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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/predicting-hollywood-2025-james-bond-taylor-sheridan/the-next-james-bond-will-be/
The same Josh O'Connor who just happened to be matched with Daniel Craig for Actors on Actors recently...
I feel it's more likely they were paired up here because of the latest Knives Out film they star in together, not because they're secret signaling who the next 007 is.
Instead of enticing a director and actor with a developed screenplay/treatment that needs retooled, the creative team (EON, lead actor, director and screenwriter) could work from the very beginning on crafting a movie that plays directly into everyone’s strengths. Thus (hopefully) resulting in a Bond film that’s specific and clear in its themes, motifs and overall design.
Putting aside that Daniel Craig’s first Bond film was the adaption of an already existing work, what if Craig and Martin Campbell and Paul Haggis/P&W were brought onboard Bond 21’s production in late 2004 to develop a screenplay and direction for the series from scratch?
I don't think people realise sometimes how thorough of a overhaul we could be in for by the time B26 rolls around. Remember, B25 wrapped filming in late 2019, when the world was a completely different place than it is today in so many ways. After the rollarcoaster the last few years have been, people are ready to turn over a new page, and the entertain we consume is finally beginning to reflect that.
That's not to say it won't be different. If I were a betting man I'd guess in practice Bond 26 could be a bit like the new Batman film coming after Nolan's trilogy. There's a lot of overlap between the two in terms of themes and the more grounded approach, even if they have differences. They're not a million miles away from each other. I can't see a complete 180 along the lines of DAF coming after OHMSS. But hey, who knows? I can't see the future...
I can imagine a scenario where some fans will initially believe Bond 26 is a lot more different to the Craig films than it actually will end up being. It'll obviously be a fresh start so that'll have some impact. Instead of a 50 something retired Bond at a very specific point in the Craig films, it'll likely be a 30 something Bond who's a 00. There'll be more that's inherently familiar (or perhaps 'traditional') from a Bond formula standpoint just due to that blank slate. Trailers will want to create a bit more hype/energy around the new actor so that might well create the impression amongst some of us that the film will be 'lighter' than it actually is. In practice the actual film could still contain a good bit of the Craig era's sense of fatalism and even re-adapt many of the ideas in there. Again, different - perhaps even in some very key areas - but not a million miles away from the later Craig films.
But the new Superman trailer does NOT care who played him in the past. It does NOT point out that it is a new actor, it is about the character of Superman and his most familiar elements.
I said this, way up in this thread somewhere. ;)
Well, it cares about getting audiences hyped for the new Superman and film (as every trailer/new era of Superhero movies would do). Any new Bond trailer would do the same, right down to the ‘familiar elements’. I’m not really sure what your point here is.