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I wonder if EON and Amazon have differing opinions on it?
Seems to me "haven't even begun" more than likely speaks to the enormity of the task. Rather than literally not having started actions.
Barbara and Michael are older.
Right, but when they pass on the will pass Bond on. When I pass on , game over; I want as much Bond before that happens.
Why? Going by their usual schedule they wouldn't start work on it until early next year for a 2025 release. Aren't you just been a tad pessimistic? I wouldn't start getting concerned unless nothing starts happening next year. It's really premature to be saying that it's looking like a 2027 release - you would be looking at starting pre-production early 2026 for that - for a late 2027 release.
Patience is a virtue. What is it with all the whining - were Bond fans like this between DAD and CR?
Quantum was 2 years after, orginally was going to be May 2008. Skyall would have been a 3 year gap if it wasn't for MGM's troubles. Spectre was planned to be 2 years after Skyfall - No Time to Die got hit by a global pandemic - there have been extenuating circumstances during the Craig era.
Yes.
Here now today. is just we don't know what we're doing or where we're going. Nothing has been discussed like its not two fucking years since the last film.
We don't know where to take the character. Then don't kill him off then and paint yourself into a corner.
It's possible, but there is a big road ahead before Michael G. Wilson's credit is decided for the next film. Executives haven’t even begun the process of making that decision.
I've got to say, you have a point. They kill the character off, then two years later say "we haven't even started the next one yet".
In fact, when was the last Bond film supposed to premiere? Wasn't it March or April 2020? So we're actually three and a half years down the pike, and they haven't even started on it?
Perhaps the movie Bond really is dead?
They could not have started work on 26 when the entire industry was upended by a pandemic, or after MGM went broke (again) and went through a extensive merger. Amazon just, as of two weeks ago, finished integrating MGM into their apparatus.
Four years almost to the day when they wrapped NTTD- I think it was Oct 19 of '19. OK, I'll give you the Covid delay. But it's not like they didn't know at the time they were gonna need a new guy. They did. So that's FOUR YEARS of knowing we need a new lead. Two years since the release of NTTD. They paint themselves into a corner and NOW say they "Oh we haven't even started but here's a lame REALITY SHOW.'
What? There is no way to defend this pattern of thinking. In the TikTok era, you move fast or you die. Too much multi-media competition. Barb has lost touch of the market.
Based on discussion here regarding box office for Indiana Jones and M:I, is this a good time to ramp up a Bond production?
Why should they?
They painted themselves into a corner. How ya gonna explain he died, and now he's, um, not dead? There's no franchise that treats the fanbase worse.
Are you really going to go and watch a new Bond film and sit there in the cinema constantly saying ‘what?! But he’s dead!! How can he be alive!!!!’?
Out of interest, how did you cope when Felix turned up in CR with two legs?
They knew they needed a new Bond, but they still had a movie to promote and release, and there’s not much point in casting someone three or four years before production, as situations change, they may not be available, and you need a script to cast someone.
But he may become a behemoth.
It's a good point. Big difference with Bond is the reinvention. It's not Tom Cruise or Harrison Ford. It's Bond. The actor brings themselves to the role but the actor is not the role. Making B26 feel new a la "Casino Royale" or "GoldenEye" is the key to keeping Bond on top for another era.
Weak jawline.
This ^ part, because she is speaking in the present tense. Meaning, there is obviously plenty going on. For all we know there could be a nearly complete script outline and they just need to modernize the language, fashion, sensibilities, character interactions, etc.
I am very happy to wait even 5 more years if Bond 26 will be written and directed by Nolan. Waiting is fine if you are wating for something that's worth waiting for. Now, I am not saying that Nolan is the only one that could make an excellent Bond 26, but I think no one else would have a better chance at succeeding.