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  • Colonel_Venus wrote: » Steve McQueen to direct BOND 26? https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/31553112/steve-mcqueen-lined-up-new-james-bond-film/ This would be tremendous! He is an excellent director and British. What more could you ask for? …
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess November 7
  • From the Project 007 subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/project007/s/sMxrAlq9PZ “Yeah, I feel you. I've got literally zero evidence for it, but I just hung out with him while he was back home. I said to him "how long are we gonna have to w…
    in Project 007 - IO Interactive - The New James Bond Video Game Comment by Burgess October 18
  • 007HallY wrote: » Burgess wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Bit of a deviation, but with the latest announcement about Project 007 and it being described as having ‘a young Bond’, I wonder if that’ll factor into what they do with Bond 26. Not …
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess October 16
  • 007HallY wrote: » Bit of a deviation, but with the latest announcement about Project 007 and it being described as having ‘a young Bond’, I wonder if that’ll factor into what they do with Bond 26. Not saying they’ll go for an origin story or a …
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess October 16
  • CrabKey wrote: » Her involvement would generate lots of attention. Would she be the best choice to create a Bond song? She's not the only singer/songwriter in the game. The best two songs from the Craig era are YKMN (the best) and NTTD (second …
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess October 16
  • MaxCasino wrote: » sandbagger1 wrote: » YKMN is my favourite of the Craig era. Funnily enough it made little impact on me until I saw the film, then it instantly clicked as the opening titles started. AWTD was the opposite: I liked it befor…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess October 15
  • bondywondy wrote: » I think Nolan is out of the frame. He is directing a new film for summer 2026 release. He won't be available until 2026 and that's assuming Eon are prepared to pay his fee (which will be huge!) and to allow him to write the scr…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess October 10
  • I really enjoy the works of some of the directors being discussed. The most notable name, and realistic, is Villenueve but I really want Nolan. Putting aside the artistry of his films, which I enjoy, Nolan directing a Bond film is as close to guaran…
    in What Directors Should Helm A Bond Film? Comment by Burgess October 7
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Burgess wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Well, Fleming's Bond is another animal. Sometimes he doesn't look like a professional. It's a war veteran doing this shitty job. …
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess October 4
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Well, Fleming's Bond is another animal. Sometimes he doesn't look like a professional. It's a war veteran doing this shitty job. …
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess October 4
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Well, Fleming's Bond is another animal. Sometimes he doesn't look like a professional. It's a war veteran doing this shitty job. No it’s a fictitious character. And ther…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess October 4
  • peter wrote: » But I don't think there's an underlying subtext of racism and elitism in DN Telling anyone to “fetch” anything is elitist. That it was ordered to a man of colour, may not be racist to you, but it was the casual racism t…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess October 4
  • peter wrote: » mtm wrote: » MaxCasino wrote: » peter wrote: » Scaramanga1974 wrote: » EON don’t seem to know where they want to go with Bond at present. Actually it's we who don't know where EoN wants to go with Bond at the …
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess October 4
  • A lot has changed since WWII in how espionage and covert operations are executed. The Bond of Fleming’s novels exists in an era where pedigree and ingenuity mattered more than expertise and specialization. That’s not to say that pre-WWII agents an…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 30
  • peter wrote: » Sort of like the TLD PTS. The next Bond needs a great introduction, that's for sure. TLD is my favourite PTS. It would be great to have the new Bond introduced in the midst of some wild action. I co-sign this!
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 21
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » I just don't understand why every Bond film now needs a prestige filmmaker at the helm nowadays. Sam Mendes, then Danny Boyle was intended for B25, now Chazelle? It just seems stra…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 19
  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » I just don't understand why every Bond film now needs a prestige filmmaker at the helm nowadays. Sam Mendes, then Danny Boyle was intended for B25, now Chazelle? It just seems strange for a series about a spy in a tuxedo savin…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 18
  • Daltonforyou wrote: » On the Doha deal, I wonder if Eon doesn't want to go to Amazon for funding because they think they might use that as a bargaining chip for Bond 26 negotiations. :> Amazon co-owns Bond through their purchase of MGM …
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 5
  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » My argument is not that bond can't have characterisation or angst, it's that angst alone cannot replace the benefits of a coherent story structure with an engaging premise/plot (wh…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 3
  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » My argument is not that bond can't have characterisation or angst, it's that angst alone cannot replace the benefits of a coherent story structure with an engaging premise/plot (what we used to call in the old fashioned days, …
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 3
  • Daltonforyou wrote: » Teen Brofeld deciding to become a super-villain head of a trans-national criminal organization because he was enraged at Little James becoming closer to his father, is too soap-opera for me. He din't know James was going to b…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 3
  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Just make a fun movie under 2hrs 15 minutes - there's no need to overcomplicate things. Characterisation can fit in where it's appropr…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 3
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Venutius wrote: » Same as it is in any context, I guess: 'a film industry practice in which black actors are cast to play historical or fictional characters who were originally white.' I think t…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 3
  • Venutius wrote: » Same as it is in any context, I guess: 'a film industry practice in which black actors are cast to play historical or fictional characters who were originally white.' I think the missing piece in how blackwashing is used h…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 3
  • Venutius wrote: » No to raceswapping. No to blackwashing. Yes to Sope Dirisu as Bond. It should be about the actor, not the agenda. What is blackwashing in this context?
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 3
  • 007HallY wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » George_Kaplan wrote: » DewiWynBond wrote: » Someone said a black Harry Potter, haha, that tickled me. There's just no need to change his race. Focus …
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 3
  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Just make a fun movie under 2hrs 15 minutes - there's no need to overcomplicate things. Characterisation can fit in where it's appropriate to the story, but it should never be the …
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 3
  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Just make a fun movie under 2hrs 15 minutes - there's no need to overcomplicate things. Characterisation can fit in where it's appropriate to the story, but it should never be the primary consideration. The focus on modern bon…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 3
  • https://www.thetimes.com/uk/arts/article/wheres-james-bond-gone-how-an-amazon-deal-put-007-on-hold-h0qf80k22 Ajay Chowdhury makes a very good point that I hope is true: “When Disney bought Lucasfilm there wasn’t a film for three years. Tons of wo…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Burgess September 2
  • Mallory wrote: » If their Bond game is indeed an origins story of sorts, Bond will be late 20s to early 30s, so wont look much like the picture above. What would be cool (though very unlikely) is if there was a character creator, and you could …
    in Project 007 - IO Interactive - The New James Bond Video Game Comment by Burgess August 29