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Great to see that Ian Fleming's other secret agent, Napoleon Solo in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", compares well to 007. Personally I would be fine if there was a sequel to U.N.C.L.E. before Bond 26 gets off the ground.
This makes a lot of sense. I don't know what the trends are right now. Hollywood seems a bit lost post-Covid, and throwing the strikes on top of it, we are in an era of uncertainty.
If I had to guess, I'd say we are going to see a much younger Bond, like a "year 1" deal, and probably an established younger actor to give Eon some comfort that the actor can handle the international pressure of the franchise (no Lazenbys this time around). Perhaps that points toward someone like Paul Mescal or Tom Holland...I don't know.
I also think they will look at CR as a template, so lots of Fleming.
Eon has a daunting task ahead both in terms of direction and replacing Craig.
There’s a lot of spinning plates to control to successfully launch a successful new era.
@CrabKey , I’d recommend you watch the Bond Experience video he posted about the “pause” in 26. It may give you a little more insight into “reinvention”.
I agree. There’s more on the line than just getting a new Bond; we need new villains, a new Bond girl, and a new set of MI6 regulars.
EON's job has never been this easy. They just need to hire Nolan and he will take care of nearly everything and deliver a top 5 Bond film. I am not even trolling, I genuinely believe this. I mean, if anyone thinks Nolan doesn't have an idea that's likely better than anything EON can come up with now in 2023, please raise your hand!
Not a knock on Connery, he is, and always will be the benchmark for Bond. I can't really recall anything overly thoughtful or weighty in any of the scripts he was given, though. Dalton yes. Craig, yes. Lazenby yes. Even Brosnan is forced to execute a woman he has feelings for. I think they generally kept Sean and Roger all business.
Tenet was brutal, both in story and in pacing.
Oppenheimer was a three hour bio-historical pic.
But a straight up action-thriller? I don’t think his creative powers exist in this realm anymore.
Saying that, I know you’re not trolling and believe him to be the best choice.
The more I think about it though, the more it makes sense. I think the type of Alpha Male sensibility that Bond needs as a character to work, is inviting derision, or will increasingly written off as toxic masculinity in 2023 and beyond. By setting it in the 60's, EON can brush off any criticism of that nature, by having it as being part of that period. Also we can get some good old fashioned Cold War shenanigans. Not to mention a villains lair that couldn't be spotted in two minutes on Google Earth.
I don’t think a period piece would save them from that criticism though, because it’d still be a 12A rated blockbuster released in 2020whatever, and critics, distributors and the audience would still hold it to those standards. So, Bond wouldn’t be doing anything he couldn’t get away with in a modern film. That’s part of the reason I don’t want a period piece, I think it’d run the risk of feeling inauthentic compared to the actual 60s Bond films.
I don’t think we’re at that point yet anyway, where Bond is just too old school to work as the hero of a modern blockbuster. I think he’s still recognisably Bond, even with how they’ve modernised things, and the films are still doing well. But if we ever do end up there, I don’t think going period would be a solution to that problem. Imo, the only way to save the series at that point would be to up the age rating and accept it having a more limited appeal, compete with the likes of John Wick rather than the likes of Marvel.
I have to agree with CrabKey on this one.
I absolutely agree, The Craig era definitely had alot of Nolanisms and for the next era to completely different from Craig then we need a completely different type of director and actor and I really don't think Nolan is the right man to reinvent bond.
I'm not a Nolan diehard for 26, but to be fair nothing in Mendes's filmography (except arguably "Road to Perdition") indicated he could do something like "Skyfall" — bulk of his films were melodramas.
And 4 years of finishing shooting NTTD...
But it's ok, Barbara, Michael and Gregg need a break, because the development on NTTD was so exhausted...
I miss Cubby
We need Nolan, then we can expect Bond 26 in 2025-2026, without Nolan we can wait 4 years from now
I wouldn't mind Nolan but this binary thinking -- it's Nolan or nothing -- is getting out of hand. The man is a talented filmmaker but he's not the only Messiah who can whip the series back into shape. All these numbers ("another x years for sure") are being pulled out of thin air. Let's just calm down and see what happens; it's out of our control anyway. One day, some day, B26 will land. Or not.
Meanwhile, we have 25 perfectly good movies to enjoy -- or at least watch. Very few film series can say that.
Kind of. I mean, SF is a bit more low key and drama heavy as a Bond film. Mendes had done Road to Perdition and Jarhead which I guess you can argue gave a good hint at what he’d do and involved more action than some of his other films.
And honesty, Tenet was a drag. I still don’t fully know what’s actually happening during the climax of that film.
It's Nolan or the end of the world ;)
The risk is real.
The only information we have to go off are Babs and Gregg's own statements, and by their words there's no active development and its going to be a "long road ahead" before they begin production. Anyone is entitled to doubt their words if they so wish, and suspect more is really happening behind the scenes, but for the moment their word is still the most concrete thing we have to go off. If they are telling the honest truth then Bond 26 is realistically at least another 4 years away.
Cubby would never let so many years go by without Bond films.
1989-1995
“Why does Cubby hate Bond so much?!”
And he did everything in his power to make a film come out during the time. Hell he even had a script ready to go. Dont see anything like that happening now.