### Author:  [@PPK\_30](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/PPK_30)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3413 "2018-09-09T14:21:32Z")
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3414 "2018-09-09T14:35:53Z")
Good choice, if chosen.
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### Author:  [@Bryce\_003](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Bryce_003)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3415 "2018-09-09T17:13:18Z")
All the above is what our fandom is about and very diverse and collectively observant. Creative too.
13 weeks out…" And COUNTING…" (couldn’t resist)
Speculations, hopes, theories and dreams aside, here’s where we’re at.
Hmmm…
Fine. I can clear my schedule.
I’ll direct Bond 25. Eon can pay me what they think is fair when we wrap. 😉
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### Author:  [@AceRoberts](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/AceRoberts)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3416 "2018-09-09T17:17:21Z")
I find this fascinating in the fact that, either the script is flexible In the nationality of the villain, or there really is two scripts in play and they haven’t chosen which one yet.
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### Author:  [@odd\_jobbies](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/odd_jobbies)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3417 "2018-09-09T17:46:55Z")
> [@secretagentfan](#):
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> Heck, even Spielberg said: give me something to prove that I still am that kind of Spielberg who does fun films
well if we’re talking spielberg then count me in, sir! Love to see his bond 🙂
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3418 "2018-09-09T18:35:08Z")
The man wanted Haley Joel Osment as Harry Potter and wanted Shia Le Bouef cast in a film. Twice. I’d be cautious as I’ve found Spielberg is a bit like Russian roulette in terms of occasionally firing out something we REALLY could’ve done without.
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### Author:  [@Vanya](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Vanya)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3419 "2018-09-10T07:38:20Z")
It certainly does shed some more light on those ‘creative differences’. At first it sounded like they couldn’t agree on an actor but now it seems like they can’t even agree on the character’s nationality. Since it was reportedly Boyle/ Hodge who introduced the Russian angle then this does sound like a case of a director and producer who weren’t on the same page.
There’s a more in depth report here:
> **[‘Wonder Woman’ Star Said Taghmaoui May Be Next ‘Bond’ Villain](https://comicbook.com/dc/news/wonder-woman-star-said-taghmaoui-next-james-bond-25-villain/)**
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> Wonder Woman star Said Taghmaoui has revealed he’s in line to menace Daniel Craig’s James Bond \[...\]
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 7:59am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3420 "2018-09-10T07:59:37Z")
Taghmaoui appears to be a more contemplative, less physical choice than the, IMO at least, brutal force of Kot.
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### Author:  [@sharpshooter](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/sharpshooter)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 8:15am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3421 "2018-09-10T08:15:15Z")
From what I’ve seen of the guy, I think he’d be a good choice. He could be charming and brutal.
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### Author:  [@McC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/McC)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 8:50am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3422 "2018-09-10T08:50:57Z")
Interesting! I’m surprised EON didn’t swear him to utmost secrecy. Unless he’s changed his mind and is looking to be let go…
Looks like we were wrong to interpret the casting rumours as indicative of Boyle wanting to emphasise the Russian/Cold War themes. Based on this interview, it seems Boyle wanted a Middle Eastern villain.
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### Author:  [@odd\_jobbies](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/odd_jobbies)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 9:18am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3423 "2018-09-10T09:18:38Z")
Perhaps if Eon are uncertain about things, then allowing him to reveal this could give them some reaction data via newspaper and website commentary and of course forums such as this.
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### Author:  [@Stbernard](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Stbernard)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 9:52am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3424 "2018-09-10T09:52:29Z")
We are, I feel, getting closer to an announcement. I think he would be a great shout , I have enjoyed his work since La Haine and Three Kings.
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### Author:  [@odd\_jobbies](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/odd_jobbies)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 11:29am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3425 "2018-09-10T11:29:54Z")
Taghmaoui Is a decent actor and would no doubt deliver as well as the script allows and then some. I just worry that we’re getting yet another generic flavour of the day middle eastern villain; they seem to be the goto bad guys right now.
At least with Kot he’s not such an obvious choice for such a villain (and he seems to be well reviewed in Cold War).
Also, how does a middle eastern villain figure in a YOLT adaptation? Of course it may have nothing to with YOLT except in working title only, but I hope it’s more than that. Could they be changing the setting from Japan? Making Shatterhand a new character instead of an altered Blofeld?
Then again Taghmaoui is a similar build to Waltz so could that be why Eon preferred him to the taller Kot? A more plausible Blofeld post surgery? Would that be too similar to DADs face change story?
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### Author:  [@aus89](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/aus89)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3426 "2018-09-10T11:42:55Z")
I don’t know that Shatterhand rumour should be taken as fact just yet - that name comes up every time a new Bond movie is on the way, so unless something new has surfaced, i wouldnt expect 25 to be the You Only Live Twice retelling we’ve been waiting for
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3427 "2018-09-10T11:43:03Z")
As I see in that article, it was Boyle who cast him. Maybe Kot was up for another role.
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3428 "2018-09-10T11:43:34Z")
> [@aus89](#):
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> I don’t know that Shatterhand rumour should be taken as fact just yet - that name comes up every time a new Bond movie is on the way, so unless something new has surfaced, i wouldnt expect 25 to be the You Only Live Twice retelling we’ve been waiting for
Agreed. “Shatterhand” will probably just be EON´s “Blue Harvest”.
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### Author:  [@theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/theSpectre)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3429 "2018-09-10T14:38:05Z")
That’s what I keep saying.
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### Author:  [@AceRoberts](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/AceRoberts)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3430 "2018-09-10T14:51:09Z")
I always thought The Death Collector, mentioned many times by others and one of the chapters from YOLT, was a good title choice for Bond 25.
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### Author:  [@Marcin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Marcin)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3431 "2018-09-10T15:19:17Z")
> [@Vanya](#):
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> It certainly does shed some more light on those ‘creative differences’. At first it sounded like they couldn’t agree on an actor but now it seems like they can’t even agree on the character’s nationality.
Still, I really don’t get it. I assumed when Eon hired Boyle because of his supposedly great idea for the movie, they talked out every aspect of the plot. Including main villain’s nationality. I cannot believe that at this point they’d go to him and say “Danny, we’ve changed our minds. It must be Russian, not Middle Eastern guy (or vice versa)”. Or is it possible?
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### Author:  [@AceRoberts](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/AceRoberts)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/news-on-no-time-to-die-no-spoilers/33/3432 "2018-09-10T15:46:32Z")
Perhaps the “great idea” was a consequence of an action Bond does or doesn’t follow through on, and not the actual plot itself? Just a guess on my part.
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