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If it's not Soderbergh however then I just can't understand why they didn't make the announcement of Craig a few days back along with P&W (if he has in fact finally made his decision). After all, he has been almost as involved behind the scenes as those two. It almost feels like they threw him under the bus, given he will be the one having to answer endless questions about the rumours in a few weeks.
Unless of course the director is still not locked, and the date announcement was just made to 'mark territory' out of concern that a ubiquitous Marvel / DC heavy hitter would be announced after Comic Con (eg. Wonder Woman 2 was just announced for Dec 2019).
Moreover, given the script first draft apparently hasn't yet been finalized, I wouldn't be surprised if Craig is still on the fence (after the SP fiasco) and there is no director in place.
Any other buyer would have a real problem, in that they would not control financing/distribution of any film they wished to produce, due to MGMs stake in the franchise.
Unless someone buys MGM maybe?
I can forsee a situation where the Bond rights can be packaged and sold off separately from the rest of MGM. After all, it is the crown jewel and there could be a studio willing to pay big money for the IP without the rest of MGM. Babs and EON would have to agree of course. There are many ways to structure a deal if all parties are on side.
I've always felt that the MGM business end is a big driver of what is and has been happening here. Hedge funds run that place and money talks.
Also, if MGM eventually goes public there will be a lot of pressure on them to make money from Bond, & that is where there is a risk of brand dilution due to overexposure with crappy spinoffs and what not. In such a scenario, another, more stable & diversified studio may be a better bet.
What provoked them to regurgitate some old news in such a prominent fashion is unknown. There seems to be no “hidden agenda” – maybe they wanted to ramp up circulation.
Here’s my predication….
• Bond 25 will be the last EON Bond film (I suspect they’ll sell the production company to a massive studio on the proviso that Barbara keeps producing them – essentially she’ll be the Kevin Feige/Kathleen Kennedy running the outfit. However, EON will be owned by a large multinational).
• For this reason Craig and Mendes will return. It’s a theoretical and “symbolic” final film.
• The movie will have a “Logan”-esque feel. Don’t be surprised if it’s Fiennes, Whishaw and Harris’s final film as well.
• Big reboot at the hands of a massive studio (probably Warner Bros with their AT&T money). Expect word of “cinematic universes” and theme parks, etc. I suspect Barbara will be the driving force but there will be a lot of voices in the mix.
If my predication squares up – I‘m genuinely unsure how I feel about it. But I’m willing to put money on this being the case.
In itself a ridiculous statement,especially from the point of view of a producer, who is practically telling his star: "demand whatever you want I pay it and be glad for it "
Wouldn't have happened to her father!
Many many reasons to never give a star that much power again.
Sorry I have to correct you, she was answering a question on whether a woman should play Bond, while promoting Spectre
“It's like Hamlet, who has been played by a variety of different people, including women. So presumably Bond could be.
“But do I want to be making a Bond film without Daniel Craig? No, absolutely not!
“He's so integral to the whole process that I'm in denial about anyone else playing Bond. Genuinely.”
She didn't really want to discuss a future beyond Craig as quite rightly in her eyes Craig returned Bond to it's Golden Era of global interest. I don't think Dan is driven by money, in fact he said himself Bond has made him wealthy and given him freedom to make choices on the creative aspects alone, and what takes his interest. Money won't be what drives Craig to return. It will be whether the story is good, is the supporting cast good, and whether the Director is someone he's wanted to work with.
Many fans will walk away alienated, many fans will be created. That's the circle of life. You'll always have Dr No up through to wherever you thought the series lost its way to console yourself with.
Well I don't call a new era plodding on with P&W no matter who is playing Bond.
Never thought I'd say it but if EON sold up to Nolan and his company then I think that might be best all round.
MGW has given his all for over 40 years and can't really be criticised. Babs seems like she'd rather be doing other projects or messing around with rubbish like diversity quotas and without either of them there's no one at EON I couldn't live without.
Happy to take your money on Mendes coming back.
Bottom line is over half the existing characters are his creation and I've always wondered why anyone worth his (or her) salt would want to pick up his mess midstream and run with it. Moreover, he (along with Craig) has been the vision for Bond for almost a decade.
True they may have no option but to get Mendes back because no other director will touch this clusterf**k with a bargepole.
The last two installments have made bank but ballsed his run.
I kinda want Mendes for Bond 25 now actually. They already have P+W and Craig coming back, we know how this will end up, might as well try and push it over into the "so bad it's good" category. If this is EON's last film, Let's really go out with a bang! ;)
For once, I'll live up to my alias. Mendes for Bond 25! You can do it EON. :)
Otherwise give me a full clean slate please.
Or end the series.
Turns out M, Q, MP and Tanner were also fostered by the Oberhausers and we end up the 4 of them and Bond sneaking round the Garden of Death in ninja clobber as they get their final revenge on Blofeld.
Tragic for Babs if after another Mendes debacle she tries to sell and the best offer she can get is a pair of used white Reeboks and a bag of Quavers
he got away with it in SF but SP is just so f***king inert.
if we don't want to burn a "new" director you could do worse than the marc "speeding bullet" forster.
just tell him to slow this one down a few notches. he knows how to raise the pulse and he can handle the action.
already a vast improvement on Mendes.
Overly Vicious Enemies to the Realm? Again a new organisation?
So they fought Mclory for close on 50 years for that?
https://www.jborbisnonsufficit.com/2017/07/26/new-007-museum-to-open-near-spectre-location/