despised).
Much can happen between when an actor signs onto a project and first day of principal.
I also seem to remember Rachel was still with Arononsky (sp?), and Daniel was with a producer gf...
In the end, the shooting script was far different from the script I had the pleasure to read.
Only Sean can lay the slightest claim with the likes of The Hill, The Offence, The Man Who Would Be King, The Name of The Rose, The Untouchables, Indy 3.
Laz - A few chop socky films and Emanuelle.
Rog - Whilst I love North Sea Hijack and Wild Geese you could hardly claim them to be 'great'. Other than that it's Spiceworld.
Dalts - Well respected in the theatre to be sure but in terms of big films? Flash Gordon, The Rocketeer and the massively overrated Hot Fuzz (and never leading man in any of those).
Brozza - The Tailor of Panama and The Thomas Crown Affair are both decent but nothing spectacular.
Who gives the slightest toss whether an actor's films outside the role are a success or not as long as he delivers when he is playing Bond?
I didn't mentioned Man from UNCLE because of its BO numbers. If you saw the film, you knew how good it was and how much the Cold War era lends itself to the genre. And vice-versa.
If we want to discuss Box Office and period action films, based on a franchise, I suggest you look no further than Wonder Woman. If you think Bond wouldn't be successful if set in the past, think again.
I don't think the shoot for Purity will be all that extensive.
And if we take Wonder Woman as an example of 'period piece action movies being very successful', you forget that it's also a 'female heroine movie being very successful', so you are by default advocating that they should cast a female James Bond and it would be a major box office hit.
I thought Man From Uncle was a completely forgettable PoS (and I'm being generous), but that's not because of it being set in the past.
My concern with them going back in time is that it takes us into the realm of reboots and I'm completely done with that. Let Craig remain the only reboot Bond please. Also, it's more difficult to move forward once one goes into historic reboot territory and I'm all for ease of continuity with James Bond.
I think he was talking about creating a new aesthetic for Bond, not necessarily rebooting. I see no need for a reboot, just a return to standalone adventures. They don't have to make a big song and dance about it, IMO.
I don't think it needs to be as clear cut a hard reset 'in fact' as CR was though. I believe they need something like the LTK to GE move. The latter film was much slicker and hip, but there was no explicit reference to timelines. The reboot was in modernizing the Bond character as much as in the style.
They filmed at a place very close to me, which I pass by almost everyday. Got to see the sets and see Craig himself act. Something I'll never forget.