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Indeed he does,just not in my mind.
By the same voice-over man who says the same thing on Hells Kitchen USA .
You could always start with a voiceover by Brian Blessed or something similar! :))
How about, right after the gun barrel, the movie starts with Craig looking directly into the Camera and saying "you may be wondering how i ended up here..." and then they show a little flashback montage
You are suggesting there is a correlation between Craig taking over and the delays?
He's thrown a kettle over a pub. What have you ever done?
Me ?
Instead we wait three years for the next film which, as much as I enjoyed it and as well as it did over here in the UK, I think we can now say is generally seen as a disappointment. It's regularly ripped to shreds when it's bought up online. A bunch of rumors come out about the lead actor which aren't fair at all, we all know the wrist slash thing was taken out of context, but they really don't do enough at all to calm down that bad press. They don't seem to making any headway towards the next film. There's some media attention though because of the possibility of a new actor. Finally nearly two years after the release of SP, Craig says he's back, in a film that's another two years away. Any momentum coming from how successful SF was is pretty much gone at this point.
I don't want Bond to be Marvel. I like that it's an event. But I do think it's a shame that in 2012 they seemed to be in such a good, exciting position. And the ending of SF showed so much promise as well. All those people who saw the film and loved it walked out of the cinema knowing Bond was about to get back to work "with pleasure". It really felt like the start of a new era itself, a shot in the arm after QoS. And they've done next to nothing with it.
Yeah, so you choose anything. If he can throw it over, we've won the champagne. And that's it. And that's the real quiz. Choose one thing.
Since CR in 2006, there has been 9 calendar years without a new Bond release (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018). If we go back to 1962 and DN's release, in order to reach 9 calendar years without new Bond films: 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982. 5 films & 9 years off vs 12 films & 9 years off.
1. From what I am reading, the delay on Bond 25 would be the result of Boyle's work schedule more than the shake-up at MGM.
2. I am having a hard time figuring out why Universal is going to wait so long to release the Boyle musical-comedy. That film will be shooting soon and likely done by July. So why the 15-month post-production? That is insane. That film should be ready for release next spring. Unless...
3. Universal has pushed back that release date to CAPITALIZE on Bond. If so, this would suggest that the Bond 25 release date is firm. Or it could be at Boyle's request so that he is not doing the circuit while in production on Bond 25 (which makes sense).
4. There is no way EON (and MGM) would tie itself to Boyle if his other commitments were standing in the way. MGM is hurting and desperately needs Bond. Any delay is like tossing money into the wind. The investors won't have any of it.
5. If i am wrong, and EON is sticking with Boyle and allowing his work schedule to dictate the release of Bond 25, then this idea of his and Hodge's better be damn good.
Choose a topic @DCisared.
Exactly. Rog is my favourite, but I’m not going to spit my dummy out over it.
Brilliant.
So the speculation about a 'release date' delay is due to a lack of an international distributor and/or MGM's woes rather than Boyle imho. I have said this before and I'll repeat it again, there's only so much EON can do in this instance. The international money man is important, especially for Bond because it's a massive global release.
Good post imho. I agree with you. They have underestimated the importance of 'time' in this equation, particularly in a world that moves this fast. Their mistake.
Havent a clue what you are on about,i'm afraid.
Or Universal are hoping for Oscar nominations/wins for Boyle's musical film, which Boyle maybe doesn't want to rush into releasing to meet the Oscar season deadline in 2018 (before going straight into Bond), so they decided to aim for the 2019 Oscar season instead. Sure he'll be done filming long before the end of the year, but he may want extra time for the post-production, which may mean releasing right after the Oscar season of this year.
Wow that's a hell of a difference,no wonder what @thelivingroyale said about the SF momentum is correct.
Very complacent from EON.
You are saying I have ? really ?
A delay on Bond 25 is mere "speculation," according to the Hollywood Reporter. In any event, neither Variety nor THR made the "delay" a headline story. Instead, in both publications, the matter of Bond 25's release was a throwaway sentence, in the middle or at the end of an article on a whole other film. Within the industry, news of a Bond 25 delay would be HUGE news, and yet it was "buried." That says something.
I think we're overreacting a bit.
However, it's telling imho that both reputable sources 'speculated' on the same day in a throwaway, and this forum's site has apparently confirmed that it has heard rumblings of a delay in the tweet from a few pages back (at least if I read that correctly).
It wouldn't surprise me if there's a delay quite frankly. There are things up in the air as far as I can tell (just intuition).
Now that you mention it, no one except the Hollywood reporter reported about the ( at least a little meaty ) details on the whole project ( meaning Boyle and such). And now they reporting on the delay of a project only they outside of EON/ MGM supposedly knew about. Kind of self-fertile news making isn’t it?
Unless the delay is related to MGM trying to sell itself and using its Bond rights as a selling point. That's what The Hollywood Reporter reported last week.
IF the studio is trying to sell itself, it makes sense it would delay striking a distribution deal. IF the studio sells itself (presumably at a good price), investor concern goes away.
I really hope there isn't a delay. Daniel has already overstayed his welcome and if they add another year to the production with him in it, the whole situation will be comical.
At this pace, I'm hoping Bond gets sold off. EON & co are losing steam, Bond needs fresh breath desperately.