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Dear dear @Mendes4Lyfe :-). Colin Firth is 56. He will reprise his role in "Kingsman". Tom Cruise is 55. He will reprise his role as Ethan Hunt next year for a 6th (!) time. Robert Downey Jr. loves playing the suave Iron Man. He is 52 now. And Hugh Jackman, 48, has already played Logan/Wolverine a whopping 9 (!!) times. So tell me, why is Daniel Craig too old in 2019? This man is incredibly fit, has a 6-pack, is having exquisite acting skills and will now follow Connery's and Moore's footsteps by playing 007 5 times in a row. Add to that the fact that Daniel Craig himself, the one and only, wants to return, and we, Bond fans, should be utterly delighted. Utterly, extremely overjoyed!! :-D
Don't think he looks 'past it' at all.
Clearly they want to plant their flag in the ground and remind people that they are back. However, it’s an odd thing for a production company to announce a release date without a distributor in place.
It makes me believe that it may be a negotiation ploy to get a studio to commit (or to force Craig’s hand).
• However…………..the NYT is saying that Craig is in. Unless, you’re a believer that the “failing New York Times” is publishing “fake news”, they’re a very respectable source.
• Meanwhile the Deadline comments section – which is mostly made of sniffy industry vets – seem convinced that Warner Bros. have sealed the deal and got the rights.
But yesterday’s announcement is a whole lot of provocation without much substance. EON likely want to dominate the Hollywood news agenda and build up more anticipation over the “is he in or out” narrative surrounding Craig. Also I suspect they are trying to build on the momentum he received from the first wave of (very positive) Logan Lucky reviews.
I suspect we’ll get a drip-feed of info over August. Baz is probably pissed that his bff Barbara didn’t let him have the scoop, so expect something from him on Friday about Craig.
https://twitter.com/BazBam/with_replies
He stated in an interview (back in 2015 maybe) that he would never shoot 2 JB films back-to-back because of how tiresome it would be. Craig's also getting quite old so forget about him returning for B26 in 2022/23 separately too.
...And if he looks old, just add puppies!
It's funny, I wanted Brosnan to do a fifth, and I wanted Dalton to do a third, but if I'm honest, as good as the (three at least) Craig films were, he never became Bond properly for me. Not in the same way the previous two did.
Agreed. I think SP wrapped up the Craig era as well as its ever going to be wrapped up. They may attempt a "take two", but I think its better to protect the era as a whole by limiting the staleness to just SP. Right now Craig has 2 films considered good and 2 films considered mixed to negative.
26??? I wonder how that will be called? The balding years?
It probably won't matter to you, but I'm still: convinced we will have a new (i.e. Young) Bond
Are you being serious here? Even by P&W standards that's utterly appalling.
Indeed. It's as if all the sins of SP have been forgotten. They have a big job to do to salvage things after SP so I'm happy to give them the benefit of the doubt that they will but am certainly not going to be dancing round the room just because they have announced a date and that P&W are back. The proof, more than ever this time, has to be in the pudding.
But if I was EON I would see the teenage-girls-wetting-their-knickers-at-the-sight-of-1D-coming-on-stage reaction of some people here as confirmation they can get away with palming us off with more shoddy P&W (the Arthur Daley and Del Boy of scriptwriting) goods as we'll clearly lap anything up.
After having a hand in SP they'd gain a lot of respect from me if they did.
Excuse me Sir! That's the only announcement I'm interested in hearing. Couldn't give a toss who plays Bond but we need to know as soon as possible IS RORY KINNEAR REPRISING THE ROLE OF TANNER?
That's the only announcement that will give me
Keeping the dream alive:
Although I'm guessing that 'what's best for the franchise' is (utterly coincidentally of course) what's also best for Turner's chances of becoming Bond?
No you're not. As a matter fact I think of him as to old since 2012
Now that's frightening... Bond has always been run like a family business. I dread to imagine what a huge corporation (like, for example, Disney), with very different motivations than EON, would do with Bond...
And still his face looks like he has lived three life already.
And no 'going rogue' or 'make me disappear' stuff.
Oh, and if they want to use a new Blofield actor, that's fine too. That's how it's always been done.
And Bond should be white, male, tall, classically handsome, with a scar on his cheek, clear blue eyes and a black comma of hair falling over his forehead. And he should smoke sixty a day and do speed.
Yea, I know, it's not going to happen.
Yeah, it's gonna take him about three years to decide! (2015 - 2018) I'd hate to go shopping with Daniel Craig.
Daniel, do you want to buy the tomato ketchup or not?
Well... I haven't decided yet. I'll let you know in three years time.
same could've been said for Lucasfilm, no?
(then again, while they've been doing an incredible job with the main saga, there's the whole situation with the spinoffs...)
I'm not sure MGM would sell its stake, though. MGM - the world's best run studio (heh) - will never surrender Bond! Never! :P The lion has spoken.
Perfect timing, as the wife and I are planning a trip back to the UK then.
As I've said before patience is the key to Bond news. But when it does come, it puts a little smile on your face. ;)
:lol:
EON selling their stake off would be the ideal in for those wanting Nolan on board - if WB pick up the franchise under Nolan's Syncopy banner maybe, with Nolan himself & Emma Thomas producing all future entries?
If all his interviews and podcasts where he talked about doing Bond (here's a fantastic and best one - http://www.mtv.com/news/podcasts/happy-sad-confused/christopher-nolan/) - he is waiting for that ideal moment where there's gonna be a creative seismic shift.
The release date for the 25th James Bond movie has just been announced. Which one, if any, of the following is your favourite James Bond actor?
Sean Connery 28%
George Lazenby 1%
Roger Moore 13%
Timothy Dalton 2%
Pierce Brosnan 8%
Daniel Craig 21%
Not applicable, I do not have a favourite James Bond actor 24%
Don't know 3%
Sounds incredible. So Writer, Director and Producer? Has anyone had that much control over Bond before, besides Fleming?