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I don't know him, but I think Bill was just messing around
I dunno, I’m biased, but he seems to bitch about BB and Craig on podcasts and on his own blog. If it is humour, it’s become humourless when that’s his one-note joke. It’s been repeated, seemingly, any chance he gets. I find myself listening to him and rolling my eyeballs.
But, I don’t know the guy, I don’t know what’s running through his head, and so it could just be me, and I may be sensing a bitterness about him that I’m imagining.
There’s something I do find quite off-putting about him.
"Somehow Bond returned."
And not because of Craig, but because that would surely mean the scooby gang and soap opera ethos would be back.
He has a tendency to be very nitpicky even over things he actually likes, which originally gave me an initial impression of him being negative. I was actually surprised that he gave NTTD an A- grade, because it seemed like he had more complaints than compliments but I guess that’s how he expresses himself.
I can believe it, truth be told. There’s a couple of ways to do it, and it ties with Bond in the books ‘dying’ as well. It may even have been lightly planned — hence no contradiction in ‘James Bond’ will return. I am also in mind of the Tv series Doc Martin which had a down ‘ending’ until they got pressured and funded into coming back.
Let’s not forget that literary Bond was thumping around into his fifties and sixties anyway. If they wanted to they could squeeze one more out.
And if we aren’t getting Cavill, most of the runners I find a bit naff, and would probably rather see an epilogue for Craig, and reinvention as the aging spy, family man, and how the hell he got out of this pickle when he washed up in Japan would a bit of a reinvention. I suppose.
And he was wheeled out again for the Omega launch recently… maybe he’s down, but not as out as we think.
I won't speak for Peter but I think mine and his reaction is more about the tweet being taken seriously in this forum thread. It is indeed a poor attempt at humor, please let's not take the prospect of Craig returning seriously.
Yeah, I don’t *think* he will be back, but I can see how it would happen.
Especially as we *didn’t* see Bond literally struck by missiles. Near enough, mind you. But you know, maybe he went plop down into the water, and since he already had nanobots he didn’t have to worry about what was in the water. Other Bondian Science-Fact explanations are available. XD
I think the YOLT setting borrow gives *just enough* wiggle room if they really really really wanted an Amnesiac Bond Identity next time out for an epilogue. Treatment for burns could even cover a recast, but there would be no point in keeping it in the Craig continuity, and the story has an ending.
Basically, I can see it, I can see it being made to work… but… should they all do it? Probably not. I think it works perfectly as is, and an epilogue would run the risk of undoing that for the sake of a happy ending. I imagine they might look at the response and gauge whether it would benefit the franchise though…
Bingo @LucknFate
Would people take the black and white 50s-set Moonraker one-off that's been pitched ad nauseam if it was Craig in the role?
...having said that, if they managed some one-off of an accurate MR adaptation like that, I'd be all in. I'd kill to see all the novels get the same treatment.
Craig's my favourite Bond, but it's a hard no from me. We've had Dan's run, let's move on I reckon.
When the new Bond does arrive, I would love to see a thread that asks if our ideas about actors, titles, and storylines were accurate in the years prior to the film.
It's absolutely bananas to me that EON had 2+ years to get Bond 26 off the ground and now they are likely to hit another road bump, and possibly delay the movie until 2027. This is exactly the same thing that happened with Bond 25, they delayed and delayed and delayed and suddenly BOOM - pandemic. It they can't get a solid outline down on paper by May (which seems doubtful), then this production is going nowhere for the foreseeable future. It makes you wonder whether Babs and Micheal are even making plans for another film, or are they looking to sell their stake in the franchise. Micheal is in his 80's and Babs seems interested in creating a legacy for herself outside of Bond with other projects. Something is definitely awry about this whole situation and I'll certain we'll be in for some shocking revelations in the coming months...
Is it possible that in a act of desperation they revert back to the trusted hand of Martin Campbell to sail them through some testy waters? I absolutely love the man and his contribution to the franchise, plus his work in recent shows he still has his ability. If an 80 year old can be president, why not a Bond director, right? Campbell seems to get bond on a deep level, and I think being of the generation that would have grown up with the books originally has something to do with that. Maybe we should cherish what we still have before it's gone and we have to rely on directors with manbuns and translucent glass frames who skim through a few chapters of CR and say "wouldn't it be cool if bond did THIS..."
I have to admit, even though he's not my first choice, the stars do appear to be aligning hard for Nolan right now. The coincidences are becoming spooky, like it's written in the stars that he will direct Bond 26 somehow. Firstly the scheduling seems to line up perfectly. Nolans OPPENHIEMER premiers in July of this year, he typically takes 3 years per film, which means his next film should release around July 2026, pretty much exactly where we can expect Bond to be targeting at this rate. Also its true that Nolan said years ago that he had a definitive plan for Bond that he has been thinking about "since he was a boy" but that he couldn't do it unless it was a complete "reinvention", which just happens to be the exact phrase that barbara has been using in interviews for months now, that they are looking for someone to help "reinvent" the character. Then there is the matter of Nolan not having played around with a franchise since Batman, and if OPPENHIEMER is the critical darling that everyone is expecting it to be (I'd be very surprised if Nolan and Murphy aren't at least nominated), it's quite possible that he would looking for something less serious to unwind and have fun with, which Bond fits perfectly for. Also, consider that the Bond films have been getting more costly and grandiose in recent years, and the pool of directs who have a track record of success in that arena is exceedingly small. Nolan would be a snatch for EON, simply the branding of his name along side the 007 logo on the poster would instantly guarantee a 300 million domestic haul in the US, and 150 million in the UK. The stars really are aligned for Nolan to become Bonds golden child in the near future.
But I remain steadfast in my believe that EON should DOWNSIZE and hire a somewhat quirky British director like Edgar Wright, who is distinctive without being "artsy" and deliver a solid, meat and potatoes Bond mission, a palette cleanser, breezy film in the old style, with all the bells and whistle, and a bit of the old humour amd charm thrown in. So much of Bond iconic stature has fallen into disrepair since the 2000's, revive those elements again for a new generation and the theatres will literally be shaking from the applause and hollering of fans young and old.
Which then leads to another question: What would your reaction be, if at some point this year the announcement was made: Christopher Nolan will direct Tom Hardy as James Bond. Both of them are contracted to do one film.
I was about to shoot down this idea, since Tom Hardy is basically 50 and would have no longevity in the role, but if it was a 1 film arc, like a 3 hour epic and they just hand over as much creative control to Nolan as possible knowing they will scrub everything, then perhaps it could work...
I'm kinda convinced that if it IS Nolan, and the rumours ATJ meeting with EON were true (and they went well), then it's almost CERTAIN he is the next Bond, because it would please all parties. Nolan is at the level now where he won't just accept any actor being thrown his way without any input (WB begged Nolan to hire Dicaprio as the riddler for Rises for instance, he refused them), and I get the feeling like babs is keen on ATJ, because he has a lot of same qualities as Craig, which is clearly her vision of Bond, but is different ENOUGH to not come off like a clone, or craig 2.0, and ATJ worked with Nolan on TENET who has shown great loyalty to his actors in the past. I think it could be a bit like he situation with Craig "hiring" mendes for Skyfall but in reverse, the director putting in a good word for the actor, and being the tiebreaker which ultimately solidifies the direction they take.
ofcourse this is just my personal speculation, but that's all we can do at this stage, and possibly for some time to come...
But personally, I believe Babs and Mike when they say they haven't made any progress. I think if we're lucky we'll get a release date by the end of the year.
If there's a writers strike we might not have any updates until next year. They can hardly move forward without a single word on the page, I think they learned their lesson from quantum.
Quite right.
I don't know about any of that, but I do know that the new hogwarts legacy game has revitalised interest in the Harry Potter franchise, and they actually found that sales of the books increased in the wake of the games release, so its possible (if the game is good, that is).
(A possible middle ground would be to include a model of the film actor in the game as additional content. We've long speculated whether the first six Bonds will be in the game. I think that's rather unlikely due to rights issues, but a deal could easily be struck with the current actor).