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Yep, I think that's exactly it. And the most important thing is that BB was promoting a TV show, which is what she wants the attention on. And frankly, any tiny morsel of info about the next Bond movie would have been the thing which got headlines, rather than the show.
Now, you could say that a free headline would be great for the show, but maybe that's not how they wanted to play it. I dunno: they've got more experience at it than me!
Anyway, after SIS's comments I was having a quick google of the Fleming family, and saw something I had no idea about. Did you know that James Bond isn't even close to being their main family nest egg?
Ian Fleming's grandfather had founded Robert Fleming & Co., a Scottish merchant bank in the 19th century. His father and brother both worked for the family business, while Ian, following a career as a spy and journalist, focused on writing books from Goldeneye, his house in Jamaica.
The family firm continued growing, long after Ian died in 1964, until 2000 when the family sold Robert Fleming & Co. to Chase Manhattan Bank for over $7 billion.
In an era when family offices were almost unheard of, the Fleming family created Fleming Family Partners to manage the proceeds from this sale on behalf of a growing number of Fleming family members.
But, just as the Covid-19 pandemic paused the release of 'No Time To Die,' the family firm went into overdrive buying out other family offices. In April last year it acquired Cavendish Asset Management, and in July this year, Stonehage Fleming announced that it was acquiring Maitland.
These transactions have propelled Stonehage Fleming's assets under management to £16 billion ($21.5 billion) and assets under administration to over £60 billion ($80 billion), making it easily the largest multi family office in Europe.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverwilliams1/2021/09/30/james-bond-heirs-take-over-the-family-office-world/?sh=2469a66e7c94
£60 billion!!! :-O
Enough to make even the Broccolis jealous!
Wow 😯
I’m thankful that someone is noticing that IFP is taking minor risks for Bond’s literary future. It seems that Dynamite Comics did that for awhile (a still does, on occasion, with certain characters). I’d like to see Bond villain spinoffs, set in the modern day. Other fictional characters have had this done before. Literary Bond could follow up with the trends on this. Ironically, quite a few Bond alumni have criticized EON for killing Bond. I boil it down to EON following trends. Also, a spoiled leading man who on occasion has been given too much creative control. And a pair of screenwriters who fall back on their old tricks, hoping they get hired again, by taking a risk. It’s time to move forward either way, it seems that IFP has been trying to do that, post Anthony Horowitz.
Depends on the continuation novel, and who’s writing the screenplay.
So taking risks and doing daring stuff is good, unless it's something I don't like in which case it's bad ;)
:P
I can relate. ;) your comment sounds like the average MCU (which hasn’t really been truly daring since Endgame) fan, or Star Wars prequel trilogy or sequel trilogy hater. NOTHING personal, it’s just a trend I’m noticing lately.
What I really don’t want is people in the future explaining a potential large gap between NTTD and Bond 26 by invoking the strikes. The strikes delayed Bond 26 by a couple of months AT MOST.
Yeah, there’s not really any point in adapting the continuation novels. Not sure the world is crying out for an adaptation of one of the Gardner or even Benson novels. I’d argue even Horowitz’s books aren’t up to scratch.
That said I’m sure there’ll be some overlap in terms of broad plot points/similarities with some of the later continuation novels. Much in the same vein as Colonel Sun and TWINE involving M getting kidnapped.
The actors strike is still ongoing, with no end in sight.
No, @Colonel_Venus , I disagree: the entire film industry, including Bond (including my own project!!!), has been turned upside down. That’s just a fact. This isn’t a fable. It’s cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Loss of projects. Loss of jobs.
The unions knew they were striking over a year ago. With that knowledge, there was a domino effect: some productions rushed through development (and many of them still got caught and are waiting release), where other projects slowed down development because what’s the point of spending millions of dollars when there is going to be an industry-wide shut down.
This isn’t a fable. Covid, then shortly thereafter, two strikes, did true damage to this industry. The damage is very real and I’d be happy to discuss with you again, over PM. But I can tell you, the delay to Bond isn’t and can’t be quantified— especially stating that it only delayed EoN by a couple of months.
There has been a lot of irrational responses from people acting like petulant children, but saying with such confidence the strikes collective impact was only "a couple months" is one of the more ignorant things I've seen in a while.
I don't know why Bond fans are so fatalist or self-destructive relative to other fans of brand-name properties.
Make better movies. That's the point.
It worked with Casino Royale. The best movie that Barbara has produced in her life.
Blofeld's line about seeing a man deprived of his eyes not being there anymore was from CS but that's most of what they took as I remember. It's odd that they found that so fascinating, but I guess it is a good line and does feel appropriately Fleming-y. Sun does intend to stick long needles into Bond's ear and nostils, and a girl helps him, so I guess the torture is not dissimilar, but I think the actual events are vague enough to have not even credited to CS really- it's Blofeld line which stands out.
The dialogue and broad idea. That did seem to get credited to Amis, and it’s a very specific thing they clearly wanted to adapt directly. Not sure of the logistics of it or whether they had the rights to that material or something.
I mean, unless they want to directly incorporate similar passages I can’t see whole novels being adapted.
I do think the most interesting things in Horrowitz’s novels had already been done in the Craig films, especially in Forever and a Day (ie. seeing Bond’s first kill to attain his 00 status, Bond falling in love and having to deal with the death of said girl at the end, Bond getting tortured/put in a particularity perilous situation during the climax etc.) Honestly, I even find the villains in that novel a bit lame. I really don’t rate WAMTK that highly personally either.
Easier said than done. The question is what exactly will they do to make better movies.
To be honest, as strange as the torture scene is I think it’s for the best. It is a weirdly done scene though, so much emphasis on how Bond will forget faces and it comes to nothing. Even if Blofeld had just said ‘after three incisions you won’t remember faces’ it would have helped.
I would advise that it means proper pre-production hasn't started yet, which usually begins with the script process, which hasn't started yet.
I’ve already tried that @ivarbrcye99 … but it didn’t do any favours.
Yeah it's a real cheat: it would be like if Largo had stolen a warhead, Bond had failed to stop him, Largo had pressed the button and... it turned out the bomb was a dud. You just can't tell your audience a lie about the stakes like that.
Agree on this, wholeheartedly…
In the end, if Blofeld said nothing other than this bad piece of exposition: over the next fifteen minutes I’ll be drilling into your head. By the end of it, you won’t even know who you are…
But then Madeleine saves the day with the exploding watch, just moments later…
That would have been just about enough to justify how unharmed Bond was.
How they could have missed this, I have no idea.
Then begin filming all of the continuation novels in order and faithful to the books. "Colonel Sun too slow, you say? Bollocks! We are the new IFP and we are here for thee!"
And then everyone here will be happy. For about, oh, three minutes.
Post of the month. Seriously.
I’ve not read the final script, but perhaps it was something that didn’t quite translate well in the edit? You’re right, even if something like that had been ADR’d it would have been better.
I suspect it was because they wanted to maintain a sense of shock - ie. Oh no, has Bond just been lobotomised? The issue is it neglects any sense of tension, and it just comes off like the audience have been lied to for some reason.