âPaul and Karol agreed to speak with Variety â perhaps under the impression it was the Hollywood ReporterâŚâ
Priceless.
That opening exchange got a laugh out of me. Again, you canât make this stuff up.
Itâs interesting how two decades ago Ebert thought Bond would evolveâŚ
Shame if true. This was a possibility I was looking forward to.
Interesting bit on â writers have already been hiredâ
Nothing surprising, and Cuaron is not a safe enough choice. There is so much pressure on this, I could imagine he did not agree to the committee directing which will be a real pain for anyone doing this.
As for the writers hired - I suspect âhiringâ means: do a treatment, and many competing for that. They probably will even go the tv route and open a writers room for this.
And then they will throw out everything and make it up on the spot during production with a director willing to take direction and to kill his health on this.
I was half expecting the announcements to keep coming following Amy Pascal and David Heyman being named as producers. Assuming he is/was a real option, Cauron losing interest would represent a holdup to a train thatâs wanting to pick up serious speed. But the director is a vital component that mustnât be rushed.
I like The Final Reckoning for what it is, but I admit to longing for the Bond cocktail of humour and style during that first hour or so. Itâs up to Bond 26 to reintroduce the character in a loving way, with a solid foundation to grow. âPlaying it safeâ wouldnât be a bad thing right now, and the fact a new team is behind the camera means the ambience is bound to be different by default.
And âWorld of Reelâ is who again, exactly⌠