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I don't think the 2015 release has anything to do with Mendes' availability / commitment. Both Wilson and Broccoli strongly implied that a 3 year gap between films was the preferred option, even when Mendes was apparently out of the picture.
A longer gap between entries is in line with almost every other comparable film series. A regular 2 year cycle simply isn't the done thing in modern big-budget cinema, and hasn't been since the late 70s. What's more, every Bond director since that time has complained that the two year release schedule is harmful. Longer gaps between films are the future.
I'll be 27 when it comes out though... @-)
/elderness anxiety
:-j
Nice to see I was right about the 2015 release date, I sure hope Mendes can do a 'Martin Campbell' and pull off a double.
I still say they bring back Campbell if he's up for it for the next actor's debut Bond film. But, by then, Campbell will be about 80 years old.
Not saying that they didn't say they preferred 3 years, but I find it a little too coincidental that this is how it's turned out. I think they suddenly discovered 2 years to be too soon after they let QOS get away from them, and apparently they were just fine 1995-1999 for this schedule, so the late 70's really is irrelevant and I also think it's more a case of a brother and sister who don't have the energy they used to have. I had hoped that starting scripts and production ideas well in advance would solve director concerns, but I guess I was wrong. Just my 2 cents.
Absolutely. Didn't mean to imply that Eon have wanted to run on a two-year cycle since the late 70s (only that the late 70s seems to be the point when that sort of big budget filmmaking went out of fashion in Hollywood.) Broccoli gave an interview to an LA paper in which she said that Eon had been pressured into delivering the films too quickly in the past and that they have finally decided not to allow that to happen (I'm paraphrasing) and Wilson gave an interview around the time of SF's release in which he said Bond 24 would be delivered 'in two years if we hurry, in three years if we don't' (again, I'm paraphrasing slightly), so putting the two together in addition to the publicised comments from the MGM report, I figured that 2015 was the preferred date.
I agree with you that QOS was probably the turning point. Rebooting Bond was such a bold move and it paid off so handsomely with CR, it must have been crushing to see the follow-up receive lukewarm reviews and a lower BO (especially as Eon and MGM must have looked at how successfully The Dark Knight built upon the spadework done by Batman Begins.)
Would be wonderful to have the films more frequently but I don't think it's going to happen so I've taken the philosophical view to accept it and embrace the positives.
I agree that they're enjoyable and, unusually for a long-running series, the quality of the films seems to be improving. But they're not really comparable with Bond (in terms of release cycle) as they're firmly positioned as modern B Movies. Same with the big horror franchises like Saw etc.
What else was said? Was everyone excited for the next film? It seems unusual to hear this news of a release date on the radio.
Yes, I was just finished my shift. I scrawled on the back of my newspaper: "Craig 4 October 2015 New JB". That was the gist of all that was said. It was on Heart, a London radio station, though I don't live in England. I saw no-one else's reaction. I doubt they ever listen to the radio as I do.
It looks like 2015 is going to be a year of great interesting blockbusters.
I think he will. He strikes me as too intelligent a filmmaker to want to get caught in a derivative scenario. I think he's well aware of what he's up against.
No, it was said quite dispassionately by a female newsreader, not one of the presenters. It just caught me a bit unawares so it was kind of nearly over by the time that I heard it.
Sam Mendes was great. But there were a few things I didn't like about Skyfall. I didn't personally care for all the backstory about Bond's character (I don't think Bond needs backstory), but I fear that that's what Mendes and Logan loved (and to be fair, a lot of the regular film-going public too) so predict more of that.
I didn't like the bits of it where it became too much like a generic action film (mostly the blowing up of Skyfall scene), and I thought Thomas Newman was a great composer, an interesting choice, who then mostly wrote a fairly formulaic modern action film score (a bit like Arnold).
However, I think that Mendes being new to the genre, and Newman having to convince people he could do this film, probably relied on the formula a little bit, and I'm really hopeful that now they're returning, having made the most successful Bond film ever, they will be prepared (and the backers will be prepared to let them) take a few more risks, be edgier, be more themselves. So I think all of that is good.
Obviously I'm excited to see a new adventure, to see Ralph Fiennes etc fit into their roles, although I'm still not quite convinced John Logan - great writer though he is - is completely au fait with what makes Bond tick. I wouldn't mind seeing a Purvis/Wade re-write at some stage... they know him pretty well by now.
All deeply exciting.
Skyfall had some of the most beautiful, truly stunning shots. I so want him back. That is the news I'll be waiting for most next.
I do think they will make a film that is NOT a copy of Skyfall; Mendes is too independent and talented and smart to do that. I'm sure he is well aware of many sequels that have failed. I am hoping that the story line through Bond 25 will be awesome and fulfilling for us lifelong fans. And I hope Quantum is back in a devious, well written plot.
So Mendes, Deakins, and the script - crucial. Another great villain and a great Bond girl and we'll have an outstanding Bond film again. Step by step ...
Wy do we have 2 threads? This should be locked really.