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Its actually Bond who says "Buy me a pint!" And I hated those lines too! Along with the cringey "For England James,"
That would probably never happen, of course; but if anyone could deliver something new and invigorating for the series it would be them.
The result would be dark, noirish, intricately plotted, beautiful to look at and incredibly sexy. Huge fan. Decision to Leave being my favourite film of the decade so far ...
Yeah, it was one of the best films I saw last year. He’s said it would be fun to direct a Bond film, but I don’t know how serious he was being. I think he’d make something really interesting, though.
If the producers are serious about reinvention, then do it. If they're not serious about reinvention, then why take all the time in the world, which they signaled at the end of NTTD. They killed Bond, Felix, and Blofeld. Might as well say goodbye to the rest of the cast as well. We'll have the music and the formula to remind us we are watching a Bond film, even if a younger, living Bond doesn't make sense. We can pretend the new adventure falls somewhere between QoS and NTTD or pass it off as existing in another timeline.
I would've been happy to see some of the case return simar to Desmond in Goldeneye or Dench in Casino, but it's been so long now that I think I agree, better to go with a clean slate and completely new version of the characters.
I do hope that M Moneypenny and Q are all in the new film though.
I like the idea of Bond being introduced already on a mission, but I’m a bit bored of him constantly calling HQ or relaying everything back through an earpiece. I think you could take this approach and omit M/Q/MP entirely. Strip things down again to introduce the new Bond (maybe through the eyes of the Bond girl, like TSWLM, but not a direct adaptation) and it gives you a nice sequel hook too, wondering what the new MI6 team and his dynamic with them are like before we follow him back to London in Bond 27.
I know it was Bond saying it. I just condensed the sentence to save time.
I hope so, too. EON is too attached to Craig, though. I think one of the main MI6 regulars will be back. It's fair, though. As for reinvention, it's the writing that needs to change, their trademarks have been getting stale.
Sounds alright, as well.
I dunno about this at all.
I mean, EoN and Craig had a wildly successful run, and no doubt the actor and his producers became close friends.
But the reality is, Craig's last film was released two and a half years ago. He's not coming back in any capacity, so it's kind of presumptuous to think he has such a hold on the hearts at EoN, that they'd bring back one of his castmates.
I just dont see the logic.
Whether one agrees, or not, they made a bold decision and killed this version of James Bond. Combined with the success of this era I imagine, from a creative and business perspective, bringing anyone back from the Craig Era would muddy the waters for audiences...
My guess is they want to do everything they can to separate what will be the next era, to the one that came before. I just can't believe that Fiennes, Wishaw, Harris will return.
As for the writing, I still see no problem bringing in the guys that the producers trust, to launch outlines and the first couple of drafts. Once again, things like the invisible car (that we got in the film), and Brofeld, came from others... And, to repeat myself: once any writer on any big tentpole film, starts to work on the outlines and scripts, they do so with the producer/studio notes already guiding them (before pen hits paper...)...
I'm sorry for repeating myself. Some things do need to change for the future.
I agree but they will be organic.
Like other companies, in film, tv and stage, often producers feel their ideas are best in the hands of people they trust.
If anyone can coax a passable performance out of Cavill, it is probably Tarantino.
The problem with a one-off is that if they do it well, we will eternally regret that there was never another one. OHMSS... Sigh.
A commitment to this timeframe, and number of films, also expands the age range of potential actors, with early 40’s back in play.
For what it’s worth, I don’t think further long term planning would have benefitted the Craig era. I suspect they planned ahead more than we as fans believe (ie. I think on a broad level EON always intended for the Craig films to become more ‘traditional’/incorporate tropes and elements from the older films). Personally I don’t think the issue is that they later incorporated SPECTRE/Blofeld more than what they did with them.
Isn't that what the usual contract for a Bond actor is, a 3 picture contract with the option of a fourth, Moore, Dalton ( he got out of his through circumstances, the long gap with the lawsuit) and Brosnan had them, not sure about Connery and Craig?
That didn't happen for Pierce Brosnan.
100% agree with you on this @talos7
That timeframe gives EON the time to come up with a great story and script, and too make a (hopefully) great Bond film.
Because he was accepted the day he took the job.
He was accepted before Dalton got the job. :D
Yes, and that happened almost thirty years ago. I remember the day well, when Brosnan was announced. I was too young to know the man. "My" Bond was Connery, simply because the Connery Bonds were playing most often in the house. GE, in any case, was a superb debut for Brosnan. He helped the film, and the film helped him.
? They don't need to find a timefrime. EON is ready to make a new film and so is Nolan. Right now.
Brosnan needed 3 movies too. TLD, LTK and GE. ;)
That is true, haha. Goldeneye WAS Brosnans third movie.