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That's what I think..they are under enough pressure as it is to get this film right,without bringing 'Shatterhand' into it.
Why not go for John Gardeners 'Scorpious' then ?
A great title and Bond battles a cult....totally original.
Or even better 'Icebreaker'...
On a submarine with agents from other countries and murders start happening,one of the other agents is a killer...Bond has to turn on the proper spy mode with lots of action.
I fail to see any logic in that statement. Care to clarify furthermore? Or is it just a sign of sheer frustration when your desired world of view doesn't match the others'?
These are just statements of the most likely trajectory. Given that DC's era has become progressively more continuity obsessed, these are logical predictions as much as wish list items.
I'll say the chances that Bond 25 will not follow on from SP (Blofeld, Swann etc.) in some way are slim. I'm afraid you may need to be prepared for that.
@ColonelSun I never said Bond 25 will not follow on from SP, in fact I think it will, and I am 100% sure it SHOULD. It should follow on by showing Bond as a retired 00 agent together with Swann. It's incredibly easy to make a direct sequel to SP that does not even mention Blofeld or his organization.
Except this is Craig's final story - the chances they won't want to pay-off all that happened across his story arc, especially concerning Blofeld in SP, seem very unlikely.
I know you stand by what you said but what said is unsubstantiated. It's a claim based at best at assumed intentions. The Property of a Lady was briefly mentioned in OP that's it. And it was not used as a title. TWINE was used prior to the movie (not that I like the movie much) and many Bond movies took little more of Fleming than the title of the novels or short story they are allegedly adapted from. Did YOLT was used in the same context in novel and movie? TPOAL is an evocative title and can work for a movie title. Whether or not this hypothetical movie will be good or the title fit to it is another debate entirely. I liked both QOS movie and title, although I would agree the relevance of said title was never properly established.
That's all I want,its not much to ask for is it ?
Bond is not a bloody drama,sitting at home retired with bloody Madeleine etc.
I am really getting fed up with this drama angle all the time.
Kind of feel this is going in circles, but the Blofeld storyline is far from finished. They kept him alive for a reason. As I say, be prepared for that.
True but the domestic market is the most important market and is where the studios get most of their profit. SP had a budget of $250million and when you factor total cost of marketing, you're looking at a total spend close to $700million with a worldwide total gross of $880million which isn't all that impressive really.
What a horrendous idea.
$880 million theatrical box office is impressive - simple as that.
I'm prepared to be proven wrong but this seems a bit OTT surely?
It doesn't matter if its finished or not, they'll bolt another chapter on the end if they want to. A major character has died in each Craig film. Vesper, Mathis, M, Mr White. Chances are one of Maddy, Brofeld or Bond don't make it out of this next film alive.
You Only Live Twice didn't go on an entirely different path in the reference to the major plot point, though. It just placed a different iteration on the same play, Bond presumed dead, but turning out alive. That plot point played at the end of the novel, and the beginning of the film (I personally prefer the novel over the film by a wide margin, but that's a different topic).
If they are to use The Property of A Lady, I would rather they don't refer to Bond with it, but the McGuffin or the plot device that plays a major role in the storyline. And if they fit it in, then I'll easily be pleased with it. When Dalton's original Bond 17 was rumoured to have that title along, having read the synopsis of it, I saw zero relevance in the title's relationship with the said script. That's why I find it absurd when a story that bears no relation to the title is executed on paper.
As I've said before, the US still controls the global media narrative. There is a reason Craig announced his return on Colbert.
Of the two, I think it's more likely that they'll bring back Waltz than Seydoux. Despite some fans' reception to Blofeld, I don't see how a return for Swann outstrips the chance to reimagine Blofeld several years down the line. He's vastly different in each novel; which they'll hopefully take their cue from.
@barryt007 and @bondjames Nobody said that a retired Bond needs to be sitting at home. Use your imagination, folks!
You're right to question those figures. Broadly the studios expect/plan to spend around $200 million or so on a tentpole release. Approx equal to the production budget of a film.
I think SP needed at least half a billion to break even, probably more. It was somewhat justified since they just came off SF and there was a lot of built-in hype. What built-in hype is there this time? I don't know, but are likely headed into treachourous territory with Bond 25, especially if they can't rein in the budget to at least 200 million.