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He did unfortunately. I don’t envy him, critical as I am of his performance. Moore did it better but even he wasn’t put in quite that same position.
This time round won’t be easy for the new guy either - Craig was a popular Bond, and for many people he’s what comes to mind when thinking of the character. But I agree a gap will help. And we’re at a point in the series where audiences understand and accept different actors will take this role, and there’s a long history behind this franchise. There is no ‘definitive’ version of Bond in this sense. Not even Connery. Viewers all have their favourite Bond. And honestly, I think that’s a wonderful thing. I can’t imagine how awful it would be thinking there couldn’t be more than one great Bond, or that the character is defined by a single actor.
Funnily enough in an interview with recently Happy Sad Confused Edgar Wright said that he appreciates and likes that EON gives the series time to "build anticipation" and let the audience "take a breather".
Based on what exactly?
Theoretically, the script could be written in 2024 or 2025 and the film released in late 2026.
They can release Bond26 in 2025 too. I mean, It's not impossible.
Methinks some like to say whatever pops in their heads. No one was saying anything about when the film would be shot 😂!!
@Mendes4Lyfe your guess COULD end up being correct. Or it could be incorrect. But you’re just guessing, and somehow you state your conjectures as facts.
Do you read what people are posting? Or do you read only messaging you want to hear? That’s a genuine question, because time and again I read how you “know” the last decade has been tough; you say we are “conceding the *fact* that B26 won’t come in 2026; you state what Bond fans “want” out of the new era (have you spoken to moviegoers in India? In Canada? In Turkey? In California or Ohio?). You guess and state things as fact.
I mean, like the lottery, or a broken clock, you send so many guesses out there, one’s gotta be right, right?
Bond will go Timothy Chalamet and he will be sensitive.
No more rogue because rogue agents are complotists.
I've been telling it to you for years, and this will happen. Period.
Wait, so you still think its being released in 2026?
Well I hope you're right, I have no particular desire to see the next bond film any later than absolutely necessary.
November 2025 with Campbell returning would be a dream come true.
No, you know I didn’t say that either. Oh brother.
Olivia Wilde, her art director, DP and creative team, made a visually compelling and exciting dystopian film called DON’T WORRY DARLING… Visually captivating, with nice suspense and tension, a third act climax that was exciting, these guys would be credible candidates to deliver a new Bond Era in my opinion.
Plus, someone on her team is a 007 fan (as a Sean Connery, From Russia With Love poster is prominently shown in the last act of the film)….
If I had EoN’s ear I’d ask to have a meeting with Wilde and her team, including screenwriter, Katie Silberman (who wrote this film on spec!!!!!!), to see what kind of Bond picture they’d deliver. I think this group of talented people would have some amazing ideas to bring a new, young actor onto the world stage.
I was awfully impressed with Wilde’s direction and she and her DP made one scene after another of beautiful compositions. Visually sumptuous, hypnotic and seductive….
But the two hour film had pace and whizzed by.
Before the big twist, there was brash fun, sexiness with a pinch of eroticism, and escapist fantasy…
Add in a kick ass second unit, and…. Wilde, and her team could be the recipe for a wonderful start to the new era….
Maybe she'd cast Harry Styles in the lead role. ;)
As for release date, I don't have a crystal ball or know when the stars align to help solve that question.
At first I thought the idea of Olivia Wilde a little cray cray. But on reflection, it's really not a bad idea at all.
It's awfully hard to disagree with you on this @peter
Not only that, but layered on top was a supremely confident manner of creating suspense and tension (and even horror)…
I laughed when you mentioned Styles as I did think of @talos7, bravely sticking his neck out a few times saying the singer had potential as 007 and as an actor.
I did find Styles had great presence and he DOES have potential as an actor. But at times, in this film, he was uneven. Sometimes brilliantly strong (and the camera does love him), but at other times his line reading was a little, just a little, off (although his final scenes were beautifully executed).
And thanks, @SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ !!! It’s quite a gem of a film, isn’t it? There was so much care taken to visually tell the story, but really did display a mature and professional execution. It was slick, and fast, and full of depth…
And Chris Pine was wonderfully eerie… potential Bond villain (he’s always been good value)?
And, @DarthDimi — you nailed it. I just don’t care when the new film comes (I’m more interested in how they’re going to put it all together). And you’re right: we’ll survive not having a new Bond film tomorrow. Just enjoy the ones we have, today….
Not only is a 2026 not impossible, even a 2025 release is still very much possible. If nobody at EON did any work for another 6 months, a late 2026 release would still be very much possible and you know that. Seriously, please stop trolling.
In case you don't know: the DP Matthew Libatique kind of ghost-directed the film as Wilde went AWOL a lot during production. Pugh went public with her frustrations on the lack of professionalism by Wilde on set, which I imagine — but could be wrong! — rules her out.
Don't even joke about that.
I didn't know this at all @BMB007 ... I was late to this party (again!), and only watched it last night.
Well, this crushes me to hear. I was thinking about this film all day, and I thought that Wilde was the catalyst behind such beautiful filmmaking.
That really was crushing to hear, 😂!!
Well, if the DP was the ghost-director, it wouldn't be the first time (a very similar experience has been whispered about (loudly), about Mr and Mrs Smith way back in the day).
Well, if this is the case, then someone give Libatique his own film!
Thanks for the scoop, BMB007 (even though you broke my heart!)
It was rubbish. Extremely well packaged rubbish, but rubbish nonetheless.
You left Dalton out? 😃
I believe it will be a mistake to cast someone well known. They come with too much familiarity and too much expectation. For me Connery and Lazenby were fresh faces. Moore and Brosnan came with their TV personas. While they made enjoyable films, neither convinced me they were Bond. Craig was known, but he didn't have that TV series familiarity.
You left Dalton out? 😃
So...Idris Elba...Aaron Taylor-Johnson...too well known ?
Once upon a time I would’ve said no to Harry Styles.
Now I think he has the goods, to be a credible potential James Bond.
I too would love Lazenby's return.
Give us the revenge film we all have been waiting for: Bond battles Blofeld and Bunt in the old folks' home, with wheelchairs and walkers and jello.
Call it: Hip Replacements are Forever or Titanium Pandemonium
Harry Styles is Harry Styles. He can't be both, Bond and the singer.