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Perhaps this is an even earlier version of that - Nolan’s been invited to a meeting and ideas have been discussed. Maybe this was one of his ideas but it was a ‘off the top of his head’ note and won’t happen in practice. As has been mentioned it would inflate the budget for sure.
Honestly, if that were the case it would make me a bit nervous about Nolan’s involvement, indeed if he is. While Bond should always adapt/play around with its ideas/formula there are certain fundamentals that the film series should stick with. Setting each film in the present is one. I also think it’d show Nolan isn’t the same director he was during his Batman Begins years. Part of the challenge - even the fun - of adapting characters like Bond and Batman are that they can be updated, adapted and brought into the present. Each director and actor brings something different to each film. It’s an interplay between that freshness, the original source material, and what modern audiences want to see. That’s why it’s such an interesting series, and it’s a major reason why it’s survived so long. I don’t particularly want a Nolan in the ‘old man’ years of his career to come along and break this precedent, especially when I suspect the film won’t be all that fun.
I actually liked that part, pure espionage thriller with Bond being a real spy, there's a tension and thrill to it, there's Bond using the opportunity as being Goldfinger's secretary while getting some information regarding Goldfinger's plan and his accomplices, and he's sending those reports to the CIA as to call a backup, so while Bond was just acting and pretending, the CIA was already gearing up without of Goldfinger's knowledge.
It's a tight scene where I've felt the tension while reading it (still not knowing at the time what would happen), and it all came crashing down altogether in the climax when Goldfinger was planning his escape, I've felt sad when Tilly was also killed (it's another tense scene, thinking if Bond could save her, and it's keeping me in my seat, but she's killed by Oddjob before she could get to Pussy Galore, I'm sad, her death in the book was much more impactful than in the film).
I thought it's much better than what we've got in the film (I know it's iconic), but that part in the book was more realistic.
I'd liked to see it being adapted in the other film, in modern times, if done right, then I must bow myself to EON for that success.
Casting is obviously still up in the air, due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, but I've always assumed that comes after at least an agreed upon treatment and a director decision anyway.
Not sure where the 1950's Bond idea came from, but I LOVE it. I have only just finished the last book in Anthony Horowitz's marvellous Fleming "continuations", and he truly captured the era - the time of spies! And having seen Oppenheimer on the big screen, Nolan would make a 50's set Bond movie truly jaw dropping. Count me in.
I think Anthony Horowitz writing either TM or in particular FAAD, or an original with Nolan writing or directing holds some potential. EON should seriously look at Horowitz, for a few ideas for the future.
I agree, Jonathan Nolan is the better writer.
I'd go for that. I could see Nolan adapting Goldfinger as a villain again, for sure Blofeld. I could also see a story (not necessarily for film) where Bond and Leiter have to stop them together. Auric Enterprises vs SPECTRE could have a unique possibly, when set in modern day.
They’re not going to.
The expense to do period pieces are extraordinary; the returns aren’t great (and remember, Oppenheimer is an outlier, not a formula).
And if anyone thinks that Bond’s death in NTTD would confuse audiences, well, placing him back in the 50s and 60s would surely do more damage than anything that came out of the last film.
This is not a globally appealing concept; only die hard Bond fans would like this.
It’s certainly not a commercial concept, and no matter how much $$$ Amazon rolls in, we’ve seen from these strikes how greedy they are, and it’s ALWAYS about the bottom line. Always!!
One of the hardest things to pitch are period pieces. Why? A lot of work for little return.
This is a very suspect post people have been reading. This guy has a “friend” working on B26? If that was the case, I’d guarantee that there are 6-7 people working on B26 at the moment (and that’s IF they’re in these early stages):
Barbara Broccoli
Michael Wilson
Gregg Wilson
Casting directors Debbie McWilliams and her daughter, and;
Purvis and Wade.
EoN keeps things tight, and the circle of those working right now would be small and tight. So this “friend” would easily be sussed out. But then again, I’m going to bet there is no “friend”.
If I’m wrong? Virtual drinks on me!!
As for Nolan: I wouldn’t want him as a director, but I see the remarkable value (but at what expense? Broccoli and the Wilson’s make room for and share equally in the franchise with Nolan and his producing wife? Even though Cubby’s famous warning to his children has always been: don’t let anyone else screw this (Bond) up?)?
I see the value in getting Nolan, and I can also see why they may not touch him with a ten foot pole (especially when it comes to expectations (how much is EoN REALLY looking to give up? How much control is too much for Nolan? How much is too little? If they like his idea for a Bond script, but hate his exposition and lack of action and weak female characters, will he have a hissy fit if EoN insists hiring experts on action and character to script doctor his work?).
A lot can go right with a Nolan hiring.
A lot could also go wrong. So wrong that two to three years of working together could feel like a prison sentence.
I agree that I don't want a Nolan Bond at all, and yet I can perfectly see why he'd make a lot of sense to try and get from a commercial point of view.
Ah, ok, I read the post quickly and I thought his mate was working at EoN.
But, still very suspect post about period pieces. Makes zero sense commercially for one of the biggest commercially viable properties.
Whether this is true or not we may never even know: I'm sure they're thinking of lots of things which we'll never see.
EON should keep Bond set in modern day. They've proven that they are always successful at the time that a film is set in. IFP has had a mixed bag when setting books in the past. Anthony Horowitz had a successful trilogy, while William Boyd and Sebastian Faulks were ok with using the past in their stories. Going back to the past seems like a desperate attempt, hoping for the "Glory Days" of Ian Fleming.
There are two subplots that I would like to see adapted from recent literary stories. The entire run from Dynamite Comics' Felix Leiter. It would be a great subplot, and let Felix get some action that can tie into the main plot. Second, Felicity Willing and her food plot in Carte Blanche. She could be an interesting female villain, for a modern setting. Her plot is still a problem, in the modern era.
I'm guessing 2025 or 2026 as a release date.
@Colonel_Venus She and her daughter have been valuable members of EoN for years, and they’re a respected duo in the industry; I don’t think she’d be disregarded and tossed to the side because of her age. She’s a legend in the business and casting is an art unto itself.
In reality you might be scratching Barbara and Michael off as well.
It'll be interesting to see if they try to keep that up or go after more unknown talents, I'd welcome a lesser known villain for Bond 26 to be honest
Thankfully — this is all empty rumors.
After the NTTD debacle, I've never been less excited about an upcoming Bond movie. I dearly hope I'm wrong, but I suspect the next Bond movie will be even further removed from the traditional mission-based movies.
EON have yet too make any comments or given any updates. Till we hear from them, it’s all very much speculation. I’d take a big pinch of salt before I got carried away.