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Agreed here. It could very well be spring 2014 that we will have another exciting globally broadcasted press conference ;-). On the other hand......like with 'Skyfall', a november 2014 press conference seems more likely to me.
I can't hardly wait!!
Plus Rambo 5, Rocky 7 and Die Hardest
Craig finishes a bag of chips and, having exhausted Pinter, is happy to chat about Bond. At the end of Betrayal’s fourteen-week run, he’ll be starting the next 007 film, once more with director Sam Mendes. Skyfall was an intense collaboration. The idea was always that Judi Dench’s M would die—a downer lifted by a late “humor pass” on the script. During filming they added more jokes. The shot where Bond leaps atop a speeding train in pursuit of a killer and straightens his cuffs: That came to Craig practically in mid-flight. “He’s really fucking hurt himself jumping on top of a train,” he says, “and he just wants to straighten himself up. That’s what it’s about: poise. To be more concerned about the way you look at the moment of crisis. The weirder the place it comes from the better it is.”
He had them reset the train (it took an hour) and do another take. Presto: an iconic image.
Craig’s Bond suffered mightily in three films but was, in effect, born again at the end of Skyfall—ready to take on the trappings and suits of 007 with less chafing. “Hopefully we’ll reclaim some of the old irony,” he says, “and make sure it doesn’t become pastiche. I can’t do shtick, I’m not very good at it. Unless it kind of suddenly makes sense. Does that make sense? I sometimes wish I hammed it up more, but I just can’t do it very well, so I don’t do it.”
One imagine—hopes—that playing Pinter with Weisz will require many such leaps onto moving trains over abysses. Only the trains will be wayward emotions, the abysses those pauses, the cuffs left unstraightened.
http://www.vulture.com/2013/08/rachel-weisz-and-daniel-craig-on-betrayal.html
Interesting to learn they added more humour, I wonder if this affects how they tackle Bond for now on?
Sure, there are many out there without it, but the truth is, if he can use it, he will. I understand the Brits are especially keen on that word as well as on tattoos. I don't mind, even more so, as I know, he has class, where it counts.
That was my suspicion as I guess once the play has finished? I am guessing he will go into his strict working out programmes to get into shape for Bond 24?
One can only hope. The earlier, the better. If not, earlier information would always be nice: title, return of Deakins, cast, synopsis, return of Deakins, locations, return of Deakins.
Pre-production of Skyfall resumed in January 2011 so getting Bond 24 going at the same time in 2014 matches that time frame. Craig did not do any films during that period last time, so it appears likely to me that he will so the same again.
I'd prefer if they used that time to focus on the one after and get that out within two years instead of three.
This is not correct, Sam. Dragon Tattoo started in September 2010 and went well into mid 2011. He has his Bond haircut while promoting the film at the end of the year. See - there IS time for something else.
The UK and US release dates are set. They won't be changed unless the film runs into problems in which case the dates will be put back not forward.
So he did! I forgot about that. So he's got about five months to fit something in, if he wants to. It will be interesting to see if he does.
Set in what way? Contractually?
Was not sure where to post the above.
Yes, we do.
"That’s what it’s about: to be more concerned about the way you look at the moment of crisis."
That's what The Moore films are about.
I guess heading back down this territory was inevitable. I think Craig is genuinely scared that he's going to wind up being criticised as the humourless Bond. Connery would straighten his tie after a fight or some dangerous situation he was in but ONLY after. Not during. The films will never be full on Fleming but they don't have to go camp either. Go back to Moore by all means when a new actor is cast in the role. It sounds like the Craig films will start becoming too inconsistent in tone like in the horrible Brosnan films.
All he did was straighten his cuffs, mate; no need to overreact here. That action isn't even close to being campy. Bond jumped the gap, causing his suit to become somewhat ruffled as he landed into the train car. Naturally, he would straighten his suit out and become once again more presentable.
To me it seems pretty unnatural. Who would do that considering the situation they are in? To me it only seems like a vain pansy who is obsessed with his appearance would do such a thing under these circumstances. If another man was in this situation, having just jumped into a moving train that has just had the backed ripped off, wind whipping all around him, chasing a bad guy, the idea of him actually adjusting his cuff when such danger is present, seems like the last thing that would be on his mind. Honestly, to me, the situation seems ludicrous and the sort of thing you'd see in a slapstick comedy like Austin Powers. I liked the more Flemingsque tone in CR and QOS but they seem to be moving away from this now unfortunately. I was hoping it might last just for the Craig era. Oh well...
In terms of the comedy, while Craig is a great Bond, he hasn't a great talent for the one liners. He's much better sticking to the natural humour like when he was having conversations with Vesper in the film version of Casino Royale for example. For me, the lighter tone of Goldfinger was a bit of a come down after the excellent FRWL, helped in part by the gadget laden car. Not that I watched them in order when I was first introduced to Bond in the 80's, but you know what I mean... :) I enjoy Goldfinger but it lacks the wonderful, darker tone of it's predecessor.