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I'm keeping my rock bottom expectations where they are and then hopefully they can only go up once I see the film.
Very wise. I’ve been too disappointed in the past.
The rumors about it being a light hearted film further hinders my excitement. Craig is better in darker Bond films.
Probably because of this being Craig's last, or...those rumours of EON selling their stake of the franchise off after this film. But if things works out for this they'll just renew the deal. It's evident EON wanted to get away from Sony, hence opening up the bidding war after SP as opposed to renewing the deal.
If anything it's a positive. They've got a great rep in the indie world, they are still only building their distribution network in the US but the fact that they're essentially being MGM's new distribution backend is interesting. But I'm sure it'll be all good. Coming from an indie background means they are willing to take more risks and be more inventive marketing wise, working with Universal means they have more global scale with the campaign.
A couple facts I forgot to mention, obviously Universal is already working with Boyle on the Beatles musical (and I wouldn't be surprised if Boyle did weigh in on this, makes the whole PR aspect for him a lot easier if same team manages both the films he's got coming out within a month and a bit of each other), and the Sony marketing execs who worked on the previous Craig films are now at Annapurna.
Bounine - times have moved on. If some fans want major changes to Bond - the type of storylines we see - we need Barbara Broccoli to step down. I think the emotional backstory storylines stem from her. While she has ultimate control over plot I can't see a non-personal plot. The days of Roger Moore/Sean Connery type Bond plots - Bond without any backstory or "don't make it personal!" subplots - are long gone.
Perhaps the next Bond actor will bring something new, perhaps his casting will make B Broccoli and the writers reassess things but I doubt it. The more emotionally charged Bond is popular with the audience so why change it?
Completely forgot about the MGM sale aspect
Some really interesting nuggets of information.
Firstly, Boyle and Hodge are signed on officially. Interestingly, I thought Hodge may have been working off the P&W script. However, that is clearly not the case. I also suspected that Eon may announce a second writer on the film. This would be the first time since the TND that a sole writer has been credited for a Bond film.
Also the announcement of an actual production start date is very intriguing and slightly unusual. But it means that Bond 25 has 6 months of pre-production before principal photography.
I never thought that Eon would go for Universal (they were never front-runners at any stage). But it makes heaps of sense in context. Clearly, Eon have listened to Danny Boyle who has a very strong relationship with Universal. Both Steve Jobs and the Beatles musical are Universal films. Clearly Boyle feels comfortable there.
I'm not a huge fan of their logo (I'd grown very accustomed to the Columbia lady)
I love Annapurna's more edgy logo though
Will international audiences still get the Annapurna logo alongside the MGM and Universal logos?
Also Universal has some big properties and Bond fits comfortably with them. None are big Marvel/Star Wars/DC titles that would overwhelm Bond.
Jurassic World
The Fast and Furious films
Despicable Me
The Secret Life of Pets
Pacific Rim
Fifity Shades of Grey
Insidous
The Bourne films
They also have big Oscar and prestige clout:
Darkest Hour
Get Out
Phantom Thread
The Post
Hail, Caesar!
I doubt they are. So far everything CashleyPersia reported was fake (he said Nolan would direct and Craig wouldn't return and recently affirmed Warner would distribute) or reported by someone else before he did (he said Boyle would direct after other tabloids/websites reported so).
There is no reason to believe the understudy and villain-with-personal-connection are true.
Principal photography-- first day of shooting: Dec 3.
I wouldn't outright dismiss Cashley-- he's got a lot right too. He has been clear that the info he's picking up is industry chatter, so he can't give anything an official guarantee. He's passing on what he's been hearing. And he does sound like he does work in the film industry in some capacity.
Also,staff members in my office here have seen the Danny Boyle news on the BBC News website and have reacted very positively indeed !
So that means that the announcement(s) will be the week before, since the 3rd is a Monday.
SPECTRE's was on a Thursday IIRC.. B25's presumably on 29 November then?
Confirmed dates are great news. I agree I'll miss the Columbia lady..but we are off and running.
Why not on Monday? The pressconference will be on mondaymorning, I guess. Then in the afternoon they start shooting. With Skyfall they also started principal photography on the same day as the press conference.
Monday is a regular working day, that means more press will be able to attend the conference.
SP was Friday 5th December. Principal photography commenced on Monday 8th. Wouldn’t be surprised if the conference follows the same pattern and takes place on Friday Nov 30.
Scrub that, it was the Thursday actually. I got married on the Saturday and for some reason I always think it was the day before.
Yet so far he only confirmed what other source had reported before him. Therefore his word is as good as mine and yours.
He read Fleming in his teens and always praised the books in interviews.
So in short, yes. I'm sure he knows what this franchise is about.
I think he will want to channel his inner adolecent fanboy in this movie.