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Totally agree about Leitch being Fukunaga 2.0, not what we need.
I think he could be a good option for Bond 26.
;)
Fall Guy was estimated to bring in $35- 40 million this weekend, BUTTTTT….Estimates have now dropped to $25 million. On a $140 budget (not including P&A), it’ll be very lucky to break even. And it’s looking to be received coolly in the international markets.
Deadpool 2 barely made what the first one did. I know I saw this with my son. But I don’t remember anything about it.
Hobbs and Shaw. One of the lowest grossers in the FF series. And this had the Rock still at the height of his powers, plus the Stath was his co-star. I’m not a fan of these films and barely got through fifteen minutes of one of them, so I can’t judge on the quality. But this should have also have been a popcorn hit.
Atomic Blonde. A flop. Theron was coming off Fury Road, I think. This I did see and I was disappointed. There were some nicely choreographed stunts, of course, but the film as a whole was messy and a little bit ugly.
Bullet Train… a huge ensemble led by Pitt. It broke even.
There are better choices for James Bond, considering 007 needs to appeal to the international marketplace (the domestic box office for Bond and M:I are usually quite consistent. Bond eats up in the international markets and I think it’s clear Leitch’s films not necessarily do).
Thanks @SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ …!
In other words, you value a director's performance taking box office receipts as a requirement and not his work as such.
It is not always the highest-grossing films that are of the highest quality.
;)
No, you’ve misinterpreted and misunderstood .
My main point was my closing sentence mate: Bond needs an international flavour as the bulk of EoN’s box office is at the international box office, and Leitch’s film don’t translate well outside of domestic.
Money matters if you want to make another film.
Thanks for posting!
Phil Collins?
Yeah, good points. Even then I don’t think he’s quite a fit for Bond. Comparing him to Fukunaga again, the latter at least had expirience with more character based films (which the vast majority of experienced Bond directors had/is essential) and was broadly successful at doing them, even though as I said I’m not a fan of his general style for Bond. I dunno, for what Leitch’s films often are trying to be (namely popcorn flicks, some more thoughtful than others - ie Atomic Blonde - but essentially stylised action films) it feels like they should be better.
Oops...
And he can play James Bond him self too ;)
This running girl is possible one of last action scenes he direct.
He direct episode The Murder of Patrick O'Halloran from Irish tv series Ceart agus Coir.
And this
And James Mangold is a good choice because...
I think Logan and Le Mans '66 did well internationally, didn't they?
Hey @DEKE_RIVERS , nice try at a troll. I said I don’t know if Mangold was the right fit, but he’d be worth talking to.
Give your head a shake.
As for Villeneuve:
“Some are speculating that it might be his recently announced adaptation of Annie Jacobsen‘s nonfiction book “Nuclear War: A Scenario,” but I’m hearing that’s not what Kit was alluding to — the plan for that one has always been to shoot it AFTER “Dune: Messiah.” The screenplay hasn’t even been written yet for ‘Nuclear War.’
Villeneuve recently stated that he has three potential working projects as possibilities for his next film, they are “Cleopatra,” “Rendezvous with Rama,” and a “secret” film that is “time sensitive.” ‘
Well, you said a lot of things.
You're right about the box office but I was right too.
;)
So is a broken clock is there a point or?
What have I done to you?
But again, @DEKE_RIVERS , you're trying to twist something to fit a narrative: many weeks ago, someone on here suggested Mangold as a potential director for Bond.
I said that he's of a pedigree that it would be worth chatting with him, although I didn't know if he was a fit for Bond. Those were my words.
So I don't know what I was right about re: box office, and I have no idea what you're claiming you were right about either?
You like Mangold and that's fine. Let's leave it that way.
@DEKE_RIVERS , you're twisting a narrative, and you're making assumptions. I like SOME Mangold films, and I really don't like others. So, please, stop putting words in my mouth.
He is a respected craftsman.
Someone here mentioned him as a possible candidate.
I said he'd be worth chatting to, but I didn't know if he was a fit for Bond. But there's nothing to lose having a meeting with him to see what his ideas would be.
That's all I said.
It has nothing to do with liking him.
It was just an opinion and I was supporting another poster here by saying that was an interesting call out.
Do you understand? I wasn't trying to be "right" about anything.
And I still don't understand your remark about me being "right" about box office. And no idea, still, what you're claiming to be "right" about?
But I will stress, please stop putting words in my mouth.
Maybe a scene where Bond meets a contact in a theatre but gets his drink spiked, and the fun and games turns into an intoxicated nightmare (cue opportunity for surreal horror themes). I think something like vaudeville would be a good fit for Bond's world, much like circus and voodoo. (Seriously, when I think of vaudeville I think of The Muppets.)
You pissed off a friend of mine
Ok this is about friendship.