Where does Bond go after Craig?

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  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited January 17 Posts: 8,543
    If there isn't a director available that EON thinks is right for it, then they will have no choice but to wait until one becomes available and is interested. I think it's fair to say that EONs focus in the near term is Othello/CCBB and building a working relationship with Amazon. Gregg did say that Bond would return "one day", which I think implies that Bond isn't a priority right now. There's also the fact that MGW turns 83 next week to consider.
  • Spielberg always wanted to do a Bond. I know he'd be too expensive and he's not the man he was but would you want him if it is was a possibility?
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Not Spielberg for me.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I think Spielberg could have handled a Bond film very well a few decades ago. The man is a brilliant entertainer. But I'm sure that boat has sailed now.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Spielberg? Sure. Hell, if it means getting a film ASAP, I'll settle for Uwe Boll.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    QBranch wrote: »
    Spielberg? Sure. Hell, if it means getting a film ASAP, I'll settle for Uwe Boll.

    That I want to see. :)) If Uwe Boll directs, can we have Steven Seagal as Felix Leiter? ;-) Imagine that... an Uwe Boll-directed Bond film. CR67 suddenly looks like an expertly made, well-organized, tonally even movie.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    I'll leave now.
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    Artists have a period during which their flame burns brightest. I feel Spielberg has moved beyond that period. He doesn't make bad films, but his later films aren't as engaging for me. I feel he has become the Tom Hanks of directors. Nice and safe. Nothing edgy or controversial. With him as a Bond director, I feel we'd get a Bond film that has the look and feel of classic Bond, but without edge and passion.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    If he didn’t want to direct an Indiana Jones, his own alternative to Bond, he’s not going to be interested in a Bond.
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    mtm wrote: »
    If he didn’t want to direct an Indiana Jones, his own alternative to Bond, he’s not going to be interested in a Bond.

    Yes, it is very, very unlikely.

    But he did the remake of WSS and he wanted to make a sequel to Bullitt. We don't know what he thinks now that he's getting old.
  • edited January 18 Posts: 139
    It would only happen if it was an itch he needed to scratch and eon agreed.
  • edited January 18 Posts: 771
    Seeing as the world has to deal with the likes of Putin and Trump I’d defo like the next Bond to be a Cold Warera style plot as we are very much in that period again
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    Seeing as the world has to deal with the likes of Putin and Trump I’d defo like the next Bond to be a Cold Warera style plot as we are very much in that period again

    What a surprise. A mention of Putin and Trump, neither of which are really relevant other than the fact they’re controversial leaders.
    EON has kept Bond relatively apolitical, and will likely remain that way.
    The constant need to mention Putin and Trump seems pointless and unnecessary.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    Benny wrote: »
    Seeing as the world has to deal with the likes of Putin and Trump I’d defo like the next Bond to be a Cold Warera style plot as we are very much in that period again

    What a surprise. A mention of Putin and Trump, neither of which are really relevant other than the fact they’re controversial leaders.
    EON has kept Bond relatively apolitical, and will likely remain that way.
    The constant need to mention Putin and Trump seems pointless and unnecessary.

    Why? They are the two greatest threats--and one with the biggest military--that the world will have to face, starting on Monday. We're basically living in the plot of OP.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    So, are politics fair game now?
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    No they’re not.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Good!
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    Something from the real world will leak into Bond. That's just part of the way these films are made. It won't necessarily be AI or a Cold War type thing I suspect though.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    It should come as no surprise that political comments or discussing Trump, Putin or any other world leader will generally lead to it being stopped.
    I know this is seen as unfair and unpopular decision for a select few. At the end of the day this is a James Bond forum, but mostly it’s because such discussions always, ALWAYS end in a big argument so it’s better to keep such topics off the forum and leave it for other places.
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    mtm wrote: »
    If he didn’t want to direct an Indiana Jones, his own alternative to Bond, he’s not going to be interested in a Bond.

    Yes, it is very, very unlikely.

    But he did the remake of WSS and he wanted to make a sequel to Bullitt. We don't know what he thinks now that he's getting old.

    Wow now THERE's a Casting Question ! Who could play Bullitt ?!!? And who could take the parts played originally by J Bisset and The Man From UNCLE ?!!! AND - which cars ? They're not supposed to be supercars or very expensive or modified cars...
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    Since62 wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    If he didn’t want to direct an Indiana Jones, his own alternative to Bond, he’s not going to be interested in a Bond.

    Yes, it is very, very unlikely.

    But he did the remake of WSS and he wanted to make a sequel to Bullitt. We don't know what he thinks now that he's getting old.

    Wow now THERE's a Casting Question ! Who could play Bullitt ?!!? And who could take the parts played originally by J Bisset and The Man From UNCLE ?!!! AND - which cars ? They're not supposed to be supercars or very expensive or modified cars...

    Bradley Cooper was to take the main role! Is it still meant to go ahead? I hope not, as it's hard to top the original!
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    As much as I like Bullitt, is this a film that needs to be remade or have a sequel? Why not a modern day San Francisco detective who may remind of us Bullitt? Come up with an edgy name and get on with it. Maybe he works in the same precinct as Bullitt and Bullitt's picture hangs on the wall. He's familiar with the legend.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Hollowpoint.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Bullitt is based on a novel, so could be adapted again (as many books have been) or perhaps there were sequel novels which could be adapted, I don’t know.
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    Apolitical=\=ignoring world events.

    It would be shocking if a land war in Europe and a test of the post-War alliances caused by rising nativism did not shape the direction of B26, much as "GoldenEye" was a response to the end of the Cold War or "Casino Royale" to the war on terror or "Spectre" and the rise of digital air surveillance. They don't name states in the films but they certainly pull from topical events.

    It wouldn't surprise me at all if B26 was about a usurper trying to take power on the homefront, and Bond having to take them out.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    BMB007 wrote: »
    Apolitical=\=ignoring world events.

    It would be shocking if a land war in Europe and a test of the post-War alliances caused by rising nativism did not shape the direction of B26, much as "GoldenEye" was a response to the end of the Cold War or "Casino Royale" to the war on terror or "Spectre" and the rise of digital air surveillance. They don't name states in the films but they certainly pull from topical events.

    It wouldn't surprise me at all if B26 was about a usurper trying to take power on the homefront, and Bond having to take them out.

    I agree, current events will form the backdrop for the story with the plot having some other aspect to it.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited January 18 Posts: 24,367
    You may be right, gents, but @Benny is not wrong either. Until we know anything about B26, we must discourage politics as a topic as much as possible. This forum can handle a lot, but politics isn't one of those things.
  • I’m okay with cutting politics out of our discussions. I come to this website for escapism; to discuss something that’s very near and dear to my heart with like minded individuals. It’s a way for me to set aside the ugliness of the real world; seeing all these political discussions is having the opposite effect on me.
  • echo wrote: »
    Benny wrote: »
    Seeing as the world has to deal with the likes of Putin and Trump I’d defo like the next Bond to be a Cold Warera style plot as we are very much in that period again

    What a surprise. A mention of Putin and Trump, neither of which are really relevant other than the fact they’re controversial leaders.
    EON has kept Bond relatively apolitical, and will likely remain that way.
    The constant need to mention Putin and Trump seems pointless and unnecessary.

    Why? They are the two greatest threats--and one with the biggest military--that the world will have to face, starting on Monday. We're basically living in the plot of OP.
    echo wrote: »
    Benny wrote: »
    Seeing as the world has to deal with the likes of Putin and Trump I’d defo like the next Bond to be a Cold Warera style plot as we are very much in that period again

    What a surprise. A mention of Putin and Trump, neither of which are really relevant other than the fact they’re controversial leaders.
    EON has kept Bond relatively apolitical, and will likely remain that way.
    The constant need to mention Putin and Trump seems pointless and unnecessary.

    Why? They are the two greatest threats--and one with the biggest military--that the world will have to face, starting on Monday. We're basically living in the plot of OP.[

    Well said
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    BMB007 wrote: »
    It wouldn't surprise me at all if B26 was about a usurper trying to take power on the homefront, and Bond having to take them out.

    Indeed, which is what Spectre was to some extent, and most Mission Impossible films play this way to avoid playing on international situations and potentially turning off any overseas markets.
    There's an argument to say that that sort of thinking in blockbusters like Mi or Bond over the years has potentially contributed to the ever-increasing mindset we see on social media of people disbelieving their governments and thinking they're lying to them about various things- confidence is at an all-time low according to polls we see increasingly.
    I think maybe it might be good for Bond films to steer clear of traitors or rogue actors in governments for a while: I'm not sure it's healthy.
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