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I love that idea. There's still quite a bit of mileage in Fleming.
Aside from CR, I can't offhand think of the most recent film to utilize unused Fleming material. I hardly count the SPECTRE usage of Oberhauser. Perhaps Barbara and Michael simply prefer that Purvis and Wade come up with their own plots?
Great idea. Where are the Spang's? Where is Gala Brand? Horror & Slugsy? Why don't they use Fleming? Bring back Martin Campbell to direct too.
I watched it again recently and loved it even more! 007 needs Nolan!
I do agree, the film at it's core is pretty silly. It's to Nolan's credit he pulls it off.
I'd love Campbell back, or Nolan. I think either would give us a great Bond film, as long as the script starts going back to Fleming again.
I long for a Bond film that sees 007 playing a game of cards at Blades with M to outwit a cheat, being Brooklyn stomped on by football boots, rescuing a damsel in distress at a motel from Horror and Slugsy who work for the Spangled Mob, going after Shatterhand in his garden of death, being brainwashed and returning to London to kill M, going undercover as Mark Hazard in Jamaica...
Don't forget swimming with barracudas ;)
Seriously now, that'd be a dream. Your idea of what Bond is all about is my idea of what Bond is all about. But I've given up on waiting for it to happen. Hey, what new actor would you choose right now for that iteration?
It looks like its going to be James Norton, which I'd be ok with. What would make me more happy is if I heard the right noises from whoever is the next Bond to want to take it back to the books, like Dalton did. Then they would definitely get my vote.
I never felt with Craig that he really believed in the Fleming novels, or held them in high regard, like Dalton did.
By that, I mean a standalone mission, every three years or so. Hopefully devoid of much of the melodrama we have seen in recent years.
I don't think this will be the case, mind you. This appears to be EON's approach to Bond, these days.
If EON do something stupid as a radical departure with the next actor to play Bond, then the series will be doomed, and they need to sell it quickly to someone like Chris Nolan, who can salvage it.
The glaringly obvious factor when looking for the next actor to play Bond is either -
1) someone who closely resembles the Fleming description, but also carries that star quality X factor charisma too (something Dalton was criticised for lacking), and toughness (something Brozza was lacking).
2) someone in the mould of the original screen Bond, Mr. Connery. He doesn't need to be a 100% Scottish clone, but someone that resembles Connery's height, dark looks, swagger, deep voice, masculinity, charisma, overall toughness and sex appeal . Arguably Craig had some of this, but not all, as he didn't have the dark looks or height, and Lazenby had some of this, without the extra charisma, star quality or acting ability.
Picking someone from one of these 2 camps and EON wouldn't be going too far wrong.
I agree with you completely. One of those two would be the way to go.
But I still fear they won't.
There has to be someone out there that encapsulates all of that.
Adain Turner
And lol no at Nolan. The bloke is much too sexless and joyless to be directing any Bond movie. Keep him away.
I'm a huge Tarantino fan, but wouldn't want him to direct a Bond.
He is my top choice he has got that killer look. He said he would be into it when Craig left. https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a856351/poldark-aidan-turner-keen-on-james-bond-role/
Too feminine looking, too much like Brosnan.
Sam Claflin good actor,
:)) - Oh mercy.
That’s what I’d guess too.
That's the most realistic answer we're likely to get to the question that serves as this thread's title.
@jetsetwilly feminine? interesting I guess that one photo of him he looks like Bond
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I think an adaptation of Forever and a Day is the best way to go. No baggage from DC. Enough with the “original” screenplays from P & W. Also, in the future of Bond films, I would like to see Felix Leiter from Dynamite Comics get co-adapted. If M, Q and Moneypenny can get more screen time, so can Felix. What better way to do it? Plus, Tiger Tanaka can come back.
Much like Craig, the next Bond needs to be given some proper Fleming to work with in his first film.
Agree. You get a sense that Craig's impact on the franchise will be long lasting, in the sense that the producers would like the films to remain somewhat grounded in reality.
I also hope that they retain the current casting of M, Q and Moneypenny, similarly to the earlier films where the Bond changed but those around him remained the same.
Absolutely! And once its all been exhausted (at least 3 movies worth), get cracking on Trigger Mortis, then Forever and a Day.
P&W should only remain in their roles if they start proving they can do what Maibaum did - cleverly adapting Fleming.
Not going to happen, I’m afraid. They might dip in again but they aren’t going to exhaust it with any great speed.
Hard agree
Hard agree, again.