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What I was not happy with was waiting a whole year for Mendes. I certainly hope that something like this never happens again. Ever.
They've only managed to do that once, though, over the course of the franchise's history. In the grand scheme of things, Cruise and those running the M:I franchise are worse than Bond when it comes to getting films out on a regular basis.
The M:I films have released with rather large gaps between them. The first film was released in 1996, with the second following four years later in 2000. Then you had a six year gap to the third film, released in 2006, followed by a five year gap for Ghost Protocol and then a four year gap to Rogue Nation. Even at their quickest, they haven't been able to match the 3 year gap that the Bond franchise seeks to achieve these days.
Firing on all cylinders.
That is true, but if we look at the Bond franchise from 1962 to 1989 they only had one 3-years gap. Since TWINE in 1999 we've had only one 2-years gap.
Presumably they have realised that MI dies when Cruise bows out so they need to start churning them out at a faster rate.
But MI is a Cruise vehicle and everyone working on those films are doing other things. EoN have only one job. One; and that's to make Bond films. If we include filming for the next MI film, that means within the last 6 years alone Cruise would have filmed 9 action movies, meanwhile Daniel Craig is harping on about slitting wrists and needing time off despite getting plenty of it since he became Bond.
Wow! It must be awesome to be so connected.
Finally some closure. Thanks for that, the hunt for the next 007 can now begin. Turner's odds have just improved dramatically.
See, I completely forgot about the Mummy. The man has some serious stamina to be essentially filming these big productions back to back almost. People can say what they like about the man but he's definitely committed to his craft.
You know the proper context in which those comments were made, so don't act like you don't. If you were stuck in a room and had to keep answering questions from hundreds of reporters about whether or not you'd be returning for another film after you'd just finished a grueling 7 month shoot, how do you think you'd react? Oh that's right, everyone here is perfect and could totally handle the pressure. What was I thinking?
It's hilariously pathetic how some are so quick to jump on EON and Dan here as if they are Bond villain equivalents. They're professionals for crying out loud, let them do their damn jobs. Nobody here is a fly on the wall at whatever talks they may be having right now, so the quicker some stop pretending they are an authority on how this process works and what is going on behind the scenes, the better off we'll all be. I thought this was a Bond forum, not a preschool.
There's ways to have a healthy and level-headed discourse, yes. The only issue is that I don't think we've had that since SP came out, and maybe even a little bit before then.
It's now become cool to run EON and SP through the mud, if for no other reason than to pass the time. I can't think of any other reason why people feel the need to keep repeating their grievances literally every day in every thread they can find. Some of these comments can be so distasteful you could forget they're supposed fans of the franchise they seem to so despise. I'm exhausted just reading some people's posts.
Why live in negativity when you could try to be even a tiny bit optimistic? Oh, how'd I forget? Optimism isn't "in."
I do know the context in which it was said but if you read my whole post you'd see that my comment was in direct comparison to Craig's peer and fellow actor,Tom Cruise who I have not heard or read about making such work-related comments or complaints. The underlying point I was making is that, The producers and Craig have often expressed how exhausting the Bond movies are and needing a break and on top of that, they've had plenty of breaks, directly and indirectly since QoS. Yet, EoN's sole job and only responsibility is to produce Bond films. Cruise has been working pretty much nonstop, back to back on numerous films since 2010, making action movies and yet somehow manages to get on things without making intentional or accidental work-related PR nightmare comments; sorry I just can't feel too bad for Craig when there are other people out there working a lot harder than he is and not bemoaning the obligations that come with the job.
This matter of EON's direction and the Bond actor is understandably making a lot of folks anxious. I think a lot of that is due to what we've had to endure over the last 8 yrs (since QoS). 2 films in that time for a passionate fan base like ours is tough going. We would have had 4 in the old days.
I think it was a joke. I heard Roger Moore made some statements somewhere earlier today, but can't confirm a source.
The topic of Mission Impossible was brought up, which is why Tom Cruise is being mentioned.
Here we go. Aidan Turner is the next Bond.
How does that look, Mendes? Happy now?
It can come every day now. I am happy to make you happy, since you believe in
"in the know" quotes. Well, I know. Daniel told me. B-)
Well, TC has no life outside of filming. That's the difference. Nothing that makes him wish to be somewhere else then on a movie set. Sad really. He is a workoholic. He hasn't seen his daughter in ages. So if that is admirable, so be it.
Why would he complain?