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Strelik

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Strelik
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Favourite Fleming Novel
From Russia With Love
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From Russia With Love
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Sean Connery
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  • Dwayne wrote: » Strelik wrote: » R.I.P. Claudine Auger. On a side note, The New York Times' obituary for Auger currently features a large image of Luciana Paluzzi whom the article misidentifies as Auger. I'm guessing the print edition has t…
  • R.I.P. Claudine Auger. On a side note, The New York Times' obituary for Auger currently features a large image of Luciana Paluzzi whom the article misidentifies as Auger. I'm guessing the print edition has the same error. https://www.nytimes.c…
  • 00Agent wrote: » I'm very glad to hear that Daniel picked PWB over Killing Eve, which makes a lot more sense than picking her over Fleabag. There's just nothing bondian in Fleabag, while KE has many Bondian elements. Yes. Frankly, I hope Cr…
  • antovolk wrote: » the title A REASON TO DIE came from Purvis & Wade That's a lame title and classically P&W in its awfulness. HalfOfEverything wrote: » I say give the old guys a chance to redeem and go out on a high Huh? They …
  • Pierce2Daniel wrote: » The franchise needs younger, edgy and (importantly) British blood in the writing team. PWB is exactly what the series needs. [...] Hopefully, PWB becomes Eon's new writer and replaces Purvis and Wade. She's the heir apparent…
  • I don't view Baz's article to be a hit-piece on Craig whatsoever. We know for a fact that, after Quantum of Solace, Craig openly stated he never wanted to experience similar chaotic shoot where they begin production with an unfinished or unpolish…
  • Bentley007 wrote: » So here is my best guess for contributions by writers P&W: Basic Plot and Action Set Pieces Fukunaga: Tone and more nuanced Plot Burns: Bringing the contributions of Fukunaga and P&W together in a cohesive story. …
  • 4EverBonded wrote: » https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/bond-25-danny-boyle-explains-why-he-quit?id=04462 Although I'm glad Boyle departed, the reasons he left are dispiriting. After all the misleading speculation about "political" is…
  • Revelator wrote: » Haggis the writer is almost as bad as Haggis the dish. An hamhanded middlebrow screenwriter whose contributions to CR consisted of shoving in on-the-nose dialogue [...] You are criticizing Haggis' dialogue for being "on-the…
  • As The Guardian article mentions, Cary Fukunaga has walked away from many projects on the eve of production due to creative differences. He earned a negative reputation for leaving "It" (2017) mere weeks before production. He bolted from True Detect…
  • Resurrection wrote: » https://www.imsdb.com/scripts/World-is-not-Enough,-The.html P&W first written Draft for TWINE one can always tell the difference with the film. I don't think they are hit and miss because it always goes down to directo…
  • Tuck91 wrote: » Wouldn't be supris d if craig walks away next. If the next news we hear is that Craig decides to walk, I honestly wouldn't blame him.
  • MaxCasino wrote: » Another reason to be terrified: they go back to Purvis and Wade's script, or just solely stick to them! If anyone needs to go (based on their comments before Spectre, and now with Trump), they probably feel they have run their c…
  • According to The Hollywood Reporter (March 1, 2018), Danny Boyle's next film will be a musical comedy. The likelihood of Boyle directing Bond 25 is now uncertain unless its release date is pushed back: Director Danny Boyle and Love Actually scre…
  • In the past, Martin McDonagh has been critical of franchise movies so I doubt he would helm a James Bond film. Also, he is not fond of what Bond represents. Some posters here may recall McDonagh garnered headlines at the 1996 Evening Standard Theatr…
  • JamesBondKenya wrote: » Though if bond became black or female or Muslim or gay or whatever, could we still watch the films and be fans of the new films, I for one couldn’t, the character would be ruined. I'm actually okay with the character…
  • mattjoes wrote: » I think Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig are just too friendly. Friends and business don't mix. I feel the same way about Babs' unending favoritism towards P&W as scribes.
  • Risico007 wrote: » Actually I don't get the hate for them Twine was brilliant die another day was not their fault And -- as you likely know -- TWINE had several unaccredited rewrites after P&W turned in their initial draft. The directo…
  • Risico007 wrote: Neal Purvis and Robert Wade will write Bond 25 :-& That would inaugurate yet another decade of uneven and rushed Bond screenplays. I still cannot fathom why Broccoli continually re-hires them. There are 10,000+ other…
  • doubleoego wrote: » However, my point was, whoever EoN do cast, he could be the second coming of Daniel Day Lewis but none of that matters if the fundamental aspects to film making suck. I don't want to just remember an excellent Bond actor in a d…
  • TheWizardOfIce wrote: » To be honest why not let MGW write it on his own? All of his 80's screenplays are far better than anything we've had since CR. Agreed. Michael G. Wilson has more screenwriting talent than P&W. Shame MGW is more foc…
  • Pierce2Daniel wrote: - Additionally there is no reference made to Franz Oberhauser (it would appear that the half-brother nonsense came during P&W's run at the script). Not surprising. I'm not a fan of John Logan, but Eon's strange obsess…
  • Craig should stay. Purvis & Wade should go.
  • mcdonbb wrote: » Why the producers and Mendes returned to P&W I will never know or understand. I often wonder the same thing. It's odd how many casual fans blame director Sam Mendes or even actor Daniel Craig for the lackluster screenw…
  • Brimar wrote: » I was just wondering for those who know, how many Bond films over the decades were also reported to have "script problems" during production beyond QoS and TND? And how many of those came out as solid films in the end? On the …
  • JCRendle wrote: » But early reports stated that Logan was working on the script for months before Mendes signed on Doubtful. In Spring/Summer 2013, Logan was busy writing an entire season of episodes for his TV show Penny Dreadful. Simultaneo…
  • suavejmf wrote: » CR 1967 is an awful 'basterdised' vertion of a brilliant novel. Niven is about the only plus point. I think Barbara Bouchet is another plus point. However, she was miscast as Niven's Moneypenny. She should have been a Conn…
  • Pajan005 wrote: » Mendes is indeed the right director. I like his motivation to tell a good story first Yes, I think Sam Mendes' touch is a bit underrated by some Bond fans. He is a capable director. If Spectre is better than -- or even on pa…
  • marketto007 wrote: » For anyone who's interested, here's an album with several photos from today's shooting preparations in Rome. http://imgur.com/a/Dm9uA Great stuff! Thanks.
  • FourDot wrote: » I still think that the conclusion being home-bound in London feels circuitous, especially since Mendes smashed the Whitehall showdown out of the park in the previous film. In light of the ongoing difficulties with the "third …