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Absobloodyexactly!
Frankly it's ridiculous that best writer on EON's staff stays in the background watching the Chuckle Brothers of scriptwriting flailing miserably rather than picking up his pen.
Come on MGW - one last time just to dig us out of the SP shaped hole we are in. Don't leave it to P&W.
That being said, if anyone is still believing we will see the start of a new era in 2019, that's encouraging to hear. I certainly hope you're right.
So was George Lucas with Star Wars. For him, $4 billion ($2 billion in cash and $2 billion in Disney stock) convinced him to sell.
I'm not saying the Broccoli-Wilson clan will sell. I'm just saying everybody has a price. For some the price is a LOT.
Good point. I don't think she has interest in becoming the sole producer, and without Craig.
Perhaps ironically the reboot will be seen as the beginning of the end of the EON era.
Time will tell, and at least it won't affect the 2019 release.
I think they delayed to 2019 on purpose for pent up demand, they had a story treatment for B25 in 2013/2014 when they were producing Spectre.
The director alone will tell us where theyre going with it,
https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/comment/762982/#Comment_762982
With the website that hosts this message board sort of confirming.
It is an excellent article. Thanks @Gustav_Graves.
As for reasons to believe DC was coming back: Mendelson linked to his own article here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/09/29/why-the-next-james-bond-in-next-007-film-could-be-daniel-craig/#32f3a6bfe4a1
The more recent Mendelson article suggests DC's return is tied to the new studio deal. For sure, not one of those studios prefers its first Bond film on this deal, out of the gate, to be tied to an "unknown." Craig is a known commodity with a box office track record. Without a doubt, EON wants Craig, for at least Bond 25, to secure the best distribution deal it can get.
On a separate note: DC is most definitely going to have a say on the director.
Very true. The series could fall into far, far worse hands than Nolan's.
I heard from two different "reliable" sources that @jake24 will be selling this thread before Bond 25 comes out. It makes sense. Despite this being the most popular thread in MI6 history, he has no offspring to run the thread for him and he's been awfully distracted by Blake Lively lately.
LOL! Good one.
Somebody will be like, can we please change the word "Fall" in the thread title to "Autumn" so as not to offend my British sensibilities?
And @jake24 will just reply:
I'd be interested in buying it. It's a very good thread, with plenty of rich, detailed discussion on Bond 25, though I must say some new subtopics would ensure it stayed fresh and relevant in the upcoming years. It doesn't have to be all Bond-related talk now does it? Some posts on religion, gay rights and Donald Trump would do nicely.
PM me if interested. ;)
Ha ha! Hilarious! :p
Here's hoping Bond 25 will deliver a similar performance in the sound design department!
http://extension765.com/soderblogh/2-most-irrelevant-no-1
Ooowh absolutely @TripAces. See the oped from Soderbergh above. But on the whole many fans in here have underestimated Craig's secondary role within the Bond franchise: He's a co-producer. It's too easy to say that's a 'gift' from Babs and Michael, to let him stay onboard. But we all know Craig's role and influence on his Bond films have been much bigger. I mean, he was the facilitator/initiator of a new director after QOS. That eventually was Sam Mendes. Since they knew each other from "Road To Perdition". But Craig's role as co-producer goes beyond that. We know he assisted in writing with QOS during the writer's strike. And on set of SF and SP he very much behaved like Mendes' assistant director. Basically, what Sir Sean Connery always wanted (and we know that he tried to have a greater writing influence on "Goldfinger", trying to make it more serious like his two predecessing Bond films), Daniel Craig eventually got.
There are obviously many risks involved in giving so much 'creative control' to a leading cast member. But IMO it paid off and so far made the quadrilogy of Bond films, CR, QOS, SF and SP, one hell of an exciting narrative 'tour-de-force'. And I don't mind if we continue this 'Craig-Universe', albeit slightly less tightly connected with the previous Bond films story-wise. And that Bond #25 will become again a step more 'stand alone', in which Craig portrays an even more fully-rounded 007 who has got his emotions in check and who now carries out a mission like he's supposed to do as an employee of MI6. As long as the Bond #25 story is top notch!
My guess is that Steven Soderbergh could pull this off, as he has some great ideas for a Bond film. And his film "Logan Lucky" could be as pivotal as an inspirator as other movies Daniel Craig starred in, like "Layer Cake" (Craig's stepping stone into Bond) and "Road To Perdition" (Craig's affinity with deeper drama, as we saw in SF). Having said that, Bond #25 could very well be an even funnier Bond film than SP, and could very well be more streamlined story-wise than its predecessors. And I am starting to think that therefore Steven Soderbergh could really be the main Bond #25 director candidate. Co-producer Daniel Craig and director Steven Soderbergh: I'm all in for it!
SODERBERGH
Pros: has worked with Craig before; great director; loves and understands the Bond franhchise
Cons: he is American, and although he has directed big movies before, he has never directed anything as large as a Bond movie
CAMPBELL
Pros: directed not one, but two two well-received Bond movies; worked with Craig before
Cons: too old(?), hasn't directed anything decent since CR
EDIT: just found this Soderbergh quote: “Over the years, I’ve been in conversations… ,” he said with a pause and some hesitation and then just blurted it out. “I’ve been approached twice about doing a Bond film. And it never quite got anywhere. And [‘Haywire’] in some ways, was my opportunity to do what I would do with a Bond movie.”