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When do you guess the next Bond film will premiere?
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When do you guess the next Bond film will premiere?
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I think many of us might simply be guilting them into getting a move on, while it's still possible.
Truth is, the franchise as we know it may be dead.
Bond may have degenerated into a series of well spaced out event releases.
Eg "Jolly good. We'll have to make another one of these some day"
Five years later: "maybe it's time we made another Bond movie. Now let's see, what shall this one be about........"
I fear that this may be the future, if it isn't here already.
@timmer I hope that's not the case. If Bond films came out every 5 years or so, it would likely be hard to get an actor to do more than one film as Bond, best case only two, which would make continuing the series difficult. The public would have to accept a new Bond with almost every movie, and I'm not sure they would be ok with a change in lead actor that often.
There has never been a four year gap between two films with the same actor (DAF doesn't count imo, that's something different).
So QOS to SF set a precedence that, sadly, probably made BB believe she can have four year gaps and still produce a hit with the same actor. The stupid wait for Mendes provided another three year gap that was totally unnecessary. No matter how great SP is, I wish it wouldn't have happened that way.
I'm with @timmer actually. I think we stand at a crossroads and BB doesn't seem to get it anymore what is important.
Out of control budgets, no cost expenditure control whatsoever and each film that comes out has to make at least some 750 million just to break even. That's simply not how a business should be run.
I don't expect to see another dozen Bond films in my lifetime. In 30 years we may have another 8 at most.
I even fear BB could be selfish enough (and even more stubborn) as she gets older to let Bond just die and not sell it, like Lucas sold Star Wars.
In a way I think the only thing that can save Bond in the long run is that it gets sold to a big company that will make a long term plan like Disney, Marvel etc.
Bond could become the next big thing like The Avengers, Harry Potter, Twilight.
With a new actor they could plan three films ahead with another two on reserve in case it works out.
EON obviously can't or won't, so please someone else take over.
I think Babs is presently waiting on Craig, quite possibly Mendes too, for one big final Craig-era send-off to conclude where SP left off.
After that, I doubt she has any idea where she wants to go. She may feel done with it.
A big studio takeover may be for the best.
I would like to see a return to '60s style Bond films in a contemporary context.
Cast young. Imbue the new guy with a Connery-Lazenby sensibility and away we go.
Fresh exciting adventures with JB Theme blaring.
New movie every 2 years.
Blofeld and Spectre always in play. Either both front and centre, or a Dr No, Largo, Klebb, Le Chiffre, Greene, Silva type directing the mayhem with Ernst only in background, or Spectre set aside entirely on occasion a la '60s GF interlude.
The final Craig film I figure will be another 4 year gap, 2019.
Then Disney or whoever, can deliver the new era debut in 2021.
The 2020's can launch the great new era of Bond!
Can't wait!
There's a difference in asking:
"When do you hope/wish the next, 25th Bond film will premiere?"
And:
"When do you think/predict the next, 25th Bond film will premiere?"
;-)
Apparently, a lot of MI6-forummembers didn't see that distinction clearly. Because I highly doubt 007 will return in 2018.
People don't miss it.
The truth is people routinely answer polls in furtherance of their own agenda.
Honorable Mi6 forum members I suspect are no different.
Yes. Of course it can be done.
Babs is no longer the one to do it.
Her legacy is secure.
It only makes sense I think at this point to make a Craig-Mendes Part 3 to conclude the Craig era
What the hell, go for it. There doesn't appear to be anything else on the table.
Babs, Craig and Sam are thick as thieves.
They are a team. May as well keep the happy trio together for one last fling.
See what they come up with.
Then Babs might do the honorable thing and pass the baton!
I agree, and that's partly why I'm feeling if we don't get another Bond this decade, then the final film in the Eon series could well be the only Bond produced in the 2020's. It only takes one misguided film to flop and kill a franchise.
The drawback to selling to another company is the chances increase that some idiot producer may cave in and really want to PC Bond by making him female, etc etc.
There are so many fools out there that really seem to think Bond must "change" to fit the times. GE proved otherwise as did CR.
On the optimistic side to that is someone could come along and do straight 1950's cold war adaptations of the books. There's probably room for variety. Look how many things have been done with Sherlock Holmes and Dracula.
I'd prefer Eon to keep Bond in the family, but get it together enough to continue as a series rather than an occasional event.
I had felt in the Brosnan era, the extra year for DAD was just a one off and things would return to normal the following film. Then four years later we got CR, and with QoS two years later, it felt we were back to normal. Now it's normal to expect four years with three only when lucky.
Eon would have to spread the production around a bit, rather than limit to cinema blockbusters only
I would suggest for starters.
1. A relaunch of '60s inspired contemporary action thrillers as I described above. New film every two years.
2. HBO style mini-series dramatization of the Fleming novels.
3. This one is a big if. But on occasion allow an alternative big screen Bond take, based on merit of project. ie if Tarantino or whoever wants to do something a little off reservation, outside the regular series, then maybe give him a go., if the project seems worthy.
A stretched out dramatic cinema rendition of A Quantumofsolace or The Hildebrand Rarity might make for great cinema, with suitable director and crew. Neither are action stories, but both are of Bond and rife with dramatic tension.
They would be outside the regular series and if done well, could be real good.
Maybe even flesh out Fleming's 007 In New York, into a full dramatic telling. The scrambled eggs bit could be epic.
To my mind, SF itself was an alternative type Bond film. So was NSNA, so the trail has been somewhat pre-blazed.
When do you guess the next Bond film will premiere?
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I do think these results are honest appraisals of the release scenarios.
People often do vote strategically in polls, but I don't think that's the case here.
You can post here instead.
At this time I have other movies to keep me occupied. Like yearly Star Wars movie.
Have lost a bit faith in Babs and co.
Just a feeling.
Another thing to mention is that, with STAR WARS 9 vacating that spot in December 2019, that might play a role in the decision making, as there's a nice juicy spot there now where a Bond film would fit nicely.
December 2019 would also be exactly 50 years after ohmss debuted December 1969 and bond 25 is going down the same path as ohmss so it makes total sense.
I don't think they would wait that long for Craig, personally.