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This is from Gizmodo.
Btw, feel free to ban this account, cirmumventing any kind of ban will take me about 3 minutes, and I might even already have one or two back up accounts. I am not staying to cause trouble. I am staying because i hate injustice.
And even in the unlikely event that COVID infection rates trigger another wave of sheltering at home this fall, conventional movie-industry wisdom now holds that the 25th James Bond installment, No Time to Die — which has seen its release date shift three times already — will stick to its October 8 release date. Although Amazon struck a deal to buy Bond 25’s distributor, MGM, for $8.5 billion in May, the release strategy is still dictated by Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson, the chief executives at 007’s longtime production company, Eon. According to a person with knowledge of business practices at Eon, everyone’s expectations there have been adjusted downward.
“They’ve lost so much money by moving [No Time to Die]; the marketing has gotten stale,” the person says. “The Broccolis care more about the U.K. than anything — making it a big hit in the U.K., a decent hit in the U.S. and the rest of the world.”
Even in an era of rising streaming dominance, the movie industry is still a hits-driven business. And despite a recent report that North American box-office revenues plummeted 80 percent in 2020, hitting a 40-year low amid the coronavirus crisis, neither Sony nor MGM ever seriously considered selling Venom and No Time to Die to deep-pocketed OTT platforms like Netflix or Apple+. But if Hollywood has learned anything from the success-with-multiple-asterisks box-office run of Black Widow — which became the biggest hit of the pandemic era over its July opening weekend, dropped a calamitous 67 percent in its second weekend in theaters, and earned a surprisingly robust $125 million via premium rentals while still falling decidedly short of pre-coronavirus financial expectations — it’s that big movies can expect to earn around one-third less than usual in these iffy times. ”With pockets of Europe, Latin America, and now Australia getting hit [with a rise of the Delta variant], instead of doing $100 million, a movie now does 50 or 60,” a studio executive says. “If the business is off by 30 percent, that kills us. But Bond feels ready to go. MGM is a one-movie company. I don’t think they can hold it another six months.”
When it comes to Bond, Eon is crossing its fingers that the audience comfort level shoots up above 81 percent again and is “hoping for the $700, $800 [million] range,” the source close to the company says. “There’s no way they’re going to get there. But there may be some cover: ‘We probably weren’t going to do a huge number. We can blame COVID, do some business in the U.S., and move on.’”
https://www.vulture.com/2021/08/venom-let-there-be-carnage-delayed-2022-release-likely.html
Anyway IF Venom moves, there’s a chance that Spidey will move too. In that case, Bond would still have a chance to become the highest grossing film of the year, even tho truth is it’s extremely unlikely it will out gross F9.
Yeah that’s crazy. We were all blinded by the beautiful composition of the shot! :D
Video recap/reaction here at 36:30. If their reactions are anything to go by then we may have something special in store.
Given No Way Home's importance to the current Phase of the MCU with the Multiverse plot, I doubt that it'll move, as it'll probably result in a massive shift in release dates for future MCU films, which Marvel seems hesitant to do again. As for Venom 2, it seems to be less important as I could see that being postponed along with Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Yeah. GF is one of my all-time faves, but what car chase is he talking about?
I'm increasingly convinced this will end up as my favorite Bond when looking at both its dramatic beats and also the action/visual/spectacle aspect. Cannot wait to see the
At Goldfinger's factory...shoots minion out through roof...crashes into mirror.
Yeah that's where I get a bit wary of early hype-y praise like this: I'm sure it's great but I wonder if some of these folk aren't a bit overexcited.
Yeah I feel the same way. If rumors are true about who is in the Land Rover and it’s Safin chasing them in the helicopter the stakes will be insanely high.
Probably one for the 'controversial opinions' thread, but I reckon the FYEO and TND car chases are both candidates for particularly excellent car chases. Maybe not quite Ronin, but up there.
And way better than Goldfinger! :D
Not just a rumour re: the Land Rover Defender. You can see who it is during the chase in the forest via a screengrab
I kind of hope not, actually.
I love the TND car chase, probably one of the best use of gadgets in the films. So energetic and slick.
My impression is that the writer randomly picked GF as an example to compare with. As much as I love the film, Bond car chase sequences have long since improved, and I wouldn't consider the Aston Martin chase at Auric Enterprises one of the best.
Yes. I was being sarcastic. LOL. As @mtm hinted, that one doesn't exactly come to mind when we talk about great Bond car chases.
But have we seen any BTS at all shooting the ceremony or the location? I'm thinking somewhere in Italy but then again, how on earth did they avoid bystanders and bond fans reporting? The only way possible is that they shot those scenes at Pinewood