Not much new, but I believe them that they are getting started! Happiness for us fans!
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What do they mean by fresh and exotic?
That is the question.
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That it is. To be honest, it brought to mind Thunderball and the Bahamas for some reason. Iād be all for something like that.
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Or hopefully some winter setting? Skiing, snowmobiles, mountain climbing?
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I hope creature encounters qualify as exotic, because thatās a big Fleming influence that could be highlighted a lot more in future films.
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I suspect though that the Amazon statement uses the words fresh and exotic just to draw attention away from their current lack of actual ideas.
Itās a sales pitch. And in that you promise everything.
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Fresh and exotic could also mean going to places James Bond hasnāt been before. We didnāt get a lot of that in the Daniel Craig era. Shoot, they filmed in Italy virtually every movie. 
The only really brand new location(s) during Craigās era were in Quantum Of Solace and that was four films and 17 years ago!
So, in light of that, I would be for what I always seem to say before every new Bond adventure, filming in new locations like South Africa and/or Australia would be nice.
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Iām a big advocate for filming in Australia, particularly the Kimberley region. I recommend an image search to judge for yourself. Itās a true lost world, regarded as one of the last remaining wilderness areas on Earth. Plenty of potential for action and intrigue with a vast environment like that.
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At least the wheels are turning. Letās hope an announcement on the new actor comes sooner rather than later.
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Yeah, but how realistic is a South African villain, really? 
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But that diamond/arms trader Brosnan impersonated in DIE ANOTHER DAY has been South Aftrican if memory serves. I think thatās just as viable an option as a German or Chinese villain would be. A villain could also have no particular nationality (Le Chiffre) or operate close-to but outside their home turf, as Kamal Khan did.
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It will be interesting to see the order that things unfold. Unless EON handed over a script that was at least a draft or two in, then it means that the new production is starting afresh. And I canāt imagine theyād announce a new lead until they have a draft - unless of course theyāve already made a decision on the overall short-term direction.
Say they want to do more in the vein of āstarting overā then that would predicate a younger lead. But if the decision is to just re-start in a more generic sense (a LALD or GE state of affairs re: the lead) then they could conceivably cast first and script later, casting a ānameā and then shaping the script accordingly.
That in itself would be a change of modus operandi than EON, who always had a script before they cast the new lead.
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I would be unsure of that. And even if there was a treatment before everything would be subject to change and countless rewrites.
Itās important to determine what kind of Bond they want. Then they will cast him and the script will be developed alongside that.
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Iād say that if there was a scrip in some form, it was the first thing that went straight to the bin.
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From the Variety article:
āTheyāre both in London getting started and couldnāt be here tonight, but we wanted to thank them for what we know to make an incredible partnership.ā
This may seem like an obvious detail - but itās possibly no longer a given this is going to be a UK-based production. Bond has always been a Hollywood-funded enterprise that just had the good fortune its producers kept it close to its origin.
That its new producers actually take the trouble to head over to London to get things going would indicate Amazon so far doesnāt intend to pull it all closer to its own turf.
Good news.
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Agreed. So far, all of the actual news that weāve heard has been overwhelmingly positive. But, we must not forget, the Internet has spoken and no matter how much we have to be excited about, itās not at all possible for this film to turn out to be good and/or a success.
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There are quite a lot of pitfalls we all are aware of. But thereās also a good chance a solid pair of hands behind the camera, with some leeway given by the studio level and in unison with talented, inspired actors could turn in a solid production. Maybe nothing groundbreaking, nothing aiming for Academy Awards from scratch - but a decent Bond film that entertains and makes people come back for more.
For me that would already count as a success. As with many things, you probably learn making great Bond films chiefly by making Bond films.
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If weāre talking villain nationalities, I say go British. A wealthy, old-money aristocrat is the perfect Bond villain for this era.
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A wise emendation.
Agreed. A megalomaniac crime lord of indeterminate nationality operating in the Global North would seem a sensible approach.
They will want a Bond as anodyne as possible.
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He says thereās a project under discussion which heād like to revisit in his own way , which could likely be Bond
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