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Where does Bond go after Craig?

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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I know it's not an original thought to think of The Rock as having Connery as an older Bond, but I was thinking that he really could have played Bond again around that time. I watched it a few months ago and I thought that it could have worked as another McClory Thunderball: I imagined that Bond had been imprisoned for years in HMP Shrublands just as Connery's character in The Rock was, and his fellow prisoner Count Lippe escapes...
  • jetsetwillyjetsetwilly
    edited July 2021 Posts: 3,327
    mtm wrote: »
    I know it's not an original thought to think of The Rock as having Connery as an older Bond, but I was thinking that he really could have played Bond again around that time. I watched it a few months ago and I thought that it could have worked as another McClory Thunderball: I imagined that Bond had been imprisoned for years in HMP Shrublands just as Connery's character in The Rock was, and his fellow prisoner Count Lippe escapes...

    I would have loved to have seen Connery in Skyfall as Kincaid (which is what the original intention was). That would have been a fitting end to his film career. What a way to go out. Ending right where it all once started for him, in a Bond movie. And what a location, set in his beloved homeland.

    `Welcome to Scotland!' bang, bang!
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    No origin story, or a young agent learning the game, the entire world knows his name and what he’s about.
    26 should be an agent in his prime.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    talos7 wrote: »
    No origin story, or a young agent learning the game, the entire world knows his name and what he’s about.
    26 should be an agent in his prime.

    I completely agree.
  • Mr_BeachMr_Beach
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    I think all the stars have aligned for Nolan to finally make his Bond film.
  • battleshipgreygtbattleshipgreygt
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    Mr_Beach wrote: »
    I think all the stars have aligned for Nolan to finally make his Bond film.
    After Tenet, I wonder if he still had the desire to.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    After Tenet, I really don’t want him to! :)
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    mtm wrote: »
    After Tenet, I really don’t want him to! :)

    Absolutely agree.
  • SomethingThatAteHimSomethingThatAteHim
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    Yeah, Tenet really killed any enthusiasm I could muster for Nolan doing a Bond.
  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
    edited July 2021 Posts: 4,247
    Yeah, it's not as if Nolan is 80. He could still direct a Bond film in future. Maybe not immediately. He's a brilliant director. It's just that Tenet is a polarizing film, not a terrible film. I think Nolan will surely return with another superb film. He knows he can stun the world again and can do it.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    Nolan thinks he's a brilliant director. That's his problem.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    echo wrote: »
    Nolan thinks he's a brilliant director. That's his problem.

    So does James Cameron. But unlike Nolan, he’s not a decent writer or person.
  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
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    echo wrote: »
    Nolan thinks he's a brilliant director. That's his problem.

    He is
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    MaxCasino wrote: »
    echo wrote: »
    Nolan thinks he's a brilliant director. That's his problem.

    So does James Cameron. But unlike Nolan, he’s not a decent writer or person.

    He's not got a terrible track history at making films to be fair.
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
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    MaxCasino wrote: »
    echo wrote: »
    Nolan thinks he's a brilliant director. That's his problem.

    So does James Cameron. But unlike Nolan, he’s not a decent writer or person.

    Not so sure about that one. He's above and beyond Nolan in terms of writing female characters, for example.

    I don't really care what they're like as people.
  • Junglist_1985Junglist_1985 Los Angeles
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    Would love to see Bond 26 as a loose adaptation of MR novel, perhaps with a sizable side story to make it more globe-trotting. Directed by Villenueve.
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    Junglist_1985 wrote: »
    Would love to see Bond 26 as a loose adaptation of MR novel, perhaps with a sizable side story to make it more globe-trotting. Directed by Villenueve.
    That would be incredible.
  • battleshipgreygtbattleshipgreygt
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    Junglist_1985 wrote: »
    Would love to see Bond 26 as a loose adaptation of MR novel, perhaps with a sizable side story to make it more globe-trotting. Directed by Villenueve.

    I would love that (in fact that’s the inspiration for the Bond 26 screenplay project I’m writing) and Villeneuve would be my ideal choice of director. I also think he’s kind of the most obvious choice since I feel Nolan has scratched his Bond itch after Inception and Tenet. If Villeneuve ended up being the pick it would be a clear signal that they’re doubling down on the dark, “Prestige Bond” the Craig era established.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    edited July 2021 Posts: 4,638
    battleshipgreygt wrote: »
    Junglist_1985 wrote: »
    Would love to see Bond 26 as a loose adaptation of MR novel, perhaps with a sizable side story to make it more globe-trotting. Directed by Villenueve.

    I would love that (in fact that’s the inspiration for the Bond 26 screenplay project I’m writing) and Villeneuve would be my ideal choice of director. I also think he’s kind of the most obvious choice since I feel Nolan has scratched his Bond itch after Inception and Tenet. If Villeneuve ended up being the pick it would be a clear signal that they’re doubling down on the dark, “Prestige Bond” the Craig era established.

    I agree with everything! Just don't let Purvis and Wade write it!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Junglist_1985 wrote: »
    Would love to see Bond 26 as a loose adaptation of MR novel, perhaps with a sizable side story to make it more globe-trotting. Directed by Villenueve.

    A remake of Die Another Day then? :D
  • Herr_StockmannHerr_Stockmann
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    mtm wrote: »
    A remake of Die Another Day then? :D
    Joking aside, some elements from DAD could be reused in Bond 26 to create a very different story and, eventually, a great movie: a rogue military gets his hands on conflict diamonds to obtain high-tech weapons, a treacherous MI6 agent who already by the past betrayed Bond, who doesn't know it at first.
  • jetsetwillyjetsetwilly
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    Herr_Stockmann wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    A remake of Die Another Day then? :D
    Joking aside, some elements from DAD could be reused in Bond 26 to create a very different story and, eventually, a great movie: a rogue military gets his hands on conflict diamonds to obtain high-tech weapons, a treacherous MI6 agent who already by the past betrayed Bond, who doesn't know it at first.

    No thanks DAD was a shocker the first time round. There is literally nothing of that film I would ever want to see used again. :-q
  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
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    I'm trying to erase DAD from my memory.
  • Since62Since62
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    Oh come on -- it could be VASTLY improved upon ! How about this ? The guy with diamonds embedded in the skin of his face gets an implant, or lines up just right with a light beam machine aimed at him -- and then he shoots laser beams from his face !!! I can hear Dr. Evil, I mean, the Bond villain now, screaming -- "I just want a henchperson who can shoot laser beams from their frickin' face !!!"
    OK, so, yeah, I'm joking...(pinky to mouth and arch eyes) Or am I ?!!?

    But, let's face it, EON already allowed the writers to purloin from Austin Powers -- itself a spoof of Bond ! (smh) -- with the Villain-is-Really-the-Hero's-Brother bit in SPECTRE, and from Kingsman -- another spoof of Bond ! (smh) -- with the kill-significant-portions-of-the-population evil plan by the villain in NTTD. Come on. Is this the work of Purvis and Wade or some other person(s) ? Surely there are some fresh writers out there. Austin Powers and Kingsman found them, not to mention M:I. Let's face it, M:I has had -- regardless of the plot and villain's plan, which sometimes has been an approach shared by the Bond producers, who have a collection of stunts and locations they work into the films, if not one, then another when it fits better AND THAT'S FINE ! -- better and more exciting prolonged action/stunt scenes for several movies now.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    Just speculating regarding reboots:

    If Bond and Madeleine get a happy ending in NTTD, then they either have to reboot or write her out somehow in B26. Surely they wouldn't have the same love interest across three films? That's turning into Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

    If Bond and Madeleine get a sad ending in NTTD, then they can continue in this timeline.
  • Mr_BeachMr_Beach
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    echo wrote: »
    Just speculating regarding reboots:

    If Bond and Madeleine get a happy ending in NTTD, then they either have to reboot or write her out somehow in B26. Surely they wouldn't have the same love interest across three films? That's turning into Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

    If Bond and Madeleine get a sad ending in NTTD, then they can continue in this timeline.
    Bond 26 will be a soft reboot the very least as long as Craig really isn't returning. But that's a given with a new 007 actor.
  • QsCatQsCat London
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    talos7 wrote: »
    No origin story, or a young agent learning the game, the entire world knows his name and what he’s about.
    26 should be an agent in his prime.

    I agree too.. i hope that's what we get..
  • QsCatQsCat London
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    Herr_Stockmann wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    A remake of Die Another Day then? :D
    Joking aside, some elements from DAD could be reused in Bond 26 to create a very different story and, eventually, a great movie: a rogue military gets his hands on conflict diamonds to obtain high-tech weapons, a treacherous MI6 agent who already by the past betrayed Bond, who doesn't know it at first.

    The capture of Bond was the best thing about that film..
  • Since62Since62
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    Does the following reversal on the title of this thread call for an entirely new thread ? Oh, well -- here goes: Where does Craig go after Bond ?

  • DoctorClatterhandDoctorClatterhand
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    PWB for the script and either James Mangold or Paul King as director.
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