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Martin Campbell had to really pressure Purvis and Wade for stronger material for CR. They really need to go.
Was it Forster or Mendes who said that BB and MGW sat watching him direct scenes and then passed him notes with their suggestions between takes? Can't see Nolan thriving under those circumstances, tbh.
The reason I wondered if Fukunaga would get another chance is because EON hired Paul Haggis to have an (uncredited) pass at the NTTD script, despite the allegations against him. Those were far more serious claims than the ones against Fukunaga and I wondered if BB gave Haggis the benefit of the doubt because they were just allegations at that point. Hence wondering if Cary would get the same chance. I totally get that BB might well want to steer completely clear, though.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm convinced that Scott Burns was the only uncredited script doctor on NTTD and that, after a P&W early draft, the heavy lifting thereafter came from Fukunaga, then Burns did a two week action polish, then more heavy lifting in the final weeks was done by PWB.
Haggis was mentioned in some papers, but it never, as far as I was told, came to fruition (or was even considered; I could be mistaken, but I don't think so, lol)
Today of all days.
This really would be a dream come true, unfortunately I feel like they won't have even started filming by then, no matter whose directing it...
I assume Campbell is too old to be considered nowaday, but who knows? EON are seeming loyal to purvis and wade no matter what they do, perhaps they DO think Campbell has one more film in him. I can't tell you how happy it would make me to see this man in the directors chair of another Bond film, I would probably cry. He's one of the last guys left who actually grew up at the time of Fleming, and feels a part of both that old world and the modern one we live in. Perhaps that's some of why he's so successful, and why his films feel so authentically bond.
you said it! <:-P
Let’s hope it’s a reality
Because that worked in 2006.
@peter was the early forms of the script incorporating more of the YOLT Fleming story, as I'm guessing it was. The island is mentioned as being near Japan and Russia, which in the final version of the film is irrelevant, but has significant meaning when tied to the Fleming novel.
I've also seen an artist impression of the shed that Bond hides in while in the poisonous garden. Again, this didn't make it into the final film but features heavily in the novel.
:))
Those days of boycotts and Craig will be a one and done. Lol.
As much as I'd like to see Martin Campbell return for a third film, it's not going to happen.
@Mendes4Lyfe , where exactly are you getting your information from? There have been some promising signs that discussions are continuing, but the WGA is still about to propose to members that they be given authorization to strike.
The expectation at the moment is that everyone is still expecting a strike to happen.
So if you have information I'm not privy to, I'd love to get the source.
all the articles I read said they are reaching agreements and the signs are positive.
The WGA will be asking members to authorize the strike this week….
Although there was good momentum in discussions this weeks, the expectation is strike.
May 1 is a long way off.
Can you post the articles that say the WGA has “reached an agreement”, because positive talks and an agreement are two wholly different thing.
I’m kinda stuck in the middle of this @Mendes4Lyfe … so I’d really appreciate you citing the articles that said an agreement was happening. Because I was just told yesterday that there were positive discussions, but we are still expecting a strike….
"the two sides are closer than expected" is what I read from deadline.
The article also states that the WGA will be asking for strike action this week.
We are a long way off from averting a strike. This is a rollercoaster ride and there will be ups and downs until May 1.
Week one of discussions, abysmal.
Week two was positive.
Who knows what week three will bring.
But posting that a strike has been averted is very premature.
Read that article again, @Mendes4Lyfe … I can assure you as one who is presently working with a producer who is a WGA signatory, we are blasting through rewrites every day on my adaptation so everything is polished by May 1! The reason is because 95% still expect a strike to happen.
We pray it doesn’t.
But the expectation is still mobilizing for a strike (if the talks were almost on the brink of an agreement, the WGA would probably take the step to show good faith and NOT ask for strike authorization this week. But they’re not close to an agreement, and that’s why they ARE asking for strike authorization since that’s the power punch they have left to prove to the producers, that they are willing to go the distance, regardless of “positive talks”)!
But the important point is that these movies need action directors and action writers, not dramatists. Bond movies are not dramas, they are action-adventures, and it seems like Babs and Michael have forgotten that.
And have you seen NTTD yet? I'm assuming you haven't, and if that's the case, I'm not sure you can judge all of the Craig era.
As weird as it may sound, I think Brosnan sports a better haircut in TND than in Goldeneye. His haircut in GE is a bit too “Remington Steele” than “James Bond.”