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2 hours ago, Georgy Zhukov said:

 

J.W. Pepper: A James Bond Story. 

 

If any studio needs a hit, it is Warner Brothers. They've lost money on Tomb Raider. Having the Bond series would help them compete with Disney. 

They also lost money on Blade Runner 2049 and Justice League.

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16 minutes ago, rocknroll41 said:

They also lost money on Blade Runner 2049 and Justice League.

 

They made a huge profit on IT though. $700 million worldwide on a $32 million budget. The next Bond is a potential billion. It will be Craig's last film and combined with Boyle as director it should generate interest. Boyle apparently came up with a story that lead to Purvis and Wade's script being thrown out. That fact it will be a stand alone would help too, since I think that is what helped Skyfall. To me that is the secret to Bond's success, that so many of them are stand alone. 

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24 minutes ago, Georgy Zhukov said:

Walt is dead. Now it is about $$$. 

 

Likely buyers are Sony and Warner Brothers. I heard some bad blood exists between MGM and Disney.

Ive heard some pretty shitty things about the people who run both Sony and WB, as well as Disney. 

Thats hollywood for yah, I guess.

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As far as I am concerned whoever picks up the distribution rights, won't have any creative input on the series. That remains so with EON. They decide on the casting, the crew and director. 

So did some digging, it seems MGM and EON are only offering a one film contract. This could possibly be renewed if the film is successful. Annapurna Pictures who's made films like Zero Dark Thirty, Her, The Master , American Hustle and Phantom Thread is one of the potential buyers. They are a new company and Bond would be great for bragging rights. I think I'd feel comfortable with them over WB. 

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On 26/03/2018 at 8:41 PM, ZoSoRose said:

I love the two Dalton films

 

On 26/03/2018 at 9:40 PM, Georgy Zhukov said:

Yeah they were great. The Living Daylights was pretty weak on paper but the film had Dalton. I like the idea of only one Bond girl. I am sure fans were puzzled by it, but his mission was to get Koskov and he did it through the girl. 

 

Brosnan's films were too formulated. Give him two chicks each film, so the bros can give him a fist bump. Dalton was the first to break the formula and it took films like Die Another Day to get EON to realize, they had it right with Dalton. So they made Casino Royale.

He really was the best. Licence to Kill was what a James Bond film should be, it had grit

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My only real problem with Licence To Kill is that these days it does feel a bit like watching "generic eighties cop film" or something to that effect. I love Dalton, I love the down to earth approach, and there's a lot of great moments. However, it's among the more dated of the films to me.

Stick Schwarzenegger in it and you would have had the exact same film.

The Living Daylights is a top five Bond for me though. I agree with whoever said that on paper it's a little weak, but it's so perfectly executed.

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1 hour ago, James Bond said:

My only real problem with Licence To Kill is that these days it does feel a bit like watching "generic eighties cop film" or something to that effect. I love Dalton, I love the down to earth approach, and there's a lot of great moments. However, it's among the more dated of the films to me.

Stick Schwarzenegger in it and you would have had the exact same film.

The Living Daylights is a top five Bond for me though. I agree with whoever said that on paper it's a little weak, but it's so perfectly executed.

Replete with sleazy cocaine sniffing bad guys in bad 1980s suits?

 

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2 hours ago, James Bond said:

My only real problem with Licence To Kill is that these days it does feel a bit like watching "generic eighties cop film" or something to that effect. I love Dalton, I love the down to earth approach, and there's a lot of great moments. However, it's among the more dated of the films to me.

Stick Schwarzenegger in it and you would have had the exact same film.

The Living Daylights is a top five Bond for me though. I agree with whoever said that on paper it's a little weak, but it's so perfectly executed.

 

It didn't help they didn't get John Barry to return and brought in Michael Kamen, known for his generic 80's action movie scores. He was a great composer, but he didn't make the film feel  like Bond. 

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I doubt the studio is going to want to delay things any further, especially after finally getting everything sorted out with the distribution. My guess is they go back to the script P&W were working on before Boyle and his writer came in and they come up with a “safe” director to get the ball rolling. Sam Mendes is tied up I think but Martin Campbell might be interested even though he’s getting up there. His big thing was just never wanting to do two in a row.

Also interesting that they put that the announcement came from Babs, Mike and Daniel. Seems Craig might be getting the upgrade from “co-producer” to “producer” on this film. Poor Sean will have yet another reason to be bitter. :lol:

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I read that, and it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. I would assume Barbara and Michael want a "safer" Bond for Craig's final outing so that they can get a nice box office and therefore a higher return for negotiating the next movie. 

It's funny - they picked a fantastic actor to replace Brosnan, but are still only 2 for 4 on making good movies (imo). When they get it right, it's really, really good. Otherwise it's just as mediocre. If only they could learn how to properly introduce Bond to the 21st century we could've had 4 incredible movies, production issues aside. 

Speaking of which, I rewatched the Opera scene (and impending shootout) from QoS today. I know I've talked it up a ton already, but holy shit is that a great scene or what? It's sincerely among my favorite in the franchise. 

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16 hours ago, DieselDaisy said:

Production difficulties usually equate shite Bonds. The suspicion also has to be that a director such as Boyle wanted to ''go bold'' and the others wanted to reign this instinct in - this is merely guesswork though.

This is true, but the 4+ year gaps have been kind to Bond. GoldenEye, Casino Royale, and Skyfall makes three for three so far. Hopefully that pattern outshines the production difficulties!

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On 2018-08-28 at 7:05 AM, Len Cnut said:

The fuckin' reaction to the proposing of Idris Elba for the role (like it's every gonna fuckin' happen) is fuckin' hilairious :lol:

I’m just amazed that discussion is still going on. That news is like a decade old! It stemmed from the Sony leaks when there was some email suggesting him if Craig decided not to return following the delay before Skyfall. That was, what, 2010? And yet here we are still reading headlines about Idris Elba stepping in!

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