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  • sandbagger1sandbagger1 Sussex
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    007HallY wrote: »
    sandbagger1 wrote: »
    Last_Rat_Standing wrote: »
    FWIW
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/barbara-broccoli-ap-james-bond-roger-moore-hollywood-b2646395.html
    For the late James Bond producer Albert “Cuddy” Broccoli, receiving the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award was a true high point in his career.
    Not a good start to the article. Does no one proofread?

    That and:
    But the spotlight on them has intensified as the world awaits official word on Bond No. 8.

    Perhaps they were counting David Niven… or Sean Connery twice. Oh well….

    Interesting reading about them wanting to be brave in uncertain times for cinema though.

    This may be a clue to why the new film is taking so long: they chose someone as the new 007, but accidentally killed him. Note to self: don't make wrestling a giant squid part of the audition process.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,368
    Curious, that article mentions an interview given to AP, but looking on their page the AP just have that article, same author, same typos.
    https://apnews.com/article/james-bond-producers-fcb0077975022c4c3771af8752afb370

    So the Independent and other outlets like Yahoo etc. just take that article wholesale and reproduce it. I didn't realise they worked like that.
  • MalloryMallory
    edited November 13 Posts: 2,162
    mtm wrote: »
    Curious, that article mentions an interview given to AP, but looking on their page the AP just have that article, same author, same typos.
    https://apnews.com/article/james-bond-producers-fcb0077975022c4c3771af8752afb370

    So the Independent and other outlets like Yahoo etc. just take that article wholesale and reproduce it. I didn't realise they worked like that.

    I believe it has been that way for a while, they sell it on much like anything else.

    Good to have at least something from BB and MGW at least.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
    Posts: 1,332
    007HallY wrote: »
    sandbagger1 wrote: »
    Last_Rat_Standing wrote: »
    FWIW
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/barbara-broccoli-ap-james-bond-roger-moore-hollywood-b2646395.html
    For the late James Bond producer Albert “Cuddy” Broccoli, receiving the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award was a true high point in his career.
    Not a good start to the article. Does no one proofread?

    That and:
    But the spotlight on them has intensified as the world awaits official word on Bond No. 8.

    Perhaps they were counting David Niven… or Sean Connery twice. Oh well….

    Interesting reading about them wanting to be brave in uncertain times for cinema though. No idea what that means for Bond, but I think that sense of ambition is needed for a new era.

    It sounds like a generic answer.

  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited November 13 Posts: 4,133
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    sandbagger1 wrote: »
    Last_Rat_Standing wrote: »
    FWIW
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/barbara-broccoli-ap-james-bond-roger-moore-hollywood-b2646395.html
    For the late James Bond producer Albert “Cuddy” Broccoli, receiving the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award was a true high point in his career.
    Not a good start to the article. Does no one proofread?

    That and:
    But the spotlight on them has intensified as the world awaits official word on Bond No. 8.

    Perhaps they were counting David Niven… or Sean Connery twice. Oh well….

    Interesting reading about them wanting to be brave in uncertain times for cinema though. No idea what that means for Bond, but I think that sense of ambition is needed for a new era.

    It sounds like a generic answer.

    Meh, probably. But they’ve not exactly played it safe in the Craig era, have they? At least in many ways.

    We’ll see what we get.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited 9:37am Posts: 16,368
    I guess the notable thing is Wilson saying:
    “we were a good team”. Past tense.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,173
    mtm wrote: »
    I guess the notable thing is Wilson saying:
    “we were a good team”. Past tense.

    That sounds like a goodbye, doesn't it? Makes me wonder if a (partially) new team will step in or if Barbara, like another Broccoli before her, decides to pull the carriage on her own for a few more years.
  • TuxedoTuxedo Europe
    Posts: 260
    Seve wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    I really can’t imagine what a Steve McQueen Bond film would look like. To be fair to him I think he could do it.

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    Klaus Kinski as Safin - great idea!
  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
    Posts: 724
    In other words no news to report. Roll on 2027 at least
  • StamperStamper
    Posts: 387
    Timothee Chalamet will be 30 next year.
    I'm just saying.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    Posts: 4,619
    I think MGW is getting ready to leave his legacy of Bond in the near future. It will be sad when he does.

    Also, “People are playing it very safe. I think in times of crisis like this, you’ve got to be brave," Broccoli said. “It’s certainly a new era in the movie business, so we’re trying to figure it out." I respect that from her. It seems like she knows that the world does need James Bond in times like these.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,154
    My enthusiasm for the next era is starting to wane, TBH.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,968
    Considering the state of the world today, my biggest hope is that escapism is a major element of the next era.
  • BMB007BMB007
    Posts: 561
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I guess the notable thing is Wilson saying:
    “we were a good team”. Past tense.

    That sounds like a goodbye, doesn't it? Makes me wonder if a (partially) new team will step in or if Barbara, like another Broccoli before her, decides to pull the carriage on her own for a few more years.

    Gregg Wilson, I imagine, will get a promotion.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    Posts: 4,619
    BMB007 wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I guess the notable thing is Wilson saying:
    “we were a good team”. Past tense.

    That sounds like a goodbye, doesn't it? Makes me wonder if a (partially) new team will step in or if Barbara, like another Broccoli before her, decides to pull the carriage on her own for a few more years.

    Gregg Wilson, I imagine, will get a promotion.

    I think that too. I just hope he's as talkative about the creative process as his dad is.
    007HallY wrote: »
    George_Kaplan wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    I’m not a fan of Redmayne as an actor (thought he was awful in The Dutch Girl). I don’t see anything Bondian in him. Even as a villain I’d be skeptical.

    Although he's in his 40s, he's still got a very boyish, ethereal quality to him, which is ideal for fantasy roles, but not so suitable for masculine action adventure roles.

    He also suffers from the same problem as actors like Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch. He's got a very strong whiff of the public school about him. Granted, Bond is a public schoolboy, but he's got more of a rough edge to him. I imagine that's why Eon has always avoided such actors.

    Yes, I think despite Bond’s background that public schoolboy whiff can never be there. It’s one of the strange things about casting Bond - none of the actors themselves have had similar backgrounds to the character (the majority of them are from working class backgrounds in fact, which is quite unusual when you compare Bond actors to Sherlock Holmes ones). That’s not to say the actor’s background matters in itself. It’s just how they come across. Even Roger Moore as Bond with his RADA accent had an irony, magnetism, and harder edge to him you don’t quite get with actors like David Niven from the time.

    Redmayne just doesn’t have that edge or gravitas to him. I’m sure he’s a nice guy, but there’s nothing Bondian about him, and I don’t think he’s anywhere near a good enough actor to mould himself to the role (in fact he’s done surprisingly little screen work since 2020. I’d thought he’d gone a similar way to Tom Hooper until Jackal as he’s done some terrible work that I think has set his career back slightly - Jupiter Ascending being an example, and even Danish Girl has its pushback rightly or wrongly).

    https://parade.com/tv/eddie-redmayne-lashana-lynch-the-day-of-the-jackal-interview-james-bond-rom-com

    Count me as someone who doesn't want to see Redmayne as Bond. His Oscar win really didn't help him out in the long run. His win as Stephen Hawking was kind of typical Oscar bait. Similar to Cliff Robertson in Charly (1968), although his win was more promoting for himself. It should have been Michael Keaton for Birdman. Maybe as unseen MI6 character: Ronnie Vallance or Sir James Molony.
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