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Any predictions are allowed all we can do at this point if there is no news
Probably MGM is paying for it but who knows
Not arguing but I don't believe that is true. Is true an American director has not been employed as of yet.
Plenty of more than qualified American directors unless everyone wants Mendes back X_X
Oh, that would have been much better. Why on earth did they change it? What the hell were they thinking?!
In fact, I would love it in Bond 25 if Blofeld said that he made the whole foster brother angle up. :)
It would be great if they could take the foster brother angle out of the relationship between Bond and Blofeld, but sadly Bond has already gone along with it. And it also intertwines with Hans Oberhauser. Very weak storytelling. I have no idea why EON took this route, or why they thought it would be accepted.
I'd rather hear slide whistles or Tarzan yells than this absurdity.
The story angle as mentioned in the quote from @jake24 above, about Blofeld and White being part of the French foreign legion, and forming Spectre after an incident is far better. Truly baffling why they would take this out.
Britain should have grabbed Texas when they had the chance ...so the legendary rumor goes.
I actually didn't really mean that as an argument.
As with Midichlorians in the Star Wars films, that kind of ruined the force for some fans, and were down played in future instalments, making a brief mention in SW Episode 3, can Bond also take a similar path.
If it's simply not mentioned, would that be okay, or has the damage been done. Would a new actor be able to establish an alternate timeline if you will, leading to a Blofeld and Bond without any connection.
Okay so far the only things that we know about bond 25 so far is
They have purchased a helicopter for the film
The distribution rights are up for grabs
No actor is set
No director is set
The script is finished?????
Realese date November 2018 unless they can't find an actor then it could be pushed back even further .
Is their anything else rumors of facts??
Also, as with Silva, there is a kooky quality to this Blofeld that diminishes his malevolent genius. He's just too silly. Is this Mendes' doing. If so it's another reason for him not to return.
That's true. I'd actually never thought about that before. Silva and Waltz-feld are both diametrically opposite from Le Chiffre and Greene, who represented grounded, real-world threats. With all their giggling and snickering and mugging, Mendes's villains at the very least clash with the darker and ostensibly more dramatic trappings of their respective films.
EoN are experts at ignoring things that occurred in their films so it really shouldn't be a problem ignoring SF and especially SP.
They shouldn't be focusing on Bond's age at all. Just get on with telling a story about a secret agent thwarting plans of the enemy. Simple.
But they've done that many many times already. They did that with Brosnan and ran out of steam and ideas because they were essentially re-working the same ideas in the same way over and over again. That's why they shook things up with Craig and they have enjoyed enormous commercial and, mostly, critical success. They made the right decision to re-boot Bond and explore other aspects of the character and his world which they had not really focused so strongly on before.
Agreed. That's the way it always was. I'm all for character movement but one doesn't need to implement it by focusing on age and foster brothers. Jesus.
Precisely. Bond's age shouldn't matter at all to the story. For heaven's sake, Sir Rog was nearly 60 and not only there wasn't a single reference to that (unless you count the encounter with Loelia Ponsonby in OP, but even that seemed to refer to Moneypenny's age, not Bond's), but also his Bond did exactly what he would have done in his 40s.
While the Bond movies grows another coating of dust, many other big Hollywood franchises are dominating the news cycle. One film that is getting a lot of attention is the new Batman film. Interestingly enough, the hiring of Matt Reeves is a terrific decision. I’m actually a bit gutted his name wasn’t on the Bond shortlist (EON need to get a move on, or a lot of the great directors will get booked up).
However, word came out that Ridley Scott is waiting in the wings to take over. It got me thinking that Scott could do a Bond film. Ridley’s films are so influenced by the script, he’s an executer and when the script is top-notch, he can deliver. In this sense, he isn’t dissimilar to the journeymen helmers who have long been associated to the Bond franchise. Plus his name has considerable clout. Maybe a Ridley Scott directed Bond film could be a good idea? Especially, for people who are fed up of auters coming in and trying to leave their stamp.
He's made a considerable number of duds recently but The Martian was a return to form. Once again, if you get a great script together, there is no one better to execute it than Scott. (His brother, Tony, was also in the frae at one point to direct QOS). He also woul get a cast together that is arguably better than the ones Mendes did.
http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1624450/could-ridley-scott-direct-ben-afflecks-solo-batman-movie
Another story that interested me was the recent hiring of Coen brothers to rework the Scarface script. The Coens are known for their own idiosyncratic directorial films, but they are not above being guns for hire. They wrote the script for Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken and Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, amongst others. I can’t imagine that they would write the script from scratch, but I can imagine them coming in and retooling an existing draft. Maybe get P&W to hammer out a script and then get the Coens to sprinkle their magic.
Imagine Daniel Craig’s final Bond film being directed by Ridley Scott and written by the Coen Brothers? That’s the announcement we’re all waiting for.
http://theplaylist.net/coen-brothers-putting-pens-scarface-remake-20170210/
Also, it’s worth mentioning that David Mackenzie is eyeing the Scarface remake. Another example of a brilliant director busying himself with another project. Eon need to hurry.