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There's a lot at stake to risk having a newcomer, unlike Marc Forster, and definitely not Sam Mendes, to direct Bond 25.
http://bit.ly/2Otld3g
If Bart Layton is a fan of DAD, then I’m 100% behind him directing B25. Bond needs to have some fun again.
They won't announce director's name immediately, have you forgot what happened with Boyle would they risk to do that again no definitely not they may announce it before a week of filming commence. If film was being delayed we may have heard any official statement by now and since we didn't it's very clear. About the filming starts in December 3 they can still start shooting a few scenes with other actors at studios which they are confident will be in final script.
I strongly disagree; now you are making an assumption and speculating . EON, and the person hired, may have it’s own reasons to not letting it be known immediately and if they want it so, would keep it among a very small number of people; it’s only common sense. To think we would know whether they wanted us to know or not is fan-boy arrogance.
Guys, really, don´t you feel dumb yourself not reading Reports correctly and judging someone based on wrong Information? Layton was quoted that he enjoyed the Lotus in TSHLM and Roger Moore when he saw the film as a kid. He didn´t Mention DAD at all. A lot of People love TSHLM and hate DAD.
This site could be the authoritative Information source for all Things Bond. Instead, People try to give the worst Tabloids a run for their Money.
You are not adding anything to the discussion.
Bond 25 does not have the luxury afforded to it beforehand. People are very interested in the project and any/every development is newsworthy.
People from eon and big talent agencies are leaking like crazy. If a director is hired then we’d know almost instantaneously.
It’s how the industry works. You don’t have to be @ColonelSun or @peter to know that. Just look at how news is distributed through the trades on a daily basis. It’s just the process.
Anyone, suggesting any differently is showing as much industry and commercial awareness as those muppets on James Bond Radio. The film industry is bigger than this film franchise, guys.
The fact that there has been no trade update for two weeks in a time where updates are critical and the film is surviving day to day is condemning. All evidence is suggesting a delay.
Also, someone ignorantly attempted to suggest I was contradicting myself because I had speculated that Layton had the job. Go back and read my post and you’d see I said that I was being overly optimistic and the reality was the film is delayed.
I'd hate to it, but in February 'no one in the industry was paying to much attention to Bond 25 or Danny Boyle's involvement' .
It was definitely a hot scoop for Justin Kroll from Variety, but it wasn't something many were tracking.
Consider how the circumstances have changed:
Oscar-winning filmmaker bails on huge franchise film after 8 months of development and with 3 months before filming was to commence.
That's a 'headline'. Boyle's departure caused huge ripples (especially in the UK press). It even got on the front-page of some of the national papers.
You had outlets such as the Telegraph (not known for their Hollywood insider scoops) running information of the behind the scenes turmoil. Big entertainment trade papers were no longer discussing who was in 'talks' or 'discussions'. The big story a fortnight ago from Justin Kroll was that Eon had scheduled some meeting and planned to watch White Boy Rick.
These are not typical headlines. It's very unusual to hear read such articles about a film that is supposed to go into production in 3 months time.
However, as we stand that was the last update. Eon may very well be figuring out a deal with Clarkson, Demange or Layton and it's taken two weeks to come together. Alternatively, the silence is indicative of how the thing has stalled. Both are as likely as each other at this moment, at least until the next trade report or Eon announcement.
It did cause a lot of buzz after Boyle departure but doesn't necessarily means that they haven't been tracking bond 25 before, almost every week I used to see some rumour on net in 2017 as well, every single move from franchise like bond gets headlines it's nothing new. Don't believe me check this link which was posted above.
http://bit.ly/2Otld3g
Just playing devil's advocate here... why should movie fans be in a "loop" - when movie production is such a precarious, ever-shifting, ever-evolving enterprise with so many legalities, circumstances, creativities, logistics and luck to factor in? Just because fans aren't drip-fed every vowel of news or development doesn't mean there isn't any.
Personally, I would also suggest folk forget the danielcraignotBond thing. It wasn't maybe what folk read it as. Nor did it - 13 years later - clip the wings of anything.
There is also no such thing as "fan neglect", just "fan impatience". In the case of 007 onscreen, I don't class 24 films over 55 years as "neglect".
The thing about common sense is that it's extremely rare, @Benny
He did mention being a fan of TSWLM, however. If that's the type of film he would envision for Bond 25 then snap him up quick!
Craig would not sit well in a TSWLM fantasy-type Bond. SP was the closest his films have come to that tone and style, and it was, IMO, his least successful Bond film - creatively speaking.
I agree 're TSWLM type movie for Craig!
Regarding TSWLM, I believe Layton said it was the first one he saw, so he was fond of it..but "there were better ones!" I didn't read any mention of DAD!
RE: Layton and TSWLM - my understanding is that he loves the film and Moore, but acknowledges that there may be better ones (don't know if EON impressed that upon him during their discussions because it seemed like a forced comment to me).
I'm very grateful that he made no mention of DAD!!
This could suggest a shift in approach, but then again it might not and I'm not sure how relevant it is.
You could be right, but I think it's going to be a name we've heard about, even if it may not be one of the two recent ones. Mackenzie for example is still a possibility. Of course I have nothing to base that on except a hunch.
@Pierce2Daniel, and why can´t it be that Boyle´s Exit made Headlines more because of the Oscar-Winning director element than the Bond element?