Since you will avoid this site you will neither read nor answer me.
But for the other members: I would ask you to read his last post very carefully and then decide how the term passive-aggressive should be applied.
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They should - despite the huge risk. Because as you say correctly: JB has got the money.
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He also now has 2 producers who have done the back to back thing beforeā¦
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Itās something that never wouldāve happened under EON, and it didnāt. But I wouldnāt rule it out in the future, as I find myself saying a lot with the possibilities of Amazonās era. Theyāve got to have a strong platform to launch from first.
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Production wise it would make sense to use the same director and the same crew, with no year(s) long break and the ensuing problems to restart and get up to speed. Also, it would be more cost-effective.
But you would have to have a really tight script for both, and the temptation would be there to have the first one end on a cliffhanger - and I donāt want that. I prefer the not serialized aspect of Bond films, having a clear story end and then having another story start up again in the next.
In fact, the last and this new M:I film were planned as one story - and see what happened.
If the first new Bond film underperforms the second would have a disadvantage, especially if the new Bond actor were greeted with displeasure.
So I guess the best thing to be expected is to have one giant hit now with a really welcomed new actor - and then gear up with concrete plans to start the next one within a year (one has to take into account that the whole PR tour will take a few months and exhaust the actors).
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Couldnāt agree more with all this. And unless Iāve missed something, there has not been a single tea leaf betraying the what and who of a potential script. Weāve got 2 working producers, and then ārumoursā of a director, but not a single line anywhere with āand Joe Bloggs has been tapped to draft/polish a script.ā
With Star Wars, there was always something in the ether about who might be scripting - if I remember rightly, Kasdanās name was out there not long after Abrams was announced.
I just think weāre a little further away than some might hope (it took nearly 3 years for Force Awakens to go from blank page to big screen). Which strangely enough, if one wanted a two-in-one, might shorten the odds?
I said (however long ago in this thread!) that I doubted there was anything near a first draft at EON - if there was then that alone might have been enough to persuade them to not relinquish creative control, so whatever P&H (I said if first I said if first!!!) are cooking up it may well be from scratch. That alone is catnip to todayās directorsā¦
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https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/film/next-james-bond-movie-safe-hands-anthony-horowitz-5076460
Could he write the next film? I think thereās a chance now.
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I suppose Amazon will start out with a seasoned Hollywood writer, not someone coming from the tv side of things. Itās possible though they hire him for some ādoctoringā that may not add up to much but might come across as a way to have an expert on board. Heās been working with Amazon, that is always a bonus. Still, I doubt heās the kind they are looking for right now.
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Expect everyone who has a link to Bond quoted in the upcoming months. Itās the easiest way to generate clicks.
Dustin is correct: they will want a screenwriter who is experienced, not a novelist.
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Yes, I know, itās The Sunā¦
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A good sign if true. Any little thing that keeps the production UK-based helps.
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Already scouting? Could this mean that they have some kind of script or storyline?
Not likely. If Liverpool is scouted as a stand-in for London (like Toronto often is used for New York) it would mainly be part of the pre-planning for future āLondonā scenes. And having the Mi6 base in a Bond film is a given.
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I did my undergraduate in Liverpool
That is definitely a lie
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I wouldnāt mind Liverpool, but Iām less keen about it being included with The Sunās period piece combo deal. I think progress is being made but I still donāt believe everything thatās being reported.
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Absolutely. The āprequelā idea is not what I want the next Bond films to explore.
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Iām worried a big piece of information I disagree with hits and confirms to me that the good old days are indeed over. For now, Iāll remain optimistic. Itās Amazon or nothing.
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Unfortunately, yes.
Seems like Iāve got to prepare for a longer stay on this fence. Should ask 003ās interior design guy about some padding.
This is a whole new ball game.
Everything we knew about this simply isnāt valid any more. Most of us have been around for a very long time, we knew how certain things would happen in the process of making a new Bond film, enough to make proper educated guesses instead of wild guesswork. We could tell if the latest rumor was pure rubbish or if there could be something to it. When in doubt, we went back to look at the past and see how things were handled, and expected similar situations to be handled the similar good old family traditional way.
We knew theyād never do this or that and had our fun (or the opposite) with unexpected moves.
All this is gone. Weāre set back to the same level as any other regular movie geek out there. All we can do is watch whatās going own and draw conclusions (and weāre certainly going to walk into the trap of old way thinking), but our ideas and predictions will be as valid as anyone elseās.
Weāre off to uncharted territories, Sir Ernest Shackleton be with us.
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Sure is. Perhaps some of Amazonās changes will indeed be fresh and the shot in the arm the series needs. Do they even stick with the PTS/title sequence structure? Iāve been assuming so, but perhaps I shouldnāt.
I remember CR feeling like a bold and exciting change at the time, especially in comparison to DAD. That film is now 19 years old. To achieve that feeling perhaps itās time to push the boundaries again by making a different kind of formula? What feels uncomfortable or risky now can feel safe years later.
If they can get the right cast and set the story in the modern day I feel like Iāll be comfortable enough with whatever else that comes our way.
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The PTS and the title sequence were invented and kept to set Bond apart from other spy movies. I sincerely hope that reinvention wonāt mean streamlining and turning it into content which does not stick out from the rest.
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