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The issue with that is that moviemaking, depending on who's on board and the content they're producing, will have different schedules and expectations. Nowadays you're likely to find "script development" beyond even stages 5, 6 and 7, for one. There's really no end to a script anyway (or a piece of writing) so I hate it when a text is talked about as being "finished." Fixes can and do occur at every stage, depending on conditions and the ideas being submitted throughout production.
Uncle IMO was the clincher.
I think he'd give us a great Bond, minus the personal drama that Mendes demanded.
Sounds about right. Does not appear that anyone has "lifted a finger" just yet.
I think he's probably right. Even maybe right. :)
According to this blurbing, William Hill has Craig as odds-on to return as Bond, with filming to begin in 2017.
Waltz is prohibitive favourite to return as lead villain.
Margot Robbie favourite for lead Bond Girl, but still longish odds, 8-1.
Still not clear if any fingers have actually been lifted, but oddsmakers are busy at least.
Good value on the Robbie line.
She'd be getting consideration, I think.
Oh well, won't be taking those odds then.
I'd like Tilda Swinton as Bunt, myself.
I sincerely hope so. If Eon were to bring back another main Bond girl to continue in a new film, Madeline would certainly not be my first choice. Someone more iconic like Tatiana, Domino, Solitaire, Pussy, or Anya I'd chose over Madeline any day. And THAT's never going to happen. Something like that might have worked better during those long lost years of the 2 year gap. By the time B25 starts production I imagine most casual film goers won't even remember or even know who Madeline is. It's not like she could tell the future, lead a circus of beautiful female pilots, or was Bond's equal in the KBG.
For the sake of variety, I'd suggest going back to the tried and true formula of having a new main Bond girl in B25. No mention of Madeline, no mention of Vesper, etc etc.
In QoS they brought at least 4 characters back from CR and mentioned two which had died in the previous movie.
So just in time for preproduction to begin on Bond 25 then...sounds good!
I would expect just the opposite. EoN probably wants to finish that story if they bring Waltz back.
Pal, the movie ends with Bond leaving for a life with Madeleine, and Blofeld is lying on the bridge giving them a vengeful look. They're all going to be back to tie that story up, so do set your expectations accordingly.
How can people seriously think it's going to continue any other way? I waste so much time explaining the obvious.
They tried the sequel idea before in the wake of the success of CR, and when QoS turned out to be not as well loved, they dropped Quantum completely and moved forward like it never happened.
It's the obvious continuation, but that doesn't mean it'll happen. Given EON's track record I'd say it's not certain at all. I'd hazard that most people don't give a shit and wouldn't bat an eyelid if she was reduced to a single line of dialogue.
Once again, you are incorrect on many fronts, but you do go a long way towards proving my point for me.
It's truly stupefying to me that some think EON are just going to drop the story they have with so many loose ends hanging in the wind. Even funnier is their idea of how they think EON operate and how moviemaking functions in general.
I'd also like to add that EON were working with connected narrative before Marvel. The above contention that holds as much weight as all these Nolan comparisons.
Precisely. I doubt it would even register with the general audience if Madeline were never mentioned again. People are used to the Bond women disappearing between films, that's not a departure.
Now that the dust has settled, IMO the aftermath is such that the Bond-Swann-Blofeld axis really hasn't resonated in any impactful way.
The Bond-Swann romance I don't think has big carry-over interest.
The Bond Blofeld history went over like a lead balloon.
I'm thinking you could go full steam ahead with a Craig Waltz-Blofeld follow-up and write the Swann character out, no problem.
In fact I think this is not only possible, but desirable.
Even if they want to go down the Castle Of Death route, Bond has plenty of motivation to go after the dragon and Bunt within.
Mind you, I am not advocating killing Ernst.
Rather I would like a near miss, or some sort of resolve where it seems Ernst is dead, but of course he is not, and can return to battle Bond again, either as background big bad, a la FRWL &TB, or as lead villain.