It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
Good point. They've gone the right way about it so far, and I hope they keep doing so!
It certainly is unique, and they really made it work. So often when it comes to supernatural elements in films, it's a fine balance between the ones that do it brilliantly, and those that simply don't work out at all, IMO. It's not a genre/element I care a lot for, but when done right, it's alright.
Geoffrey Holder was indeed a scary figure in LALD! Just love how he portrayed Baron Samedi.
Me neither and I agree that it makes all the difference how it's done and used.
True. When I saw CR for the first time I welcomed the return of these elements, which I felt had been missing since GE (TND had some of it in Hamburg, but I felt it was spoiled by some Americanisms thrown in, like station break etc).
All great films. The Swiss intro sequence in OHMSS is absolutely top notch. They really make you feel that location as Bond arrives to meet Bunt in that one. It's dripping with atmosphere and local sounds. It breathes.
They have to recapture that going forward. Such a simple thing but often missed.
Agree with the rest of the names you mention as well. I knew about Mads Mikkelsen from other roles though, so CR was only a confirmation that he'd do well in a big production like Bond. There are plenty more Scandinavian actors and actresses to choose from, should EON ever consider that again.
Not an expensive book, though. And they go up until Boyle had confirmed his involvement. Reading the Pierce and Craig eras gives you a new vision on how things are conducted behind the scenes at EON offices, and it enlightens you on any Bond25 consideration you have. It has done wonders to me as a fan, truly. And I thought I had an extensive bibliography on Bond. But this one, this one is the bible.
@bondjames This is just FYI only.
Deadline first weighed in about the Boyle-Hodge idea on Feb. 21, 2018
https://deadline.com/2018/02/james-bond-danny-boyle-john-hodge-daniel-craig-bond-25-queen-elizabeth-ii-mgm-trainspotting-1202298157/
Excerpts:
"Boyle had an idea for a very specific 007 movie, and he and his Trainspotting partner John Hodge have teamed up to work out the beats. Hodge is writing that version and if it all works out, that would be the 007 film that Boyle would helm."
"MGM and producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson sparked to Boyle’s idea enough to engage Hodge, who has quietly been writing their version.
Hodge won’t be done for a couple of months, but when he turns in the script, one of two things will happen. MGM and the producers will like it enough to shelve the movie they were contemplating — the listed writers are Neal Purvis & Robert Wade, whose 007 credits include Skyfall, Spectre and Casino Royale — and they will instead make the version that was cooked up by the Trainspotting team."
Baz had a story on March 8.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5480285/Danny-Boyle-set-charge-new-Bond-film.html
"Craig attended a meeting with James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson and Boyle and his Trainspotting writing partner John Hodge, where the film-makers pitched their vision for Bond 25.
"‘They took the idea to Barbara, never believing for a minute she would go for it. But she’s excited by the concept — and so is her producing partner Michael,’ a closely connected source told me in Los Angeles."
This is a difficult comment to read as a graphic designer :))
I agree with you, and I happen to be American. Bond films really don't work here.
And I don't think Asia works much better. Sure, there's the scenery of YOLT and the moodiness of SF, but other than those two films, I don't think it's particularly Bondian.
I'd rather the films stick to Europe (and the Caribbean). Those are the literary roots. There are still plenty of untapped (by Eon) northern and (especially) eastern Europe countries that could bring the "Cold War" feel...and of course they can always go back to France, Italy, etc.
There's always something exciting about Bond going to a new country.
I agree. I loathe my own opinion regarding B26, but I think it will be even longer than the 89-95 gap.
Good lord I certainly hope not!
And Bond in the Caribbean is always a hit too, perhaps due to the colonial roots?- I remember one of the Ludlum novels starting a Bourne story from the one of the isles in this sea as well, and it made logical sense.
There's certainly a lot of countries yet to explore for EON and Bond. I'm really looking forward to read where he's going in Bond 25. Hopefully a few new, interesting locations.
Interesting article.
FAAD just got a nomination for best thriller. Evidence enough for Horowitz to come back for a third book? Or to have him adapt his book for a screenplay for the next Bond actor's first outing? Considering it's a origin story, this is where EON should go next.
Please, no!
Do we really want Purvis and Wade to do another? I say give him a chance but by adapting one of his own 007 novels.
Really liked his two books, so I'd be happy with him taking on a Bond script!
Yepp, Mikael Persbrandt, to name but one. Or Nikolaj Lie Kaas. Or Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.