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Brave new world. ;)
It's not Blofeld's plot.
"Craig's Bond is brought out of retirement to work alongside the female special agent to save the world from a villain who has developed a deadly algae which threatens to kill the world's oceans – a nod to the concerns of climate campaigners."
Ties in with that last report of an Algae Farm. Does sound plausible amongst Blofeld's Virus Omega plot
Yes I understand that, believe me. I am just speaking in comparison to his plot.
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1202470/james-bond-spoilers-no-time-to-die-daniel-craig-writer-tease-movie-scott-z-burns
Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk , Burns said: “I think Daniel [Craig] has been an incredible custodian of that character and I think for the people who like the direction he has taken it, they are going to really love what happens next.”
He added: “It’s fun for me because a few years ago I got to write a Jason Bourne movie and they’re definitely opposite sides of the same coin.
“So I’m thrilled to have had a chance to contribute to the other side of the coin.”
Burns, while not revealing any plot points, said director Fukunaga had a “clear vision” for the Bond 25 movie, and instilled in both Burns and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who was brought on in April 2019 to edit the script, a sense of what direction they were to move in.
Asked what state the script was in when he arrived on it, Burns said: “It was in a completely reasonable state.
“Cary [Jojo Fukunaga, the director] had a very clear vision of what he wanted to do and I think what he encouraged me to do and then after I left, Phoebe, was to continue to push us towards something that both continued the time honoured traditions of Bond, but also continued to ground it in a world which we live in.
“That was what was exciting to me about going to work on it. Cary and Daniel and Barbara [Broccoli, one of the producers of Bond] all recognised that that was where they wanted to take this episode.”
The most reassuring thing in the last 4 years, you mean ;)
Absolutely.
I have rather more faith in Fukunaga, but I think it's probably worth tempering expectations at this point.
Yes, very well put. Wish we could have a glimpse of said vision, though. I've smelled a rat instantly when I saw DUD's teaser trailer. Oh well, bring on December.
The end.
There is every chance this film is a mess. They were writing the script in pre-production after all
Well I don't think I am actually impressed by tamahori work even before bond but fukunaga did something (true detective/beast of no nation) which gave me hope, so there's that. Another thing is he himself haven't spoken much about the film as much as other writer or cast. I feel he is the kind of guy who let his work speak for him.
I agree, those weren't Cary's words, but Burns's. We can only judge Cary on his previous work which is very solid (Tamahori, not so much). I am still suprised and curious that he chose to do THIS with his career. He could have done so many other things. And i think even Barbara and Michael must have been cautions about this new hot shot who never did a multi million dollar action film, if he hadn't convinced them with a great idea, or great passion for his take on a Bond film.
I don´t mean this in a negative way at all, I just try to be reasonable.
Well said, i would also like to know how he approached/got the job/ impress Barbara considering he is still very young and Haven't directed anything like this before. He also said he left and PWB stayed after that which means PWB has put more input than him.
Well it was reassuring for me because I didn't see much of his work when he was announced except True detective. Saw his other works recently and just after that this and PWB interview came along.
Another thing, can anyone confirm if this Cary official YouTube page?
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnqo0HHMi4T0DblnG5nrlDw
I'm a Fukunaga admirer, I'll admit to that. But I've learned to temper my expectations.
Not for me mate. Only decent film he made was the Edge. I don't like his way of using slow motion techniques into the film. Fukunaga kind of reminds me of Terence young and he is still very young to compare with such a brilliant director i know but still.
I can't remember the Brosnan pre-production cycles as i was in my teens, and didn't follow any forums back then.
But as far as Craig films go, i would say i am mildly optimistic, which is comparable to how i felt pre CR and SF. I was too optimistic about QoS because CR build up so much expectations, and i absolutely loved Forsters films that i watched in preparation.
And i was extremely optimistic about Spectre because i loved Skyfall so much.
But with both CR and SF, i really didn't know what to expect.
We have 4 Craig films now that, in my opinion, range from amazing (CR, SF) to solid (QoS) to mediocre (take a guess), that's the spectrum we're working with here. And NTTD could fall in any of those categories. But knowing that it potentially COULD fall in the "amazing" category is exciting enough for me.
Looks fanmade to me
The impression I get from Burns, watching and reading interviews is that he is not one to use hyperbole. If he believes something is good, he says so. I think his comments provide us with the best insight into the film we are getting. What I read from them is this is a Cary Fukunaga story that will tie in all the other Craig bond films. The style will be similar to previous Craig bonds and not just a rehash of the classic bond formula. I am happy for both of these things to occur.
He was rather invisible. :-?
The SP script had more pages.
How many pages did that script have again?
Usually, but with films that have a considerable amount of action in them, the rule kind of goes out the window.