Where does Bond go after Craig?

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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I would more than welcome his return. His scores for CR and QOS were quite good, some of the best work he's ever done, IMO.
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    I would more than welcome his return. His scores for CR and QOS were quite good, some of the best work he's ever done, IMO.

    Seconded. I’d love for him to return to the series; it’s quite long overdue.
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    I would welcome Arnold back with open arms and ears. His score for the N peal ad was terrific and it took me right back to those Bondian atmospheres I miss so much.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited July 27 Posts: 16,383
    A couple of weeks ago I had a nightmare in which it was announced that David Arnold would score Bond 26. Yikes.

    It wouldn't be my nightmare but it's certainly not something I'd be overjoyed to hear. Keep moving forward.

    The only person I'd be disappointed if they didn't come back (other than the producers) would be Danny Kleinman. But he's been doing it a very long while and might want to retire, I don't know.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I certainly hope that Kleinman will be back. He's a worthy addition to the Brownjohn / Binder legacy.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    I certainly hope that Kleinman will be back. He's a worthy addition to the Brownjohn / Binder legacy.

    Yes, I agree. Kleinman is consistently excellent (most especially during the Craig era) and I hope he returns for many more Bond films.
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    I've come around to Arnold doing 26. It's been a while since a score like that.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    A couple of weeks ago I had a nightmare in which it was announced that David Arnold would score Bond 26. Yikes.

    I have nightmares about other certain people coming back in other departments for Bond 26.
  • AmericanBondFan1994AmericanBondFan1994 Milford, Michigan
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    A couple of weeks ago I had a nightmare in which it was announced that David Arnold would score Bond 26. Yikes.

    Relax. He's out of the game. The last MP he scored was that awful Fletch remake two years ago. I don't mind him returning though, but chances are slim.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    edited July 28 Posts: 2,016
    Ludwig Goransson might be on EON's list for Bond 26. After all, EON now go for Oscar winners. I too would like Arnold's return. But when EON fired Dan Romer and went with Zimmer, it tells me EON could be done with Arnold. Because I really expected Arnold to be announced after Romer's firing. I'm sure Arnold himself would have been expecting the call, only to be shocked by Zimmer's announcement.
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    Ludwig Goransson might be on EON's list for Bond 26. After all, EON now go for Oscar winners. I too would like Arnold's return. But when EON fired Dan Romer and went with Zimmer, it tells me EON could be done with Arnold. Because I really expected Arnold to be announced after Romer's firing. I'm sure Arnold himself would have been expecting the call, only to be shocked by Zimmer's announcement.

    Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro were working on The Rhythm Section with EoN at the same time NTTD was in post production, so I imagine it was just easier to ask them to stick around for a few weeks extra.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    That's quite sweet news. Although Universal are still involved aren't they? I get confused with all these studios.
    Ludwig Goransson might be on EON's list for Bond 26. After all, EON now go for Oscar winners. I too would like Arnold's return. But when EON fired Dan Romer and went with Zimmer, it tells me EON could be done with Arnold. Because I really expected Arnold to be announced after Romer's firing. I'm sure Arnold himself would have been expecting the call, only to be shocked by Zimmer's announcement.

    Goransson would do a great job I think, he reinvents these things so well.
    As for Arnold not doing NTTD; I'm not saying he turned it down, but I get the feeling he might not want it. As mentioned above, he hasn't done any big films in years and he's said it's not because he doesn't get offers. Whether that would change for Bond, who knows, as it's clearly something still close to his heart from all of his involvement in it in recent years, but I wouldn't be sure he'd be up for scoring another big massive movie.
  • JustJamesJustJames London
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    Odd how Variety of all publications doesn’t mention *why* and *by who* United Artists was set up in the first place. It’s a very historical organisation, even if just a name now.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
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    Mallory wrote: »
    Ludwig Goransson might be on EON's list for Bond 26. After all, EON now go for Oscar winners. I too would like Arnold's return. But when EON fired Dan Romer and went with Zimmer, it tells me EON could be done with Arnold. Because I really expected Arnold to be announced after Romer's firing. I'm sure Arnold himself would have been expecting the call, only to be shocked by Zimmer's announcement.

    Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro were working on The Rhythm Section with EoN at the same time NTTD was in post production, so I imagine it was just easier to ask them to stick around for a few weeks extra.

    Oh, that's makes sense @Mallory
    Yeah, I think you've got good points there @mtm
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited July 29 Posts: 8,395
    I think I can safely say we all want to see some more bond espionage work in Bond 26. But to me there's a specific type of Bond sleuthing that I want to see, and this is where Bond films come into there own. It's when the villain thinks Bond has been has been dispatched or is detained, and is moving ahead with their plans, actions are in motion, things are being inacted. But Bond has silently broken away, and surreptitiously woven in with the other men, observing things and taking note, biding time and waiting for his opportunity to throw a spanner in the works as plans move ahead around him. Examples of this include Dalton in Afghanistan, Moore around the train carriages in Octopussy and in the mine in AVTAK, Connery in YOLT, Lazenby observing the girls hypnosis in OHMSS. These scenes feel like when a Bond film truly come into their own for me, there is a certain jeopardy and heightened suspense in knowing that the villains plan is finally being carried out, theres a ticking clock element and any wrong move could be Bond undoing. When people talk about wanting to have "fun Bond" back I think they mean sequences like this that have the simple purpose of communicating a sense of suspense, stakes, jeopardy effectively.
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    Some good news COULD be found in Amazon's acquisition of Bray Studios and the return of the United Artists brand. Perhaps Amazon's first steps in establishing the new platform for the return of 007 and a reason they have not pushed EON for a new Bond adventure yet.
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    Is there really anything to read into the UA announcement? Does it put us closer to a Bond film? Or is this grasping at something, anything that can be spun into Bond news?
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    I would say it may have an effect on Bond 26, but the action being taken is not being driven by Bond 26.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    I hope the next gunbarrel takes place in a white room, not on a green screen. Seems more authentic.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Why would they do it on a green screen?
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    I'm relatively sure they do it with a white backdrop anyway. I know footage exists of them doing the gun barrel for SF and that's what they used.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Yeah they always have to my knowledge.
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  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan Being chauffeured by Tibbett
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    They must have run out of money by the time they got to filming NTTD's gunbarrel then:

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    I really don't care how they do it. With the exception of CR, it's never looked real. The worst was the Connery stand in and Connery's weren't much better.
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    I like that Bob Simmon’s version was silhouetted so we couldn’t see ‘Bond’s’ face. It kept an air of mystery to the character before his introduction in DN that you don’t quite get when if you’ve seen them clearly in the gun barrel prior.

    But yeah, I think it’s one of those things that’s easier to shoot with a background. The VFX is all in the gun barrel itself.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    With Craig they probably did rotoscope him out and adjust the background as they're always doing that sort of thing, but I doubt it would be particularly tricky to do.
  • edited August 1 Posts: 1,859
    mtm wrote: »
    With Craig they probably did rotoscope him out and adjust the background as they're always doing that sort of thing, but I doubt it would be particularly tricky to do.

    With AI tools these days you could shoot Bond in front of anything and extract his image in a mater of seconds to put inside the gun barrel.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    The next Bond actor will be AI generated.
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