Where does Bond go after Craig?

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  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited December 11 Posts: 8,452
    mtm wrote: »
    I predict that even when it gets a title, you'll be unable to remember it and keep calling it Bond 26.

    Only if it is especially unmemorable. ;)
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    edited December 11 Posts: 15,168
    mtm wrote: »
    I predict that even when it gets a title, you'll be unable to remember it and keep calling it Bond 26.

    Only if it is especially unmemorable. ;)

    But, No Time To Die IS memorable. It's the only film to date where
    James Bond dies!
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,252
    Benny wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I predict that even when it gets a title, you'll be unable to remember it and keep calling it Bond 26.

    Only if it is especially unmemorable. ;)

    But, No Time To Die IS memorable. It's the only film to date where
    James Bond dies!

    It's also the one that some members railed against without having seen it. ;-) That's something I'll remember.
  • Paul Mescal anyone?

  • I’ll always remember NTTD as the film that finally gave 007 a family rather than the one that killed him off!
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Until a new Bond is selected and introduced to the public, it's still Craig Bond's tenure isn't it?

    If so he could be a 20-year 007.
  • edited December 12 Posts: 4,295
    Until a new Bond is selected and introduced to the public, it's still Craig Bond's tenure isn't it?

    If so he could be a 20-year 007.

    Not sure about the logic of that. He’s officially left the role. There is no Bond. Longer gap aside it’s a similar limbo to the eight months in 1972 after Connery left the role. Or the year after Moore left before Dalton was announced. Even Brosnan left in ‘04 and there was no Bond before late ‘05. The only Bond whose tenure you can argue was still going during a gap was Dalton, and that’s because he hadn’t officially retired. Even then I’d go from their last film as the end of their tenure even in hindsight.
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    Until a new Bond is selected and introduced to the public, it's still Craig Bond's tenure isn't it?

    If so he could be a 20-year 007.

    I would say we have no James Bond right now, and haven't since 2021. Which presents a problem — who is protecting us from Spectre?
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    I’ll always remember NTTD as the film that finally gave 007 a family rather than the one that killed him off!

    Does finally mean you had always been hoping for that?

    Will the Craig era pick up twenty-five later with Bond's daughter becoming an MI6 agent?
  • CrabKey wrote: »
    I’ll always remember NTTD as the film that finally gave 007 a family rather than the one that killed him off!

    Does finally mean you had always been hoping for that?

    No. It means that for 24 films Bond had typically been depicted as a loner and NTTD was really the first film to change that dynamic, however shortlived. It was actually fresh and interesting to watch unfold on screen, and that plot point wasn’t something I hadn’t really expected EON to explore.
    CrabKey wrote: »
    Will the Craig era pick up twenty-five later with Bond's daughter becoming an MI6 agent?

    You and I both know that’s a pretty ludicrous idea now.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Until a new Bond is selected and introduced to the public, it's still Craig Bond's tenure isn't it?

    If so he could be a 20-year 007.
    We're still getting NTTD merchandise, so yeah, technically still Craig era. But there was a bit of a gap between Brosnan and Craig with the silhouette placeholder.
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    This was quite a bond like escape maybe he wouldn't be a bad bond
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    Will the Craig era pick up twenty-five later with Bond's daughter becoming an MI6 agent?[/quote]

    I know you are joking but rest assured that won't happen.
  • sandbagger1sandbagger1 Sussex
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    Benny wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I predict that even when it gets a title, you'll be unable to remember it and keep calling it Bond 26.

    Only if it is especially unmemorable. ;)

    But, No Time To Die IS memorable. It's the only film to date where
    James Bond dies!
    Casino Royale (1967)
    I’ll always remember NTTD as the film that finally gave 007 a family rather than the one that killed him off!
    Casino Royale (1967)

    ;))
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    Benny wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I predict that even when it gets a title, you'll be unable to remember it and keep calling it Bond 26.

    Only if it is especially unmemorable. ;)

    But, No Time To Die IS memorable. It's the only film to date where
    James Bond dies!
    Casino Royale (1967)
    I’ll always remember NTTD as the film that finally gave 007 a family rather than the one that killed him off!
    Casino Royale (1967)

    ;))

    Quite so ! In fact, ALL the James Bonds died in CR 67 !
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    Oh...sorry...I gave away the ending of a 1967 film. I guess my destination upon departure is even more certain now...
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    edited December 12 Posts: 2,186
    What hope do we have as Bond fans? I would say 2024 ending, means we're drawing closer to Bond 26. I would be very surprised, if heavy production rumours don't start next year.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    Since62 wrote: »
    Oh...sorry...I gave away the ending of a 1967 film. I guess my destination upon departure is even more certain now...

    I love all the (unintentional, I think) parallels between NTTD and CR '67. It's odd.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    What hope do we have as Bond fans? I would say 2024 ending, means we're drawing closer to Bond 26. I would be very surprised, if heavy production rumours don't start next year.

    Trouble is lots of us were saying this about 2024. Ofcourse it seems logical as it is that things will begin to ramp up, but what if we're in summer 2025 and still nothing?
  • edited December 12 Posts: 4,295
    What hope do we have as Bond fans? I would say 2024 ending, means we're drawing closer to Bond 26. I would be very surprised, if heavy production rumours don't start next year.

    Well, I'd say what I hope and what I expect are very different! I could be comically wrong here, but I don't think we'll get an awful lot of Bond 26 information stuff throughout a good portion of 2025. Not to say we'll get nothing nor that it won't be important if we do get something official, but if that's the case I'm expecting to wait later into the year. I'd be very surprised if they got as far as casting for Bond or anything quite like that, but perhaps an indication of a release date/official pre-production by the end of the year is in the cards (maybe). Still very much early days stuff but more an indication things are moving. If that's the timeline I'd expect a late 2027 release.

    I think if anything there'll be more to come out about Project: 007 which I can imagine being released in late 2026 or perhaps a bit later. Either way I expect it to come out before the film.

    Apart from that I dunno, maybe there'll be another round of ATJ rumours in 2025?

    Again, frame this if it's stupidly wrong in hindsight!
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    What hope do we have as Bond fans? I would say 2024 ending, means we're drawing closer to Bond 26. I would be very surprised, if heavy production rumours don't start next year.

    I don't want rumors, I want news.
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    echo wrote: »
    Since62 wrote: »
    Oh...sorry...I gave away the ending of a 1967 film. I guess my destination upon departure is even more certain now...

    I love all the (unintentional, I think) parallels between NTTD and CR '67. It's odd.

    There's some between OHMSS and NTTD, too, except switch who lives and who does not ie, Bond or his lovey-dovey. These are more explicit, with music, even, from OHMSS.

    Somehow, we don't get Bond jumping - in full racing suit - into a Formula racing car in NTTD, nor M's wig blowing off, but both DO have Bond's blonde daughter.

    A moment of respect here for Joanna Pettet - regardless of which production group, she is one of the most wonderful Bond heroines ever ! Would love to see her appear in an EON film

    So...there...did I wander over enough of the map ?
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited December 12 Posts: 8,452
    I don't need 100 percent proven "news", it would just be nice to have some credible rumours to chew on over the coming months. Just SOMETHING to keep the fandom spirits up. I've pretty much made peace with the fact we aren't going to see another Bond film until 2028.
  • Posts: 4,295
    Oh there'll be rumours. There always are. We've actually had a number of them in both 2023/2024 (actually more than I'd have thought for this point). Off the top of my head they included at least two ATJ 'announcements' that he's the next Bond, a handful of Christopher Nolan directing rumours (along with a claim that he'd do a trilogy of period piece Bond films), a number of other directors who may or may not have been approached/considered including Denis Villeneuve, Steve McQueen and Edward Berger, and a very random one about Paul Mescal playing a younger Bond with an older actor playing... well, an older Bond in the next film.

    Not sure what the next one will be.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    007HallY wrote: »
    Apart from that I dunno, maybe there'll be another round of ATJ rumours in 2025?

    Oh yes, it's around this time of year we get the traditional 'ATJ has been signed as Bond, shot the gunbarrel, will be announced in March' rumour, isn't it. It comes earlier every year!
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    edited December 12 Posts: 6,377
    mtm wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    Apart from that I dunno, maybe there'll be another round of ATJ rumours in 2025?

    Oh yes, it's around this time of year we get the traditional 'ATJ has been signed as Bond, shot the gunbarrel, will be announced in March' rumour, isn't it. It comes earlier every year!

    Well, if they ever do 007 in New York, they might as well set it in Times Square around the New Year's Eve ball drop. Like the opening of SP but with more tourists. ;)
    ***

    Leiter: "The bomb is at the reptile house. Repeat, the bomb is at the reptile house."

    Bond: "But there is no reptile house."

    And off to the races.

    ETA: news, of a sort.

    https://deadline.com/2024/12/new-chitty-chitty-bang-bang-movie-amazon-mgm-studios-eon-productions-1236201842/
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    As far as Bond is concerned this is more like anti-news, but I'll take it. All this tells us, as much as we already suspected, is that EON are not going to move on the next Bond film for a while.

    Still, it's an update of sorts, so I take it. :)
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I take it next year will prioritize the Othello movie with Craig and now this. If we get any news, I won't expect it before the waning months of 2025, and even then, that'd be a major surprise at this rate.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    As far as Bond is concerned this is more like anti-news, but I'll take it. All this tells us, as much as we already suspected, is that EON are not going to move on the next Bond film for a while.

    Still, it's an update of sorts, so I take it. :)

    You do realize that if they start this tomorrow (and they aren’t), it won’t hit cinemas for another four’ish years, right?

    Bond will be released before this.


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