Depends on the definition of “domestic”. The financial backer currently is up to his neck in the digestive organs of someone who may have a different view of what is “domestic”. If they shoot it in Pinewood, there may be 100 percent tariffs on the tickets for U.S. viewers…
“They killed of Felix Leiter first in the last one, they always treated him so bad, that was so unfair…”
Older people as well. With the proliferation of screens (and people’s increased engagement time with them), a person’s relationship to the image has changed. J. Hoberman wrote years ago about all films becoming, essentially, works of animation.
It has already happened. Filmmakers can use digital tools to alter the image captured by their cameras. There is no more “waiting for the light.” Anything not supposed to be in the shot can be removed, and anything missing can be added. Chaplin no longer skates by the edge of an actual hole. Keaton no longer drives an actual train. Nobody will have to build Babylon as Griffith needed to.
Consumed is right. People want a digestible image, which goes down smoothly on any device. Crisp/sharp images that are life-like. None of this:
In today’s world, John Alton would be a shoe salesman.
Oh, it happened ages ago. I remember when I tried to watch The Adventures of Robin Hood with my niece (then 12 years old, 32 in three months now). All she did was complain that it all looked fake and cheap (especially the trees) 
Does she remain in the will?
Oh, but of course 
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Only two years later, she borrowed my Bourne DVD box and didn’t return it for three years 
Taste in movies (etc.) turned out quite well in the folowing years. But there always was that one thing: she never wanted to watch or liked movies that were “brown” (as in, for example, Once Upon a Tim in the West). Funny conversation about SPECTRE: “So, tell me about that new Bond movie” – “Go watch it yourself, but there’s one thing you should know…” – “What…?” – “Most of the PTS is brown…, but it’s only in the PTS.” – “Oh crap, hope I can stand it…”
When we can’t agree on a movie now, we go back to watching old SpongeBob episodes… 
Which already influences the way people behave and talk. Colleagues or even younger family members use facial expressions and voices they have seen in animation, thinking that‘s not only funny but the way people communicate.
Of course, their frame of reference is kidnapped by tons of animation or soulless streaming fare.
Did I mention I hate this trend?
Such a noble heart.
When we got a flat screen television, I did not understand why all my DVDs and Blu-rays were were not projecting correctly. I discovered that my husband had set the screen to smooth things, along with other “adjustments” meant to “optimize” the viewing experience. They were abolished.
Oh, how I hate those automatic settings. My own TV set tends to switch itself into some “Eco Home Mode” from time to time, as a result of which, the colours look a bit flat and muddy…
I really don’t understand why those settings were invented.
Nor why so many people enjoy them…
You wonder if this is tied to a post-WSJ article “what do we need to do” convo with BB…
Hopes for the division to be set up by 2026…
C‘mon, EON…
Talked to some friends at the MSC beginning tomorrow. Frankly, a Bond film in this decade doesn’t seem very likely…
Apparently, Felix Leiter will have to be completely rebooted.
This doesn’t feel great.
Sensible move, probably. The creative momentum has been waning and the surrounding circumstances point in a direction that could become very time consuming and testing.
EDIT: Topic title changed.
This is indeed a shocker.
This morning I finally had some free time to continue my rewatch sessions and watched SPECTRE.
And now… this.
I actually never thought this would happen. I sometimes hoped for it when I was in that mood, you know. But frankly, EON delivered 25 films which remain absolutely spectacular. When the battle with Amazon was reported a few weeks ago I thought: yeah, well, this could turn ugly, but I’m sure EON will hold firm and…
NOT GIVE UP WHAT CUBBY BUILT!
And now, this is what happened. Another sign that these times are crazy and not in a good way.
Yes, I often - in that mood - attacked NewEON for not being interested in Bond anymore. I was suggesting that someone else took over who really wanted Bond to continue and to work hard on it.
But I actually still thought: c´mon, EON. That’s YOUR job!
And I really secretly was convinced that BB at least would not EVER sell Bond off.
I don´t know what this will lead to, of course. Maybe we will finally get more Bond films more often. And maybe they will be good, even great.
But this is the end of an era. A part of film history.
At the moment it feels like the bad guys won. Like the ending of NTTD, actually.
And if we now will get tv series and spin-offs and whathaveyous, they will be based on the almighty algorithm every streamer just bows down to.
So, no, I´m not confident.
I am disappointed, EON.
So No Time To Die was actually the end…
Here we go…
