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Probably Alaska or the Rockies...but you could go to Canada instead.
The desert areas (Utah, Nevada, California) are interesting. Of course they already went there for DAF and OP.
As are some of the Florida swamps (if they ever do the climax of TMWTGG novel)/Everglades. They went there for MR.
I don't fully agree with the adage that things are bad whenever Bond travels to the USA -- some pretty good moments in the series took place there -- but I prefer the more exotic locations as well. Thinking about it, it's been a while since Bond visited the continental USA. Perhaps it's time to go back there. New York remains a fascinating city.
What about Mount Everest? You can't top that.
I C what U did there.
I'm not sure... MR topped it all. ;-)
Seriously, though, I agree with @Creasy47 that many awesome locations have yet to be introduced in a Bond film. And even countries where the Bonds did go in the past, could easily be revisited in some cases. I'm thinking about the likes of Japan and -- well, mainly Japan.
And let's not forget Japan.
Thanks for reminding me! Yes, I second that. Japan.
Look, we are joking, of course, but it's such a beautiful country and we haven't seen enough of it yet in the Bonds, despite YOLT. Just my two cents.
Alaskans don't like Canada posing as Alaska. Might as well film something in NYC and call it London.
Movies/TV film Toronto as New York City all the time FWIW
Indiana Jones recently shot London and Glasgow as NYC: looked good.
I watched Statham’s latest The Beekeeper on the weekend: all set in the US but perhaps slightly conspicuously filmed in the U.K.
It would certainly be an "All time high"
IIRC, there is something of a security zone around the mountain that forbids development etc. so that could be a great cover for a secret lair. Same thing with like, hiding out in a US national park.
Randomly, I think Bond might end up in the arctic in the next era the way military strategy in the real world is playing out.
Love it
Me too.
The producers could flex by moving production to a crazy set very North (maybe even in the actual Arctic) and the new actor could flex his extreme ability to.... brace the cold idk.
I wouldn't be surprised if they hire a TV director.
The weird thing about the fall guy is if they could have managed to keep the budget around 70 million the film would be considered a success.
I thought the final act of the film became oversaturated with unnecessary action, and it somewhat dismissed the breezy concept they had going. Loved the movie as a whole though.
I’ve heard a few reasons why FG didn’t land, and I can relate to at least one of them. Simply put it’s not a film I thought worth paying to see in the cinema. Not to say I won’t see it, but compared to, say, Dune 2 (which did do very well financially, and clocked in at a 190 million budget with of course a top tier director) it honestly came across more like a Netflix film/something I’d simply catch later. It didn’t feel like an ‘event’ of a film that I had to see. I actually had the same thought process with MI (it being the first half of a two parter - and truth be told I’ve still not watched it). Add to that the subject matter of Fall Guy is a bit niche (I suspect it’s the sort of film that appeals more to slightly older audiences who actually seem less likely to go to the cinema nowadays) and the unfortunate truth that often good movies aren’t hits and there you go…
Bond is at least an established IP and by contrast has an ability to drum up relatively large audiences who feel the film worth watching in cinemas. A bigger draw will depend on competition, and certainly they might scale things down simply as a creative choice, but I don’t think their choice in director will be affected by this. They’ll pick who they think best.
Even dune wasn't a smash hit, 700 million on a 190 million budget would have been considered quite normal in 2019, now its celebrated as a major win.
Really since 2021 only a dozen or so films have been true breakout success stories on the level a SP/Bond sized production needs to be to turn a profit. Avatar, Barbie, Top Gun, Oppenhiemer, Super Mario, Guardians of the Galaxy, a few others. The question is, does Bond 26 still land with the much needed under 25 demographic, or it is more like Indiana Jones, an nostalgic hero for an older generation.
So many previously reliable box office brands bombing recently is a worry though. It's hard to see a pattern to it.