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That's right.
Plus, Disney makes *so* much money on the theme parks and merchandise that they come down hard on anyone who dares challenge them. Because Disney goes first in the timeline, Eon has the benefit of sitting back, watching Disney, and copying their legal tactics. If there's one thing MGW understands, it's the law.
Some Canadian director wanted to adapt FYEO, based on public domain laws. Not sure where that project went, if anywhere.
It's possible once the novels enter the public domain, a Bond purist might want to make a Bond film true to a novel and not worry about the familiar elements we associate with an EON production. Those elements are pretty well baked in. It would be like a Stars War film without the Star Wars theme.
Without the traditional elements we identify with an EON Bond film, we'll end up with something along the lines NSNA. Not a bad film really, it just didn't feel like a Bond film even with SC.
We'll reach a point where there are so many Bond novels of wildly varying quality, Bond will cease to be unique.
So maybe this long pause is more than about Bond 26.
As per the above, it’s unlikely for the reasons we set out. Danjaq/MGM would likely have a legal case even after the copyright runs out due to their trademark on the character.
With NSNA, McClory et al had those deep pockets but they also had an enforceable legal agreement from 1965. And critically, they had Connery.
Could, theoretically, someone try to do a faithful film adaptation of CR? Sure.
But every element of that film will be scrutinized by copyright lawyers, and anything that looks like it comes from an Eon film--or even a Fleming novel that has not yet passed into the public domain--will be scrubbed.
You thought the NTTD delays were long? Just wait.
Anyway, the Bond theme can't save them forever. These elements are a creative prison for EON.
What on earth does that even mean.
You can't be fresh if you depends on the brand.
Sure
Not really. It's just something that comes back every now and then for Bond.
To the question at hand. Based on the treatment of IP by other companies I do wonder if Bond would be Bond. EON does know what the audience wants and does their darnedest to deliver. They made adventures that demanded the big screen. If they go, does the new company want to narrow the scale? Do they want to create a "universe" of which Bond is a character within? I think it raises enough questions for me to say I hope NTTD is NOT the last EON produced Bond film.
You can bet the next era will see Bond taking a *ahem* back seat while an anthropomorphic spy car goes on his own adventures, finding himself in cross country races and chasing sporty female Astons. Returning in Deebie: Rather Stocked Fully Loaded; Deebie Goes to Monte Carlo (again); Deebie goes bananas etc. (this last one is the revenge sequel after Deebie's love interest gets drowned by the evil Jag with the eyepatch)
And yes, I will happily continue to buy the toy Astons released with each new film!
What if EON choses to re-boot the series again with an origin story of Bond?
If we begin from scratch again would the movie going public respond to this? What are the pros and cons of starting over? What age would you like to see a new Bond be? Do you think this is a viable way to take the next film with a new actor?
Have fun and think about the next fella and what the first film might look like if it was a "re-boot".
I think that's what they're going to go for. Which will be a reboot, but not exactly Bond begins.
CR was Bond’s first mission as 007 (I guess anyway) but it’s certainly not an origin story akin to the 2010s Spiderman reboot or Batman Begins. Bond’s already an established agent/professional/killer, in his prime, and is pretty much a version of the Bond we know. An origin story would probably show Bond prior to becoming 007.
You can do it I guess. We know for instance Project 007 will seemingly be about Bond attaining his 00 status. That’d certainly be different to CR if done in a film, but I can’t see it happening.
If you mean we go back to the point CR did (basically Bond’s first mission as 007, or even a very early one) then it wouldn’t be as striking as many are likely to think here. Forever and A Day did it. A Bond film could have a similar premise with a recently promoted Bond being sent on a mission. I’d argue that’s not radically different to even a ‘year 2’ concept.
Honestly, short of them doing something really weird like focusing on Bond’s navy days or showing him as a kid it’s really not a big deal.
I've thought for a while that you could even show the Double O section being formed for the first time; that'd be a new spin on it.
On a side note, in many ways SF and to a lesser extent SP are just as much if not more origin stories than CR. But that's for another topic.