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I know since I’ve been in the middle of it.
I’m sorry to say, you’re very wrong with your above statement.
Why are you being so level headed? Us Bond fans are supposed to be entitled and impatient about Eon not making these films every two years nonstop.
Back to basics, like this... ;)
Half of everything is luck. The other half is fate. We're dealing with fate right now.
None of which were actually good mind you.
As a member of the DGA, WGA, SAG and the AMPAS, I too am part of the business and am well aware of just how many projects die on a daily basis. Every project is subject to "The Death by a Million Cuts" but Bond is a unique case with a brand recognition and industry power base that few can match. And yes, I'm on strike right along with you.
Sure but we were pretty close to getting a Bond 25 that was written by someone who only started writing it in 2018. And had that person delivered a script EON liked, the movie would have actually been released sooner!
Of course, if they were simply waiting for Nolan, that makes sense.
And what about The Terminator films?
Honestly if getting Nolan on board means we get a film in July or November 2026, EON should just do that. He's not my first choice, but he is believer in film/shooting things practically, and he has a deep passion for the series. That's good enough for me.
Ahhh I was referring to the Terminator Films!!!! I should’ve been more clear.
Then as you know, with the strikes going on, whether EoN has brand recognition or not, they, like everyone else, is in a holding pattern. They CANT do anything (or at least couldn't until the WGA ratified).
If they keep waiting there's always gonna be another set back. It's like hopping on an escalator, sooner or later you just gotta go for it.
I didn't know stage one was casting bond with nothing to go on, my bad.
They're in a little war, at the moment, and they've been pissing and whining that they lost x number of dollars during this strike, and most of the head people aren't green-lighting any movement on many projects until the actors strike is settled.
Does that mean nothing is going on at EoN HQ? Not at all. I think the top heads are very busy mobilizing and preparing for after the end of the strike (when the head honchos will now be given the nod (from their bosses (who are busy working with lawyers to end this strike), to start green-lighting, developing and spending money again).
Remember that EoN doesn't finance the Bond pictures, they produce them. Which means they need their financiers to start funding the development of B26.
EoN can't start hiring anyone until this happens.
My gut feeling is than EON has at the very least a general idea of where to take things next, perhaps some potential choices in mind as well if nothing concrete. I seriously doubt they haven’t thought of these things at all in the 2 years since NTTD premiered.
It's just a matter of making a concrete decision. Bond himself makes choices incredibly fast: look how he barely glances at the menu and decides upon grilled soul for himself and madame in FRWL.
If only deciding upon the fate of the franchise's future were that simple.
If Barbara is on here, then I pity her having to figure out where Bond goes next after reading this thread for the past year.
That’s why she is indecisive, she can’t make heads or tails of what fans want because none of us can agree on what we want. Maybe the placement of he gun barrel, but even that can get contentious!
Plus, every time someone catches a cold or runs out of bread, they insist that she be fired. One would start fearing one's fans for much less.
I don’t think she cares that much about trying to appease fans, and I am glad if that’s the case. She should make the films that she wants and WHEN she wants, regardless of fans demanding her to speed things up.
+1
Since when did EON exist solely to churn out nothing but Bond films?