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The Broccoli family is not going to cast a new actor just before selling the franchise. Also, if they were planning to cast a new actor NOW, they would have contacted Nolan to write the script, not the village idiots.
I must have missed something, but where has this talk of EON selling shop come from?
And as for Nolan, please no. Two films from Mendes and I have had enough of directors of his ilk. If they are going to play in the Bond sandbox, they play with the toys provided, they don't bring their own.
Nolan and Mendes are very different directors, and Nolan's Bond movie will be very different from Skyfall and Spectre. NEVER in the history of cinema has a director as great as Nolan been as passionate about Bond as he is. He was born to direct a Bond movie.
Universal didn't even bid for them if I remember the NYT report correctly. Variety believes it's Warners.
In any case, who has B25 doesn't really matter as the deal (at least was - at the time of the NYT report) is only for B25, not any future films.
Italy is nice but that's not the point. I don't care if it's the garden of Eden, it's not the only place on the planet worth using, especially 3 out of the last 4 Bond films. There are 196 countries in the world. These Bond movies as of late have become lackadaisical when it comes to locations and utilising them effectively. More of an effort needs to be made.
Form over content then? I'd rather have the same country used well over and over again than perfunctorily in a check-the-box way, a la parts of QoS and SP.
I'm still rather amazed at how this information has not leaked and yet all the Craig stuff has. I'm quite certain it's a concerted leak from the inside. The question is, is it sanctioned, and if so to what end?
If not sanctioned, someone surely will be sacked.
It's not about ticking off boxes. Bond has always been about geopolitics and as such his job takes him all over the world. It's ridiculous using the same location repeatedly and only goes to show creative limitations and an inherent laziness which seeps into other areas; which is why we have the same wack writers continuously returning. Like I said, close to 200 countries in this world and we're visiting the same place 75% of the time in this era alone. Nah, that needs to stop.
Are you not paying attention? They are thinking about selling the franchise AFTER Bond 25, not before.
Purity sounds like a new Madonna character. In the worst ways.
Babs isn't very excited or enthusiastic when it comes to Bond anymore IMO, i think she feels the novelty has worn out as well as the originality. they must realise the last four films are trend followers & not setters.
We don't know that. Eon selling the Bond franchise is easily comparable to the logic offered by Mr. Orange to Eddie the Nice Guy in Reservoir Dogs that their most trusted man, Vic Vega, has turned on them after doing four years time for them. It's not sensible. It just isn't. Eon had gone through hell to purchase some of the rights that went divided in the past, so out of the blue at all of sudden, they'd decide to sell the whole thing that is their livelihood?
Regarding the sale, I wouldn't be surprised if they decide to do it. Everyone has a price (even Lucas) and at some point people change and want to do other things. Given the box office of the last few outings, it would seem as good of a time to cash out as any.
Having said that, it's all just idle speculation at this point.
New York Times said in April Universal was bidding, that Paramount was not.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/media/james-bond-sony-mgm-eon-productions.html?_r=0
It smacks of negotiation IMHO. Whether the sticking point is director, script, creative involvement, money, two more films or a combination thereof, the safe bet is 1) Craig will return and 2) he is, like BB, keen to ensure that B25 is a return to form.
Despite the frustrating delay, I believe that EON are under no illusions that they burned some zeitgeist with SP. That the next movie will earn less than SP if they continue with the template Mendes established.
The good news is that EON have form when they allow themselves creative breathing space in production.
Combine this with a tight, old school spy story in the vein of FYEO or TLD and sprinkle with some meticulously planned and edited action sequences like those from LTK.
I think casino royale was roughly half of spectre's budget and it had enough suspense and action
Yep, CR is a fine example of getting the job done through a smart, unorthodox romantic story and a director who understands what savoir faire is all about.
Both came cheap.