They do have the Fast and the Furious, which may not be in the same realm critically, but is huge at the box office. However those are supposedly winding down, so perhaps that played into this. The Universal connection makes me wonder if we might actually see a theme park presence for Bond again (if anyone remembers the Licensed to Thrill ride at Kings Dominion in the late 90s).
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Breaking News!
and good news!
https://www.jborbisnonsufficit.com/2018/05/25/breaking-boyle-confirmed-production-to-begin-on-3rd-of-december/
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Nice to see Boyle confirmed. Hoping things will really start to pick up now.
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I hope they do another live announcement like they did with Spectre to kick off production. If so we could have the title on December 3rd.
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Here´s a look at what Universal´s franchises are right now:
I sincerely hope that the working relationship will turn out swell and that this will take care of the inevitable dealings for the next films which will star a new Bond actor. And, please, earlier than 2030.
By the way, no surprise here that Hodge delivered âthatâ script. They all wanted Boyle.
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Given BBâs push for more director driven films, it wouldâve needed to be a train wreck of a script to say no to Boyleâs go to writer.
On a related(ish) note - Will we see a return of David Arnold (who provided the score for A Life Less Ordinary for Boyle) or do you think Boyle will push for an Underground score?
Music has always been key to Boyle movies and so I also expect him to push the boundaries here, rather than play safe with a traditional score.
For me this is one of the most exciting aspects of Boyle doing Bond.
Iâm fine with either option tbh, Undergroundâs score for Sunshine was one of the best things in the film.
Grief.
All that came together very neatly, did it not?
I wonder if this will be a lesson learned that all the discourse given to, âno news is bad newsâ, âeverything will undoubtedly be delayed irretrievablyâ for the next time / film / event, is in fact wasted energy?
It always, all comes together.
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âProduction will begin at the start of December 2018, with the film released in the UK on 25 October 2019â
This would make it a significantly shorter production shoot than either SPECTRE or Skyfall.
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Absolutely. I remember my feelings in ´89 about the next Timonthy Dalton Bond in ´91.
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Well, yes, the '89 period is perhaps the anomaly.
And, since veracity dictates full disclosure, BB did state in November that she would hope for distribution news in January 2018. A little late with this news but there we go.
Oh, please - changing things up is always interesting.
But a traditional score is not one of those things one should mess with.
Yes, I am a total believer in traditional, sinfonic scores with strong melodic leitmotifs for every character. There is nothing that can build an emotional response better.
Danny Boyle shoots , to paraphrase Seidel and Eastwood âlow and leanâ
I think that now heâs been confirmed I can get truly excited about it⌠I have wanted to see Boyle direct Bond since Shallow Grave.
I loved his Bond skit at the Olympics, his movies are clever, visceral, visually stunning and slyly funny. Perfect for 007!
So my own summary for what Boyles movie may look like is closer to Trainspotting than Trance.
I think we can look forward to
Great music, a clever story, good action, fantastic casting and a sly humour with a punk aesthetic.
As a mood board I shall rewatch the followingâŚ
Tales of the Unexpected (I think Boyle may introduce an element of rug pulling and tonal strangeness)
Licence To Kill ( the tone will, I believe be as dark as LTK)
I shall listen to some classic Punk Rock .
I shall also wait news of a cameo from Ewan McGregor 
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Seigel !!! Damn you large fingers/ small phone
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I wonder if weâll ever get to hear what the Purvis & Wade script was about.
As a rule I agree with you, Bond & strings are like vodka & martini (though Iâm a single malt man myself).
But I want a director to work to their strengths and Boyle has a gift for utilising music in very cinematic and exciting ways (much like Tarantino).
The scores, composed and sourced are characters in boyles films that burn set-pieces into the cultural memory for years to come.
Thatâs a mighty exciting prospect for Bond; already a cultural icon - marry him with Boyles ability to create iconic moments and we could have some real canon highlights in Bond 25.
So, Iâm not saying thatâs better than a symphonic score. Newmanâs work has been surprising and outstanding. Iâm just very excited to see (or hear) where Danny will take it.
I want a Danny Boyle Bond movie through and through, as does Eon, because I donât see him doing it any other way than his so he wouldnât have gotten the gig if BB didnât want that.
Even if itâs a failed experiment, I prefer that to a paint by numbers product (those days seem to be far behind us).
Exciting times imo.
Interesting that the announcement does not say âDaniel Craigâs 5th and final outing as 007.â Does this mean thereâs a chance he will return for Bond 26? Or am I reading too much into this?
Iâm very happy this is all confirmed. Great news and really made my day.
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