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One hopes that a nearly complete and agreeable, if not great, script will be in place when filming for Bond 26 starts. But the fact is that on many (most?) productions of this scale, the script is in constant flux. It’s not ideal but it’s not uncommon. This is one reason why experienced producers are so very important.
Bond still belongs to them as much as it did before, there's as much chance of them doing that now as there was previously, even less really as professional courtesy is involved now. Plus the Broccolis have never been outspoken types: I'd love to know more of what they're like but we likely never will. I guess it's possible there's some sort of clause in there, if that's something these film deals have.
As you say, Eon aren't involved. That's just another company which Broccoli and Wilson own at this point, much like Chitty Productions or whatever: nothing to do with Bond anymore. BB & MW co-own this new venture which owns Bond, presumably that'll make them exec producers on B26.
A billion for a film as big as this is the target. Just as large films throughout the 80s and 90s set their sights on grossing $100,000,000 domestically (U.S.). It’s not guaranteed but it’s the goal, and Amazon is already doing their best to achieve this goal in hiring two producers who have multiple billion-dollar franchises/films on their CV’s.
Broccoli and Wilson still have a stake in Bond, so they will want it to be successful and profitable. They wont bad mouth it publicly.
That’s fine. Like I said they should be trying to make the best, most successful Bond film they can (although chasing success in this way doesn’t always lead to that). But from our perspective I don’t think we can predict that number yet. No one can at this stage.
I will say they've done the best case things so far. I'm still quite cautious about what we'll get though.
And there is always the possibility they make an absolutely great 007 film.
Whether one loves, hates or has mixed feelings on the Craig era, it raised the game for Bond artistically and financially. Each new Bond film since Casino Royale holds so much promise and anticipation. Every Bond film in the Craig era felt as though it could be the best Bond film of all time. Amazon, so far, seems to be picking up the baton; we'll see if they stumble.
Whereas I feft that the films stumbled drastically after Casino Royale and hammered the nail into the coffin when they retconned the storyline and included the idea that Bond and Blofeld were step brothers. I think Amazon has the chance to reinvent Bond just in time. And yes, I don't care how much money the Craig films have made.
We're on the same page. This shake up has come in the nick of time. EON were sputtering on where to take Bond long before Craig left, which is why we got so many crazy ideas thrown around like Blofeld being Bond's brother, or a rival 007.
They tried too hard, I guess.
Anyway, It took Barbara 10 years to make something like Casino Royale so I'm not going to be too picky about Amazon.
This is it, really.
I'm all for it for keeping the James Bond franchise alive, and I agree with you about the Craig Era that while some didn't liked it (it's all subjective by the way and the opinion of one is not the opinion of many, it happened with many Bond films, even in the past) it made Bond keep moving in the modern era, it made Bond relevant to the new generation, I may not be, for example, a fan of the Roger Moore Era, but I can acknowledge of how it maintained Bond's machine running and Bond did survived the 70s and early 80s because of those films, that's the same with the Craig Era, they've all contributed to what makes Bond alive to this day, and I'm very thankful for it.
I'm not going to conclude about Amazon, not yet, after all, Broccoli and MGW also did their own 'one mistake and try again' games for so long, after AVTAK we have TLD, after DAD we have CR.
I will make up my mind on them after the release of Bond 26, but I would rather have a new Bond film, than none, at least.
I enjoy all the Bond films too. Even have a soft spot for CR’67 and NSNA,though I don’t put them with the EON series.
Be interesting to see how different the Amazon films will be.
As for the Craig era, I don't see it as too different to the trajectory of the Connery or Moore ones. At some point the films get bigger, and we get some 'crazy' ideas (they don't always work incidentally, or at least I'd say so). But nonetheless I'd still put two of his films in my highest rated Bond movies (CR and SF), and there's a lot to like about the others. I'd agree they raised the game for Bond.
Me too. Although there's almost a handful of them which are just nasty, DUD, NTTD, DAF,... But I do like them to exist amongst the others. There's stuff to like in each and every one of them. Would I rather not have DUD? No, because I like that shot of the Vanquish flipping over the ice, yes, that single shot. NTTD? I like the first half hour very much. So, I wouldn't loose any one of them. I just hope to feel the same when the next one comes out. And I'm hopeful that I will.
My feelings exactly.
Not a chance. Need at least 1031 days.
Are you insane? 1033 days and about 6.5 hours at least!