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if I had to guess, international distributor. Assuming Annapurna indeed, as reported, have US/Canada, and WB are 100% out given the Wonder Woman 2 release date placement, I wonder who it'd go to. I can see it going to Sony out of pure convenience's sake, Fox might be too problematic with 2018/19 being the prime time that things are consolidated in regards to Disney's acquisition. Which leaves Universal.
Sony previously partnered with Annapurna on Professor Marston & The Wonder Woman - exact same scenario as B25 would be, domestic with AP, overseas with Sony.
Disney have announced their intention to buy but it will take time to actually happen transaction wise and of course for the assets to be consolidated. I think by the time B25 is out it will be all done.
At this rate, we won’t have anything concrete until March the earliest, maybe even April/May.
I think a lot of people expected that, and I've no clue why. Give it a few months.
Given how long the distributor issue has been in the works and how long they've had to select a director, it's not unreasonable to think something *might* happen this month. But, obviously, it's not a cinch, either.
Like new legal issues?
You must give me the name of your oculist.
Bond is the golden goose and MGM knows it. They won't give it up willingly.
That is very likely before B26 is released. They tried to sell last year and right now it is owned by hedge funds.
Exactly. The hedge funds that own MGM are looking to "flip" their investment at a maximum profit.
Me too. Then again, there are times when I feel that was DAD.
I meant Bond being a straight white guy.
Ahh, I thought you were referring to tone or use of traditional, classic Bond elements. Though all those elements would certainly be out the window if they made Bond some PC-culture compliant bastardization of himself.
And it would not make any money, thats the most important aspect.
I am not saying there could NEVER be a Black Bond, but what would be the point? You think anyone at EoN worries about 'pleasing the SJW crowd'? Are they buying the James Bond Boxsets and Merchandise? Thought so.
There will never be a female Bond, of that i am sure.
It would completely undermine the appeal of the Character, and instantly kill off 90% of the fanbase, Male AND Female. Only thing that remains after that are casual movie goers. Bond is all about Masculinity, unlike Dr. Who.
As long as EoN understands that, and so far i am pretty sure they do better than anybody else, we are save.
Precisely. Where I have an immediate concern is B25. There has been a concerted effort by Hollywood in the past year to create female centric narratives, with women as the centrepiece and men as supporting characters, bad guys or buffoons. This has even infected the last Star Wars film. In fact, I've seen more films like this than the other way round this year. The one major blockbuster that did it the traditional way (BR 2049) was lambasted by the SJW crowd. This is all of course on account of politics, and Hollywood's transparent attempt to use its bullhorn to make a statement. It's all a bit too obvious for this viewer.
So my concern is what will EON do to play into this with B25 (assuming the pendulum hasn't swung the other way again - which I sincerely hope it does) given that they've killed off Dench M (retrospectively a mistake imho)? I think it's likely that we see a female 'equal' (either from another spy agency) or a complex female villain (watch them make her sympathetic and her motives understandable if they go this route) in B25. Even if they don't do this, I'm reasonably sure we'll see far less of the sleeping around in the next one, unless it's initiated by the woman.
@FoxRox The character is the character. If anything, a black actor might get the part, eventually. Who knows. But that's it.
IMHO, the discussion about a female Bond isn't a serious one. It's more an exercise in"what if," which can be fun, but it's not realistic. It's more "alternate universe" stuff.
I wrote a column a few months back in which I asked, "Could an American play James Bond?" which is a little more realistic, but it still was not a serious question. It's an exercise, a springboard for discussing which American actors have that Bond thing going. (I believe Chris Pine was my top choice.)
In any case, I enjoy the female Bond discussion, as an exercise and as a cultural study. The fact that so many people are asking the question is terrific, because it really demonstrates the social and cultural significance of james Bond. Notice, they weren't asking, "Could there be a female Jason Bourne?"
Barbara Broccoli was very smart in how she responded to the question of a female Bond because she wanted to keep that discussion going. It's good for the franchise.
Meanwhile, I wouldn't be surprised at all if principle photography commences earlier for B25. SPECTRE's post-production schedule was a disaster (a proccess cut short a month or more due to the Purvis/Wade rewrites). It is sensible that they would want to spread the proccess out to prevent things from being as hectic this time around.