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As you say, all the signs are it's a new Danjaq so it'll cover everything and how Bond is licensed out to books, games, CDs etc.
I guess the supposed billion was because previously the Bond rights had been split between Danjaq and MGM, but now Bond will be wholly owned by a single entity but that is co-owned between MGM and the Broccolis (if I have that right, I'm not sure I've ever 100% understood it).
It's not just you, the audio is out of sync.
I'm glad that that Project 007 is still happening, but at this point, I had hoped that we would have seen something.... anything. Even some concept art. Just something to give us an idea of what they have in store for us.
While Project 007 is not based on any particular Bond story or Bond actor, I wonder if there’s any coordination with IOI and Amazon (formerly EON) to time the release of media packets, or a new trailer, with more substantial news about the new movie.
I mean, neither needs the other, but relaunching Bond in both gaming and cinemas may get more attention from audiences in either camp that like, love or are piqued by Bond, whose media interests don’t intersect naturally.
I also wonder whether Bond in this game will still be a unique iteration, or will Amazon want their new Bond on every gaming website, gaming magazine, hobby shop and retailer in the world?
Or, is a unique creation, separate from the movies, what Amazon is looking to test or model. If Amazon is really considering spin-offs or remakes, then Project 007 may be the perfect case study to see if changing the formula, even slightly, will play. Of course, AUF from EA, featured a unique iteration of Bond, but AUF had so many of the same action beats, and actors, from the films that there wasn’t much suspension of disbelief required from players. But Project 007 seems so much more ambitious and creative that it could form its own center of gravity for a ‘James Bond Universe’ all its own.
That Bond was a hybrid of Brosnan and Connery. Wasn't a huge fan of the voice. Caulfield voicing Brosnan’s body was even more jarring.
I think it's a wait and see situation at this point. Amazon haven't mentioned Project 007, to the best of my knowledge.
I don't think anybody has anything to be worried about. IO Interactive is also prepping Hitman: World of Assassination for release on the Switch 2 and they've got another original game coming out. They aren't a massive studio by any means and games have a much longer production cycle these days.
It's worth saying no matter who runs Bond this game will (in theory anyway) benefit the franchise and indeed future films. Bond has such a rich history in video games and it's been so lacklustre over the past decade or so that they'll want this project to succeed and get some new audiences.
I remember that being so off putting, especially because they had hired voice actors imitating Brosnan’s voice in the past.
Something owed to how late into things that Brosnan’s likeness was secured for the game. The AuF Bond was meant to appear originally (indeed he’s still in early levels of the handheld version of Nightfire and I believe Calvin Dyson found a trailer that had the AuF Bond in it, as well). I guess it was too late/expensive to redo the voice at that point.
Here’s some footage of the AUF Bond in Nightfire as well. These seem to be from E3 in 2002.
Then oddly enough there’s this trailer that’s also from E3 2002 for Nightfire - you can’t really tell due to picture quality but the Bond in this trailer doesn’t resemble either the generic model they used for AUF or Brosnan.
For the IOI new 007 game I hope they use the current actors likeness and voice to give it an authentic experience. I partially believe they have not shown any gameplay snippets because they are waiting for the new Bond actor to be announced.
Ironically, AUF was originally going to have Roger Moore come back as Bond. Same with John Cleese as R. Legal rights caused them both to be dropped. Legal rights have changed in terms of people’s likeness being used since then. We’ll see if it still applies to Bond.
IOI - please give us something 🙏
What's great too is that once IO Interactive has the template down, future games should come relatively quickly. Hitman 2 was released only two years after Hitman 2016 and that included money woes and a management buyout. Hitman 3 followed three years later.
If Project 007 is a success and sets a new formula and path for Bond gaming, subsequent waits shouldn't be nearly as long. They'll likely continue to tweak and improve on what they've got as they've done for Hitman.