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True but with the right story, director, and pay I think he do it. Never say never
To me, it sounds like they are focusing on quality rather then quantity and rightly so.
There's no excuse for running out of ideas. These people are being very handsomely compensated to come up with ideas. Hell, if you want new ideas, one way of getting them is by reading a huge number of thrillers, and riffing on ideas contained in them. It's not Heideggerian ontology for Chrissakes.
I agree, the movie landscape today is very different. You have a battle of the franchises, everyone tries to make a 'multiverse' now. From Star Wars, to Harry Potter to Marvel, with one or more movies per year. The marked is oversaturated and if you want people to come see your movie, you have to be on top of your game, have the best people on the team etc.
At the same time the ticket prices are so high and the box office for a single movie can be so astronomical that there isn't even any need to churn out movies every 2 years.
They want Bond to be an event, and make people want it more by making them wait.
As a fan it annoys me, sure, but they could compensate me by finally giving me a top notch gaming series like the arkham games in the Bond universe, that i have been waiting on for years
I have said this before I hate Bond being tied to MGM ...Harry screwed Cubby and us selling his part to an unstable studio. Always scared if MGM folds again.
If Bond was free as a bird ....or Indy then every studio would want him.
This is not good at all. We have NO guarantee now.. they couldn't find a new partner. Just my guess. Not worth it ...too expensive not enough return. Thanks EoN for assembling the wrong team and giving us SP.
Had SP had greater appeal and been better then would've hit 1B ...yea price would've gone up but so too would've desirability.
Or other way if EoN didn't produce such an inefficient film ...ie that explosion then maybe better deal to finance.
Stupid stupid stupid
Saltzman sold to United Artists, the studio that released the first Bond movies. MGM didn't enter the picture until 1981 when it bought UA.
When Saltzman sold to UA, it was a solid operation. Then, a few years later, the executives who made UA what it was left and a new regime took over.
UA was still in solid shape until Heaven's Gate. At that point, Transamerica Corp., the insurance conglomerate, decided to get out of the movie business.
But here's the thing: that original UA management team (the group that was in control when Dr. No was released) had its own Heaven's Gate -- 1965's The Greatest Story Ever Told. A huge money put. But UA had Bond at its peak plus The Beatles movies and got by.
All of this is saying things were considerably more complicated than "Harry screwed Cubby and us." Life usually is complicated.
Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson are, respectively, the daughter and stepson of Albert R. Broccoli. But in terms of interests, they're more like Harry Saltzman, who has a taste for doing non-Bond projects while the 007 juggernaut was under way. The hiatus between Bond films is a chance for them to pursue those interests.
Stop moaning everybody. This is getting ridiculous amd childish.
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Agreed. This sense of grand entitlement some fans have is just irritating. Sorry Michael and Barbara didn't give you the movie you wanted but many of us liked the film and enjoyed it greatly. Didn't like what they did to Blofeld? fine. Go weep about it in the confessional. But to say EoN is doing a terrible job is just bull$#!* The movie industry is a tough one to work in and plenty of setbacks can happen. There's going to be a movie we don't like every now and then but even I don't call for their heads when things go awry. Be thankful they keep making Bond films for us.
One of the best and most reasonable comments i've seen here in a while
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some people here seem very entitled and overly negative.
Does anyone here think we might get a Bond TV series in the next years? since TV seems to be getting bigger and bigger.
Maybe a Young Bond adaption, anyone might be into that?
So it's ok for you to keep preaching how good you thought SP was and how we should be eternally grateful to EON for trousering all our cash but those of us who thought it wasn't up to scratch shouldn't be allowed to voice that opinion?
I must have missed the EON putsch that seized power and instigated these curbs on free speech.
And what have your previous three posts got to do with the production timeline?
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Angry baby or not ..I'm not too happy with MGM owning half my lollipop.
But some many are always so wise and equally condescending.
And angry baby or not ..I'm not too happy with MGM owning half my lollipop.
But so many are always so wise and equally condescending.
That's it exactly. Trimming away the fat and BS.
Regardless opinion of SP the performance and reception of the film does impact the production of B25. Grant it B25 has 22 other films backing it.
We're right on target. The status of 25 based on studio and distribution is spot on. And the only news we got.
Just bothers me that seems from the outside finding a new distributor is proving harder than hoped.
I hate to admit it but sounds like you're right. Bond has overcome many obstacles over the last 50 odd years but since the last 3 flicks, the series just feels so uneven and wish-washy in its management and there just doesn't seem to be that focused sense of direction and confidence. As absurd as it may sound nd I may get blasted for this but I kind of feel as though Bond feels like it's run its course. I'm sure that this won't be the case for years to come but it sort of feels like that's what we're approaching.
But of course but there's no harm in combining elements too. The Colonel Sun stuff in Spectre was great. I want to see more of that with Bond 25. :)
I agree but EoN have been sitting on a goldmine of so much great material but for whatever reason they won't touch it. Instead we get crappy double agent/inside mole, thos time its personal scenarios. EoN sometimes act like they don't have any source material to mine from. Wtf are they waiting for?