SPECTRE Production Timeline

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  • edited July 2015 Posts: 2,015

    You know what's messed up? Spoiled Bond fans bragging about the most irrelevant little trivialities.

    Wrong and confusing dates for the release of the movie were announced months ahead through official channels (23 Oct or 6 Nov, never 26 Oct anywhere), and now they change everything less than 3 months before : Think about those fans from far away who bought plane tickets and hotel nights well in advance to have cheap prices...

    We know that after 3 months explaining us that "a worldwide simultaneous release is pure genius from Sony to avoid piracy", you'll now explain us that "to release SPECTRE two weeks in advance in the UK is pure genius from Sony to build momentum for the US release" or some stuff like that. But please don't forget that you live with pink glasses.

    In other part of the world, some fans are quite sad they have spent money for nothing, and that they'll have to cancel the cheap plans for less affordable ones, and I think one should feel they have some right to feel so. No need to insult them.
  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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    Happened to be listening to BBC Radio 5 during the Ashes lunch break and caught an interview with Sam Mendes on 'View from the Boundary' with Jonathan Agnew.

    Anyone who loves cricket will love this interview, but more importantly for us, Sam discusses 'Spectre' from about the 23 minute mark onwards. He spoke mostly about the process of making the film, which was very interesting, and he did reveal two details about the music which I think are new:
    - There's approx. 100 minutes of music in the film
    - The title song has been recorded

  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    edited July 2015 Posts: 11,139
    Which is great news. That means Newman has presumably incorporated the theme as part of the score. Fingers crossed.
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    doubleoego wrote: »
    Which is great news. That means Newman has presumably incorporated the theme as part of the score. Fingers crossed.
    I wouldn't say presumably. Adele's song I believe was recorded by this time in the production, but yes, it certainly betters the chances. Either way, the theme will most likely show up in the score to some extent.
  • edited July 2015 Posts: 3,274
    So they've already done the score for the entire movie? Doesn't make sense, since they wrapped up shooting a couple of weeks ago, and have just begun post-production.
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    Zekidk wrote: »
    So they've already done the score for the entire movie? Doesn't make sense, since they wrapped up shooting a couple of weeks ago, and have just begun post-production.
    Probably not. Just an estimate. Newman has most likely already written the music, though.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    edited July 2015 Posts: 3,157
    doubleoego wrote: »
    Which is great news. That means Newman has presumably incorporated the theme as part of the score. Fingers crossed.

    Fingers crossed indeed. I would be very disappointed if it didn't turn out the case.
    Zekidk wrote: »
    So they've already done the score for the entire movie? Doesn't make sense, since they wrapped up shooting a couple of weeks ago, and have just begun post-production.
    According to this, Newman followed the crew on the set in Mexico and wrote the music for the PTS whereas it was filmed, so perhaps he wrote most of the music during the filming.
    If I recall correctly, Forster told Arnold to do the same by composing the music based on the script rather then the movie itself.
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    jake24 wrote: »

    Uh-huh! Time for Babs to get the check book out? :D
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    Zekidk wrote: »
    So they've already done the score for the entire movie? Doesn't make sense, since they wrapped up shooting a couple of weeks ago, and have just begun post-production.

    Mendes probably has a rough cut already and has ear-marked the sequences which wont have any music, hence the 100 min mark. That could also include licenced music on the film.
    Red_Snow wrote: »
    Happened to be listening to BBC Radio 5 during the Ashes lunch break and caught an interview with Sam Mendes on 'View from the Boundary' with Jonathan Agnew.

    Anyone who loves cricket will love this interview, but more importantly for us, Sam discusses 'Spectre' from about the 23 minute mark onwards. He spoke mostly about the process of making the film, which was very interesting, and he did reveal two details about the music which I think are new:
    - There's approx. 100 minutes of music in the film
    - The title song has been recorded

    Good interview. Glad to hear him talk enthusiastically about it.
    jake24 wrote: »

    We've heard that one before...
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    edited July 2015 Posts: 3,157
    Wonder who'll direct Bond 25, then? Of course, Mendes could still return, he said he wouldn't do Bond 24 yet he's doing it anyway, but this time it seems he wants to do theatre work.

    Hopefully EON learnt from their mistakes and will keep Marc Forster and Lee Tamahori away from this franchise.
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    Walecs wrote: »
    Wonder who'll direct Bond 25, then? Of course, Mendes could still return, he said he wouldn't do Bond 24 yet he's doing it anyway, but this time it seems he wants to do theatre work.

    Hopefully EON learnt from their mistakes and will keep Marc Forster and Lee Tamahori away from this franchise.

    Depending on the success of "The Man From UNCLE", I could see Guy Ritchie as a serious candidate to direct Daniel Craig's last, and slightly funnier Bond films :-). Christopher Nolan should still be in the running as well. Matthew Vaughn perhaps?
  • RC7RC7
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    Walecs wrote: »
    Wonder who'll direct Bond 25, then? Of course, Mendes could still return, he said he wouldn't do Bond 24 yet he's doing it anyway, but this time it seems he wants to do theatre work.

    Hopefully EON learnt from their mistakes and will keep Marc Forster and Lee Tamahori away from this franchise.

    Depending on the success of "The Man From UNCLE", I could see Guy Ritchie as a serious candidate to direct Daniel Craig's last, and slightly funnier Bond films :-). Christopher Nolan should still be in the running as well. Matthew Vaughn perhaps?

    No thanks. Don't want Ritchie anywhere near a Bond film and I don't believe Barbara and Michael would either.
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    Walecs wrote: »
    Wonder who'll direct Bond 25, then? Of course, Mendes could still return, he said he wouldn't do Bond 24 yet he's doing it anyway, but this time it seems he wants to do theatre work.

    Hopefully EON learnt from their mistakes and will keep Marc Forster and Lee Tamahori away from this franchise.

    Depending on the success of "The Man From UNCLE", I could see Guy Ritchie as a serious candidate to direct Daniel Craig's last, and slightly funnier Bond films :-). Christopher Nolan should still be in the running as well. Matthew Vaughn perhaps?

    They're not going to hire anyone who makes obvious Bond knock-offs. Assuming Mendes really, really means it this time, they're going to look for someone of that caliber. If Tom Hooper is interested...
  • I'd like to see Denis Villeneuve or Cary Fukunaga give it a go. I know Fukunaga isn't an obvious choice, but I think they could both deliver something atmospheric and Flemingesque.
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    RC7 wrote: »
    Walecs wrote: »
    Wonder who'll direct Bond 25, then? Of course, Mendes could still return, he said he wouldn't do Bond 24 yet he's doing it anyway, but this time it seems he wants to do theatre work.

    Hopefully EON learnt from their mistakes and will keep Marc Forster and Lee Tamahori away from this franchise.

    Depending on the success of "The Man From UNCLE", I could see Guy Ritchie as a serious candidate to direct Daniel Craig's last, and slightly funnier Bond films :-). Christopher Nolan should still be in the running as well. Matthew Vaughn perhaps?

    No thanks. Don't want Ritchie anywhere near a Bond film and I don't believe Barbara and Michael would either.

    Just for the sake of his name....he shouldn't be hired? I'm curious what kind of arguments you have against Guy.
  • RC7 wrote: »
    Walecs wrote: »
    Wonder who'll direct Bond 25, then? Of course, Mendes could still return, he said he wouldn't do Bond 24 yet he's doing it anyway, but this time it seems he wants to do theatre work.

    Hopefully EON learnt from their mistakes and will keep Marc Forster and Lee Tamahori away from this franchise.

    Depending on the success of "The Man From UNCLE", I could see Guy Ritchie as a serious candidate to direct Daniel Craig's last, and slightly funnier Bond films :-). Christopher Nolan should still be in the running as well. Matthew Vaughn perhaps?

    No thanks. Don't want Ritchie anywhere near a Bond film and I don't believe Barbara and Michael would either.

    Just for the sake of his name....he shouldn't be hired? I'm curious what kind of arguments you have against Guy.

    I can't speak for @RC7, but I don't know if he'd really get the tone right. His "signature" style of film making isn't well suited to Bond, and while UNCLE may turn out to be a fun spy flick, it comes across as a little too flippant and jovial for Bond. It's one thing to be able to do a Bond parody or a caricature of a spy film, but to do a proper Bond film, and take it seriously is an entirely different thing.
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    RC7 wrote: »
    Walecs wrote: »
    Wonder who'll direct Bond 25, then? Of course, Mendes could still return, he said he wouldn't do Bond 24 yet he's doing it anyway, but this time it seems he wants to do theatre work.

    Hopefully EON learnt from their mistakes and will keep Marc Forster and Lee Tamahori away from this franchise.

    Depending on the success of "The Man From UNCLE", I could see Guy Ritchie as a serious candidate to direct Daniel Craig's last, and slightly funnier Bond films :-). Christopher Nolan should still be in the running as well. Matthew Vaughn perhaps?

    No thanks. Don't want Ritchie anywhere near a Bond film and I don't believe Barbara and Michael would either.

    Just for the sake of his name....he shouldn't be hired? I'm curious what kind of arguments you have against Guy.

    I can't speak for @RC7, but I don't know if he'd really get the tone right. His "signature" style of film making isn't well suited to Bond, and while UNCLE may turn out to be a fun spy flick, it comes across as a little too flippant and jovial for Bond. It's one thing to be able to do a Bond parody or a caricature of a spy film, but to do a proper Bond film, and take it seriously is an entirely different thing.

    Those same worries we had about Sam Mendes. I heard on many occassions, especially from die-hard fans, that Mendes was perhaps too much of a drama director, who could throw away the fun of it. Even now there are people who are still criticising Sam Mendes for his take on the franchise.

    Same with Martin Campbell. Look to his non-Bond films, like "The Green Lantern" and "The Mask Of Zorro". Perhaps we could ask Cambell back?
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    I still think Nolan is in the works to helm the next one
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    I hope not.
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    I think we fans should be more open and less conservative sometimes. I trust Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson. If they choose guys like Christopher Nolan or Guy Ritchie, then I would back these choices....
  • RC7RC7
    edited July 2015 Posts: 10,512
    RC7 wrote: »
    Walecs wrote: »
    Wonder who'll direct Bond 25, then? Of course, Mendes could still return, he said he wouldn't do Bond 24 yet he's doing it anyway, but this time it seems he wants to do theatre work.

    Hopefully EON learnt from their mistakes and will keep Marc Forster and Lee Tamahori away from this franchise.

    Depending on the success of "The Man From UNCLE", I could see Guy Ritchie as a serious candidate to direct Daniel Craig's last, and slightly funnier Bond films :-). Christopher Nolan should still be in the running as well. Matthew Vaughn perhaps?

    No thanks. Don't want Ritchie anywhere near a Bond film and I don't believe Barbara and Michael would either.

    Just for the sake of his name....he shouldn't be hired? I'm curious what kind of arguments you have against Guy.

    I can't speak for @RC7, but I don't know if he'd really get the tone right. His "signature" style of film making isn't well suited to Bond, and while UNCLE may turn out to be a fun spy flick, it comes across as a little too flippant and jovial for Bond. It's one thing to be able to do a Bond parody or a caricature of a spy film, but to do a proper Bond film, and take it seriously is an entirely different thing.

    Quite. I'm not basing this on his 'name' @Gustav_Graves, but his canon of work. He's style over substance and makes what I would class as, at best, mildly entertaining films. His old producer Matthew Vaughn has proven to be a more adept, diverse and idiosyncratic director than Ritchie will ever be. Layer Cake, Stardust, X-Men: First Class, Kick Ass... vs. Lock Stock, Snatch, Revolver, RocknRolla, Sherlock Holmes... there is just no comparison. There are many, many, many directors I'd prefer to tackle Bond before Ritchie.
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    Guy Ritchie? Tom Hooper? They would be terrible choices. Denis Villeneuve or Cary Fukunaga? Either of them would be interesting! No matter what happens, I believe there will be BIG changes after Spectre. My predictions:

    1. Michael G. Wilson won't be one of the producers of Bond 25, although he will probably get an "executive producer" credit or something similar. Gregg Wilson will get a promotion, and will produce the movie together with Barbara Broccoli.
    2. Craig won't return.
    3. The first movie of the new era will be directed AND written by Christopher Nolan. (Which means Bond 25 will be the first Bond film ever to be written and directed by the same person.)
  • DonnyDB5DonnyDB5 Buffalo, New York
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    I wonder if Mendes leaving means we should worry about Craig doing the same. This concerns me...
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    God I really hope not. 8-}
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    DonnyDB5 wrote: »
    I wonder if Mendes leaving means we should worry about Craig doing the same. This concerns me...

    Well, the producers changing Craig's contract from at least five movies to "open ended" is pretty worrying.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I'd like to see Denis Villeneuve or Cary Fukunaga give it a go. I know Fukunaga isn't an obvious choice, but I think they could both deliver something atmospheric and Flemingesque.

    I think a Villeneuve Bond film would be great, but I would a Fukunaga Bond film would be even better.
  • RC7RC7
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    If they choose guys like Christopher Nolan or Guy Ritchie, then I would back these choices....

    They won't choose Guy Ritchie.
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    Guy Ritchie? Tom Hooper? They would be terrible choices

    I'm not advocating Hooper, but he is the kind of British director with an Oscar pedigree that I can see being discussed at EON. And what do you know, a quick search for 'Tom Hooper Bond' shows he is not uninterested...

    http://collider.com/tom-hooper-les-miserables-james-bond-interview/

    As for Ritchie, he's more a Brosnan era director. And I feel like potential actors, anyone who has directed an obvious Bond-like film is not going to be considered. You have to assume his name would have been thrown about during the TWINE/DAD era (funny how his then wife did the theme song and a cameo, hmm...)
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Get Martin Campbell to finish Craig's run with Bond 25 then move on with a New Bond and Nolan or whatever but don't let him write it. Just direct.
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