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Yes, probably. But James Bond is not a TV series an I would be annoyed by a finale so open to interpretation. I'd prefer a finale more in the vein of YOLT than FRWL, speaking about a potential Bond death.
Leave the "killing off an iconic character" rubbish to Marvel and Star Wars.
https://www.indiewire.com/2018/09/daniel-craig-bond-25-finale-cary-fukunaga-1202005592/
This writer basically says that Craig desires a very FRWL-inspired finale to his tenure and speaks a bit about the pathway the concept's taken from the original P&W treatment through the Boyle-Hodge version.
Not sure if it's accurate. But very, very interesting if true. Suggests that Craig & Co. are quite intent on closing out his era on a similar note to the one he came in on.
Missionary position? From behind, perhaps?
A FRWL literary ending could be just as appropriate as YOLT one.
You need to watch True Detective.
Vesper is extremely dead. This will not occur.
I suppose that's all sounds plausible, given what we've been made aware of. I'm down with a FRWL-like stripped back thriller, in theory. But they should commit to the thriller. Something like Red Sparrow in terms of recent stuff. Action is fine, but make it organic. None for the sake of hitting a set piece beat (i.e. no tacked on sequences that drag on while a building sinks).
https://autoexpress.co.uk/aston-martin/104715/exclusive-andy-palmer-on-apprenticeships-ferrari-james-bond-and-aston-martin
With Cary Joji Fukunaga just announced as directing the next James Bond movie, will James Bond still be driving an Aston Martin?
Who knows? We have a great relationship with EON. We’ve just announced the DB5 Goldfinger, so the relationship with EON is very current. We don’t take for granted the James Bond connection – it’s something that’s important to us, but we don’t buy it. I personally think that the best James Bond movies have always included an Aston and long may it be so.
+1. If something like that happens, I'd happily get rid of the Craig era DVD's as well. Wouldn't bother watching his films again.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6txpvq
My top three certainly have.
I think way too soon to speculate on the script as: a) We don't know P&W points that Hodge picked up on, b) We don't know Hodge and Boyle's other ideas that may or may not have been kept by EON, and c) Cary is a good writer who will contribute in small or more considerable ways to the story. The story (unless I missed a huge spoiler in previous pages here) is basically open at this point, unknown to us. That doesn't bug me. We will know more later.
I think we could possibly get some hints about new crew or locations coming up.
Well groomed, gone are the long manes. Seems like a top bloke to me. If Bond dies (i.e. not ambiguous) then I'll most likely boycott, too. DaD itself was a gimmick on its own, but Bond dying takes it to a whole new level. So that's that.
I'm not worried about tone or style. I think he is versatile enough. I expect a more serious film, but not a dire one. Realistic, yes. I don't want something that feels copied from past films, and that is one reason why I'm glad Cary is the director because it seems he has the confidence and imagination, vision, to go his own way.
It really is. Anyone who says otherwise is blind or a type of blind of his own choosing. This is a brilliantly crafted film from a (then) 33 year old director. Absolutely stunning.
+1
I think about CR/QoS and I'm still able to get that new special feeling of excitement that was 100% completely absent from SF and SP.
Killing Bond (unequivocally, at least) would not only mean losing proceeds from further instalments, but also from this one. No later than the first press viewing, everyone will know what happens to the protagonist, and no one (well, almost) will go to see their hero's demise. At least, I won't. I have no desire to see Bond die, even if it's within the scope of the last Bond film ever, which will then be the only Bond movie I haven't seen.
EoN hasn't really left the impression on me to simply blow billions of dollars (euros, pounds) just because the producers are sick and tired of the character. So, fuhgettaboutit. Bond is alive and kicking, and will be after Bond 25 no matter how good or bad that particular movie ends up.
The YOLT ending would be a fantastic way to send off Craig’s Bond—just as I’ve always thought it would have made a fantastic ending for Fleming’s novels. Bond is missing, presumed dead. He has amnesia and is being held a willing captive by some girl pregnant with his child in some remote part of the world. Then he discovers something that makes him slowly recall a part of who is, and without truly remembering anything of his past or profession, he heads off, directly into the clutches of some great and terrible enemy to rediscover who he really is. How perfectly Bondian. How truly Fleming. And it would go along with this whole theme they’ve been working on with Bond becoming Bond, etc. Then they can start wherever they want with the next guy. Sounds like something this Fukunaga guy would go in for at least.
Good to know you loved his film, @Birdleson.
Yes, we know, you never shut up about your love for GoldenEye, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day. Give it a rest.