Where does Bond go after Craig?

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  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
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    I think given that Craig's Bond is it's own universe and we've witnessed it come to completion, it makes more sense to recast all the roles.
    That way there's no hangover, less comparisons and hopefully new ideas
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    edited January 2022 Posts: 4,592
    I noticed on Kingsmen that Ralph Fiennes has a coproducer credit. If he stays on for Bond, he could earn another one. He has something that not many Bond actors have: Star Power. He’s shown it before by saying to John Logan and Sam Mendes (who also had a fair amount of Star Power), not to make Mallory a villain. It’d be too obvious for him as a actor.
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    I think it would be funny if Judi Dench came back to play M to introduce the new Bond.
    Like Bernard Lee she could be M for three different Bonds.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    What if Dench came back...as May? Heads would explode.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    echo wrote: »
    What if Dench came back...as May? Heads would explode.

    In terms of why is Bond making an 87 year-old woman clean up after him? :)
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    May breaks into Bond's apartment. That's how they first meet.
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
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    QBranch wrote: »
    May breaks into Bond's apartment. That's how they first meet.

    "Clean one more thing and I'll have you killed."
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    QBranch wrote: »
    May breaks into Bond's apartment. That's how they first meet.

    Just an impression, but are you thinking that May is a grifter and a drifter, a con artist but one who's getting on in years and has no home ?

    Bond takes her in, demanding that she promise to stay honest and take care of his home and as his assistant, as well as enjoying her own life, but no crime ! and, then, of course, when Bond's away how the May will play...
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    We may know sooner than we expected (massive bag of salt time).

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    Mallory wrote: »
    We may know sooner than we expected (massive bag of salt time).


    while I don't believe this that being said he doesn't give a year so technically any post Oscars we could find out the next 007
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    Since62 wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
    May breaks into Bond's apartment. That's how they first meet.

    Just an impression, but are you thinking that May is a grifter and a drifter, a con artist but one who's getting on in years and has no home ?

    Bond takes her in, demanding that she promise to stay honest and take care of his home and as his assistant, as well as enjoying her own life, but no crime ! and, then, of course, when Bond's away how the May will play...

    I know she's used to larger roles, and plays a rather major one in the F&F stories, but wouldn't Hellen Mirren just knock it out of the park ? She's known for keeping the Sexy Hot regardless of the number of years since she happened to be born - so, maybe, when Bond's in town, she saves time in helping him make the bed cuz she is IN IT ALL NIGHT LONG ?!!? Um, yeah, this says nothing about May and reveals only that I greatly admire and find phenomenally attractive the wonderful Ms. Mirren.
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    Since62 wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
    May breaks into Bond's apartment. That's how they first meet.

    Just an impression, but are you thinking that May is a grifter and a drifter, a con artist but one who's getting on in years and has no home ?

    Bond takes her in, demanding that she promise to stay honest and take care of his home and as his assistant, as well as enjoying her own life, but no crime ! and, then, of course, when Bond's away how the May will play...

    I’d prefer a ‘normal’ granny-next-door type woman, who fuss over Bond like a surrogate child. Who has a husband and grown up kids and grandchildren, living in a different universe to her boss
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I know the previous posts about May were in jest, but I really have no interest in seeing her.
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    mtm wrote: »
    I know the previous posts about May were in jest, but I really have no interest in seeing her.

    I'm with you on this. As much as I love specific Fleming details in this films, I don't think May is necessary for the big screen. Funny thing is I do picture someone along the lines of Judi Dench as May when I think of that character.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I know the previous posts about May were in jest, but I really have no interest in seeing her.

    I'm with you on this. As much as I love specific Fleming details in this films, I don't think May is necessary for the big screen. Funny thing is I do picture someone along the lines of Judi Dench as May when I think of that character.

    I remember in LeCarre's "Spy Who Came In From The Cold", Bernard Lee plays a shopkeeper that gets punched in the face, felt like a bit of a "f*** you" to Bond :))

    Maybe Mission: Impossible could cast Judi as Ethan Hunt's housekeeper as their own jab at Bond.
  • talos7 wrote: »
    I like Fiennes, but he didn’t make a impact on me in the role; yes, he was very good but not irreplaceable.

    Clean slate.

    Agreed. Even if he was super amazing in the role, I think it would be a terrible idea to bring him back, what with the way NTTD ended. New M, new Moneypenny, new Q, new Bond, new everything. Clean slate.
  • LucknFate wrote: »
    I like Tildesley's work in NTTD paired with its cinematography, but I don't think the Craig era ever nailed what the modern Bond aesthetic and iconography could or should aspire to in the same way the Brosnan era nailed such a specific tone and style for Bond, and a hyper-realistic (and kind of simple, but consistent) location setting for the character throughout that era. Though perhaps with Craig they were the most creative and successful with Tildesley.

    That natural gun barrel shot towards the End of NTTD was proof....

    If you notice throughout almost each scene/shot of the film with Cary Fukunaga, there is a light blue/turquoise color in each "digital frame"...

    Daniel Craig's involvement with each film behind the scenes in the production is something you haven't quite seen from his predecessors and will be missed.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    mtm wrote: »
    I know the previous posts about May were in jest, but I really have no interest in seeing her.

    I really wish P&W had found a place for May in NTTD. She could have been in the Garden of Death, tied to the train tracks in the garden by the Spang Brothers, after which she dives off a cliff and fights a giant squid.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    echo wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I know the previous posts about May were in jest, but I really have no interest in seeing her.

    I really wish P&W had found a place for May in NTTD. She could have been in the Garden of Death, tied to the train tracks in the garden by the Spang Brothers, after which she dives off a cliff and fights a giant squid.

    The true spirit of Fleming: I'm sold.
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
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    Especially as Since62's cast Helen Mirren...
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    Mallory wrote: »
    We may know sooner than we expected (massive bag of salt time).


    Don’t you mean a quantum of salt? ;)
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
    edited January 2022 Posts: 1,636
    Mallory wrote: »
    We may know sooner than we expected (massive bag of salt time).


    That's interesting considering Jamie Dornan may get nominated for Belfast? Dev Patel, Jonathan Majors, Iranian actor Amir Jadidi also in the mix for awards this year.

  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    LucknFate wrote: »
    Mallory wrote: »
    We may know sooner than we expected (massive bag of salt time).


    That's interesting considering Jamie Dornan may get nominated for Belfast? Dev Patel, Jonathan Majors, Iranian actor Amir Jadidi also in the mix for awards this year.

    EON maybe further along with Bond 26 then we realize.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
    edited January 2022 Posts: 1,636
    MaxCasino wrote: »
    LucknFate wrote: »
    Mallory wrote: »
    We may know sooner than we expected (massive bag of salt time).


    That's interesting considering Jamie Dornan may get nominated for Belfast? Dev Patel, Jonathan Majors, Iranian actor Amir Jadidi also in the mix for awards this year.

    EON maybe further along with Bond 26 then we realize.

    I honestly don't think so, and I don't mean to get anybody's hopes up. Just looking at names that will likely be on the red carpet and may get headlines. Keep in mind it's guaranteed the NTTD crew will also be on that red carpet making headlines, so I don't think anything is actually happening. They don't want to distract from NTTD and they've made that clear, and the Oscars are probably the last big event for the movie.

    Alternatively, Variety has reported that Bond will play strong in its usual technical categories but there could be a nod to Cary Fukunaga. It may just be that they want to wait until the Oscars are awarded, finish enjoying NTTD's moment, and then announce they are BEGINNING to cast the net. I bet that's the most likely scenario, if anything. But realistically my doubts are high for any major news this year outside of boring Amazon/MGM merger stuff settling.
  • edited January 2022 Posts: 16,147
    Albert R Broccoli's Eon Productions present

    Jamie Dornan

    as Ian Fleming's

    James Bond 007

    in

    THE JAMES BOND.


    Somehow I'm taking the tweet with a grain of salt. It would be nice to get an announcement after the Oscars and I really wish Eon were planning the next film already.
    After the ending of NTTD it would be a shame to leave audiences hanging with a dormant Bond for the next 6-10 years or however long they plan on celebrating Daniel's achievement in the role.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    As much as I'd like to think "there's no way they'd ever make a Bond film and call it "James Bond" or any sort of thing like that", I'm more and more afraid that they might actually do something like this. A band I really like lost one of their founding members after decades of (mostly) a single lineup, and the very next album they released with their new drummer was self-titled, to "reaffirm their identity" or something like that... I could see EON wanting to do something similar for their first film after Craig.

    Again, I really hope not.
  • As much as I'd like to think "there's no way they'd ever make a Bond film and call it "James Bond" or any sort of thing like that", I'm more and more afraid that they might actually do something like this. A band I really like lost one of their founding members after decades of (mostly) a single lineup, and the very next album they released with their new drummer was self-titled, to "reaffirm their identity" or something like that... I could see EON wanting to do something similar for their first film after Craig.

    Again, I really hope not.

    The Jason Bourne movies did absolutely just that. When the one with Jeremy Renner didn’t do as well as the first three, they brought Damon and Greengrass back and just named it Jason Bourne. And it’s the absolute weakest film in the series.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    edited January 2022 Posts: 7,020
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Albert R Broccoli's Eon Productions present

    Jamie Dornan

    as Ian Fleming's

    James Bond 007

    in

    THE JAMES BOND.

    Haha. "Moneypenny, we have a crisis. Call... THE JAMES BOND."

    ---

    -My name is Bond. The James Bond.
    -Are you THE James Bond?
    -What did I just say?
    -Sorry. Are you THE The James Bond?
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,546
    As much as I'd like to think "there's no way they'd ever make a Bond film and call it "James Bond" or any sort of thing like that", I'm more and more afraid that they might actually do something like this. A band I really like lost one of their founding members after decades of (mostly) a single lineup, and the very next album they released with their new drummer was self-titled, to "reaffirm their identity" or something like that... I could see EON wanting to do something similar for their first film after Craig.

    Again, I really hope not.

    The Jason Bourne movies did absolutely just that. When the one with Jeremy Renner didn’t do as well as the first three, they brought Damon and Greengrass back and just named it Jason Bourne. And it’s the absolute weakest film in the series.

    It's a cause for concern, for sure.
  • edited January 2022 Posts: 16,147
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Albert R Broccoli's Eon Productions present

    Jamie Dornan

    as Ian Fleming's

    James Bond 007

    in

    THE JAMES BOND.

    Haha. "Moneypenny, we have a crisis. Call... THE JAMES BOND."

    ---

    -My name is Bond. The James Bond.
    -Are you THE James Bond?
    -What did I just say?
    -Sorry. Are you THE The James Bond?

    Haha! Good one.


    There is a trend these days to have a simple title that's already been used before and just add the word THE.

    THE SUICIDE SQUAD, THE BATMAN, etc


    Perhaps THE JAMES BOND could be akin to the Truman-Lodge Seinfeld episode THE JIMMY where he refers to himself in the third person?
    "Mr. Bond's name is Bond, James Bond, Mr. Bond will have a vodka martini, shaken not stirred".
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