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SPECTRE Production Timeline

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  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    Gustav_Graves wrote: »
    SirGodfrey wrote: »
    marketto007 wrote: »
    Loved the new EMPIRE cover. WHY on earth Sony/EON didn't used this layout for the poster? Having a huge name like Waltz, it would make much more sense for commercial purposes to advertise the film with both actors.

    The truth. Waltz should have been on the poster.

    Obviously not.

    What if you saw Blofeld's face on the "YOLT" poster?? For me that's too much of a spoiler. Moreover, if you look to many previous Bond posters, the villain is never on it! So let's keep that tradition ;-).

    Maybe it's a tradition since the 2006 reboot. But for the first 20 movies it was a more mixed proposition.

    GoldenEye (secondary villain, but still a villain)
    http://www.impawards.com/1995/posters/goldeneye_ver2_xlg.jpg

    A View To a Kill (main villain, secondary position, upper left)
    http://www.impawards.com/1985/posters/view_to_a_kill.jpg

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service (main villain, lower center)
    http://gorillaofthegasbags.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ohmss-poster.jpg

    U.K. The World Is Not Enough, both villains
    http://www.filmoria.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/The-World-Is-Not-Enough-poster.jpg

    From Russia With Love (secondary villain, left center)
    http://www.impawards.com/1963/posters/from_russia_with_love_xlg.jpg

    Live And Let Die poster (two secondary villains)
    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Live_and_Let_Die-_UK_cinema_poster.jpg

    The Man With the Golden Gun (main and secondary villains in secondary positions)
    http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/38/MPW-19431

    The Living Daylights poster (a variant, but with villains on the right)
    http://gallerytheimage.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/Original_Watermark/007_the_living_daylights_a1_us1sh.jpg

    Licence to Kill (villain on right)
    https://operationgrandslam.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/licence-to-kill-poster.jpg

    U.K. version Tomorrow Never Dies
    http://www.impawards.com/1997/posters/tomorrow_never_dies_ver5_xlg.jpg

    Moonraker (primary and secondary villains)
    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/11/article-2085176-0F6B153800000578-614_634x445.jpg
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    Gustav_Graves wrote: »
    doubleoego wrote: »
    We all know who the villain is, it's not meant to be a secret or built up to be some big reveal. You cant compare Waltz with Pleasence because up until YOLT Blofeld was some faceless superboss. These are different times. It doesn't detract by putting Waltz who's a big name in his own right on the poster but I suppose it's not THAT big a deal if he's not.

    Why?

    Raoul Silva wasn't on the "SF"-poster
    Dominic Greene wasn't on the "QOS"-poster
    Le Chiffre wasn't on the "CR"-poster
    Alec Trevelyan wasn't on the "GE"-poster
    Franz Sanchez wasn't on the "LTK"-poster
    Blofeld was ONLY on the "OHMSS"-poster, but never made an appearance on the other posters.

    I guess you're right to say that post 9/11 these are different times. But these different times include actually not showing the villain on a poster on one of the Craig films...

    Sanchez was on one of the Licence to Kill posters.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    If only I had my 50 years of Bond posters book at work... :(
  • antovolkantovolk
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    Event to watch out for - Sony are presenting at the Russian Film Expo on September 30th....maybe we'll have the final trailer out by then. Ideally :D
    http://www.filmpro.ru/materials/40533
  • RC7RC7
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    Waltz on the poster would have been superb. Missed opportunity.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Yep. A massive missed opportunity.
  • AgentJM7AgentJM7
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    Sex sells. And Waltz doesn't do it for much of Bond's traditional male audience. Simple as.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    I don't see why Waltz should be on the poster when Bardem was not.

    But of course why not go new ways and have the baddie on the poster, Waltz sure is photogenic.
    Actually I would like a poster with the main characters all on it.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    I'm not sure why who was on previous posters matters whatsoever.
    People know Christoph Waltz. People who don't keep up with Bond news and maybe haven't seen a trailer and might not have known he was in it might go see the film because they're Waltz fans, if they see him on a poster in the theatre. He has a lot of draw.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    I'm not sure why who was on previous posters matters whatsoever.
    People know Christoph Waltz. People who don't keep up with Bond news and maybe haven't seen a trailer and might not have known he was in it might go see the film because they're Waltz fans, if they see him on a poster in the theatre. He has a lot of draw.

    Very true.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    We keep finding new things to debate. Wish this movie would hurry up and get here lol.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited September 2015 Posts: 7,546
    mcdonbb wrote: »
    We keep finding new things to debate. Wish this movie would hurry up and get here lol.

    I'll say it again, we're like rats in a drum! With nothing to eat, we eat eachother!

    But who will be the two remaining? My guess is @Gustav_Graves and @RC7 who will be battling about an argument they had about how they were arguing about the color of a dinner jacket ;)
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    mcdonbb wrote: »
    We keep finding new things to debate. Wish this movie would hurry up and get here lol.

    I'll say it again, we're like rats in a drum! With nothing to eat, we eat eachother!

    But who will be the two remaining? My guess is @Gustav_Graves and @RC7 who will be battling about an argument they had about how they were arguing about the color of a dinner jacket ;)


    SPOT-ON AND PROBABLY THE TRUEST STATEMENT MADE IN THIS FORUM SINCE QUITE SOME TIME (yes capital letters :)) )
  • antovolkantovolk
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    Standees going up across UK
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Sh*t's about to get very real.
  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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    Are we still expecting to get character posters, or has that ship sailed?
  • RC7RC7
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    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    mcdonbb wrote: »
    We keep finding new things to debate. Wish this movie would hurry up and get here lol.

    I'll say it again, we're like rats in a drum! With nothing to eat, we eat eachother!

    But who will be the two remaining? My guess is @Gustav_Graves and @RC7 who will be battling about an argument they had about how they were arguing about the color of a dinner jacket ;)

    Just call me the last rat standing.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Pre-sales of tickets started today in Switzerland.
    And let me make this clear:
    To start pre-sales nationwide for a movie that will not open for another 7 weeks is unprecedented.
    I said this before, the Walt Disney Corporation who has the distribution rights in Switzerland for Bond is expecting Spectre to shatter ticket sales records, surpassing Skyfall (3rd highest ticket sales ever) and even Titanic which still holds the record.
    And I've heard, they expect the same for Germany and Austria.

    Sure, Walt Disney Corporation may just be wrong, but it sure looks promising for Spectre in the German-language region which is by far the highest populated area in Europe.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited September 2015 Posts: 7,546
    Looks as though Spectre *will be* the Thunderball to Skyfall's Goldfinger.

    I'd like to nominate myself for winner of shortest sentence with most Bond titles.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
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    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    Looks as though Spectre *will be* the Thunderball to Skyfall's Goldfinger.

    "I've been saying for years....."....that "SPECTRE" will be outgrossing "SkyFall" considerably ;-).
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    I agree @Gustav_Graves, but it's hard to say if it will be a *considerable* out-grossing. Skyfall made an enormous amount of money. Time will tell!
  • GermanladyGermanlady
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    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    I agree @Gustav_Graves, but it's hard to say if it will be a *considerable* out-grossing. Skyfall made an enormous amount of money. Time will tell!

    I believe, anything above 1 billion is an enormous success this year for Bond. Twice in a row...
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Spot on @Germanlady. And I think it'll do it. Skyfall's popularity + Christoph Waltz' involvement = big money for sure.
  • ThomasCrown76ThomasCrown76 Augusta, ks
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    If waltz is really playing Blowjob, it'll get people's attention, for sure
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited September 2015 Posts: 7,546
    ThomasCrown76 wrote: »
    If waltz is really playing Blowjob, it'll get people's attention, for sure

    I'm not sure if I prefer that to be intentional, or "Autocorrected".

  • ThomasCrown76ThomasCrown76 Augusta, ks
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    Probably autoerected;)
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    ThomasCrown76 wrote: »
    Probably autoerected;)


    =))

    ...well at least we aren't fighting. Yay lol
  • ThomasCrown76ThomasCrown76 Augusta, ks
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    See? A little juvenile smut is good for the soul;)
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Germanlady wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    I agree @Gustav_Graves, but it's hard to say if it will be a *considerable* out-grossing. Skyfall made an enormous amount of money. Time will tell!

    I believe, anything above 1 billion is an enormous success this year for Bond. Twice in a row...

    I'm not so sure anymore the billion is so difficult to reach.
    Don't forget that even if 10% less tickets will be sold that Spectre nonetheless will make more money than Skyfall !!
    That's something that gets "forgotten" most of the times.
    Especially IMAX tickets are much more expensive than in 2012 and this time Bond will be seen even more at IMAX than 3 years ago.

    In the end the revenue will (as usual) be the measure of success, that may be wrong or not, I guess that's a matter of opinion.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    If everyone buys the same amount of Spectre tickets as I did, the film will be looking closer to $100 billion, than $1 billion... :P
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