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You're in charge of EON. First things you do?
Hi everyone -
First post. One theme that seems to pop of in various threads is the direction we want EON or IFP or MGM to take. So, here's a thought experiment for you: you wake up tomorrow morning and are the new Babs/Wilson. What are your first orders of business? For me:
1) Story ideas. The last two films have made ~2 billion dollars. Dip into that war chest to hire some smart people to knock together some ideas for you. Not full scripts, just basic 'treatments' with ideas about settings, plot outlines, action sequences, etc. Basically, I'd want a drawer full of diverse, interesting, ready-to-go ideas I can slot in so that I can move much faster on putting the next film(s) together.
2) Video game. Again, the Bond "brand' is as strong now as it's been in years. Capitalize on that with one last crack at a good video game. Come from a position of strength based off media and box office clout, and approach a top-tier company like Naughty Dog. Give them a long leash to create a 3rd-person game that combines action and espionage in gorgeous locations, and great character work. If I sincerely try and still flop, OK - I'm giving up on video game Bond.
3) The Books. On the Fleming side of things, I think I'd go ahead and give Horowitz a 2- or 3-book deal. Even if Trigger Mortis wasn't perfect, the man can write, and he should get a bit of time and space to make the character his. The 'Author of the Month' approach hasn't really worked out; let's give one writer a more secure tenure and see how it goes.
4) Expand the Bond Universe. More movies, no. But I think that now's a good time to capitalize on Bond's success in a much bigger media world. 'The Moneypenny Diaries' on BBC1? 'Young Bond' on Netflix? Sounds good to me. Maybe this is even where we float the trial balloon of a female 00, who could have a short Sherlock/Luther-esque series on HBO or something.
I guess one thing running through all of the above is that I'm a greedy, impatient fan who's keen more for content.
You?
First post. One theme that seems to pop of in various threads is the direction we want EON or IFP or MGM to take. So, here's a thought experiment for you: you wake up tomorrow morning and are the new Babs/Wilson. What are your first orders of business? For me:
1) Story ideas. The last two films have made ~2 billion dollars. Dip into that war chest to hire some smart people to knock together some ideas for you. Not full scripts, just basic 'treatments' with ideas about settings, plot outlines, action sequences, etc. Basically, I'd want a drawer full of diverse, interesting, ready-to-go ideas I can slot in so that I can move much faster on putting the next film(s) together.
2) Video game. Again, the Bond "brand' is as strong now as it's been in years. Capitalize on that with one last crack at a good video game. Come from a position of strength based off media and box office clout, and approach a top-tier company like Naughty Dog. Give them a long leash to create a 3rd-person game that combines action and espionage in gorgeous locations, and great character work. If I sincerely try and still flop, OK - I'm giving up on video game Bond.
3) The Books. On the Fleming side of things, I think I'd go ahead and give Horowitz a 2- or 3-book deal. Even if Trigger Mortis wasn't perfect, the man can write, and he should get a bit of time and space to make the character his. The 'Author of the Month' approach hasn't really worked out; let's give one writer a more secure tenure and see how it goes.
4) Expand the Bond Universe. More movies, no. But I think that now's a good time to capitalize on Bond's success in a much bigger media world. 'The Moneypenny Diaries' on BBC1? 'Young Bond' on Netflix? Sounds good to me. Maybe this is even where we float the trial balloon of a female 00, who could have a short Sherlock/Luther-esque series on HBO or something.
I guess one thing running through all of the above is that I'm a greedy, impatient fan who's keen more for content.
You?
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Bond is the draw in the films. Everything else is, by and large, window dressing. We watch Bond films to watch him and his interactions in the story.
Also, the series functions as stand alone, so theres nothing you could draw out into a universe.
Now that TV is opening up as a medium with great production values, what about a "Moneypenny Diaries" (or period piece, or Young Bond, or whatever) that's 3-4 episodes long, nicely produced, and fleshes out another aspect of the story?
2) I would give the Bond game license to NaughtyDog and instruct them to make a Bond game in the style of Uncharted. I would inform them that they could shoot for the game's release date coinciding with the release of Bond 26, so they could have time to make it great.
1. Recast Bond and secure a director and writer(s) ASAP to begin work for a summer 2019 release.
--Minimized budget (still large by industry standards), emphasis on creating a strong villain.
2. Bring back the James Bond video game series with a new partnership outside of EA or Activision.
3. Court an author and publisher for a series of 3 books. This will be the model going forward.
4. Increase social media and YouTube presence by hiring a knowledgeable host to create a weekly or bi-weekly series going through the James Bond archived collection of props and materials from EON.
5. Consider a Felix Leiter television series on Netflix, BBC, or HBO with indirect ties to the film franchise. This Felix Leiter will appear in Bond films if the story calls for it. First episode is 007 in New York starring the Bond actor, series goes on without trying to include 007 from there, though he may appear occasionally.
Mr Wint and Mr Kidd go about their usual business, and in very episode there is some new way of killing plus the law is of course after them. Maybe introduce some romance problems somewhere along the way.
Max saves the day the way only he can in various dramas, where he will repeat some vital information in every episode, but not limiting his involvement to that. He is owned by a family with a child in the appropriate age.
I would watch the heck out of that.
Or Clifton James and Angelina Jolie.quote="BMW_with_missiles;602454" I would watch her heck. ]
it, Dr Pepper ? ;)
JW films a bukkake video.
well, that's one of the more upsetting images i've had in while. . .
I apologise to all for putting that image in your heads.
That said the depravity of the Internet knows no bounds and I'm sure there's a market for it out there, albeit pretty niche.
You mean Jurassic Park? That's the name of the series, Jurassic World is only the title of the fourth installment.
I might be wrong but at some stage I can see that EON might just have to diversify their product and the Felix Leiter TV series or even a film that Bond might have periphery involvement doesn't sound so horrifying.
I know some of us would like to see Bond stay pure to the core but as time goes on and the likelihood of something happening when new blood takes over.
Once the show was done I'd have a spinoff, focusing on Blofeld's origins. It'd begin shortly before his final confrontation with Bond in YOLT (as seen in the show), he knows he's likely going to die so he looks back on his life. It'd be a rise to power type story. It'd briefly cover his background and from there you could tell a lot of interesting stories with his dealings in World War 2, his work with his private intelligence agency and eventually the formation of SPECTRE. At the very least could be a great mini series or single season.
The films I'd want out more frequently. I'd leave SP as the end to the Craig era and do a soft reboot (so not an origin story or anything drastic, just a new Bond and a change of direction ala TLD, GE) with a new actor. Wishaw would stay on as Q. I'd ditch Aston Martin and maybe Tom Ford too as part of an initiative to freshen things up. I'd get David Arnold back. For the theme songs I'd focus less on what'd sell records and more on getting interesting artists. I'd strip the budget back. The new actors first film I'd want to be an intense, bare bones crime thriller esque Bond film, sort of a modern, harder edged, more interesting LALD, directed by either Gareth Evans (and written by him), or Martin Campbell. Get David Arnold back too.
The novels are IFP's territory not sure EON have any say over them. I'd give the video game licence to a quality developer who would treat it with respect and make their own, original take on Bond (I didn't enjoy any of the sequels to Aslyum but the Arkham games is really the best comparison in terms of what I mean), completely separate from the films.
Obviously I know that the job isn't actually that easy, but in an ideal world those are the sort of decisions I'd make.
2. Add a clause to said contract that the same punishment applies if you re-hire any of Thomas Newman, John Logan or Sam Mendes.
3. Add another clause that the same applies if you let the director piss around with the GB again.
4. Add another clause that the same applies if you let the DB5 appear ever again.
All good enough clauses there but a hit man contract is a void contract through being illegal. In other words it was never a contract to begin with. :D
Good point.
Probably need to draw it up under Russian or Colombian jurisdiction as I imagine its properly legislated there with hit man sick pay, paternity rights, annual leave, unions etc.
The contract is useless too, since the thread title is 'You're in charge of EON.', so @Wiz is basically hiring a hit man to kill himself if he were to do break his own contract. ;)