“No, don’t trouble yourself. The blended Scotch is fine.” Said 003…Never. 
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It’s the Daily Mail. Although it stated Christoph Waltz was Blofeld when every one else denied it.
That’s a low bar to clear…
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Good idea.
Not for Bond.
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I was talking Star Wars. My mistake. Bond needs a bit of breathing room, with movies.
No, no mistake. I just made a personal comment that I don´t think Bond needs that long pauses.
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Yes, we’ve been overflooded with SW films/series all these pat years so I can understand they now want to pause this hectic frenzied trend and make it a bit more exclusive.
But indeed the same cannot be said about Bond. Ideally it’d be great to have 1 new movie every 3 years for instance, with some regularity to it. We don’t need/want too long pauses…
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Definitely. I agree with the general gist of what Charlie Higson said recently:
The problem with Bond in the film world is it takes so long now and poor old Eon are constantly having to switch studios and deal with a whole bunch of new executives who think they know what Bond should do. Really, you just want to say, 'Keep it simple, don’t overthink it.’
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Not sure if it was already shared but Quentin Tarantino offered a lot more information behind the prospect of him filming CR years back and where he thinks the future of the series should go (adapting the books in a way more faithful manner):
I’d also include the continuation novels with his comments if EON decides to adapt them.
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Having read this, I’m not so sure if QT is as Bond-savvy as people think he is. And I’m glad that it didn’t happen.
Final word on the QT CR has been spoken, anyway. See the bonus material of this one:
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He really is still too full of himself, „allright?“
And he has no idea how much of the novels has been filmed, and how a close adaptation would not work at all.
Once again, kudos to EON, for not allowing him near their films.
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I’d say there’s good reason that the films diverged greatly in all but 4.
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I like Quentin’s films a lot, but I have no desire to see the novels being adapted again albeit more faithfully, and that’s coming from someone whose appreciation for the literary side of things has increased dramatically over the years. I feel like it’s going over old territory and it’s now better to utilise unused concepts in new storylines, as they’ve been doing for a while now.
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Agree with all the previous posts about QT. It’s a very good thing we never got a QT Bond movie. It wouldn’t have been a Bond movie, it would have been a QT movie, as always, with him force-feeding us his usual rhetoric of “look how good I am and how well I know everything”… When actually what the interview shows is that he hasn’t done his homework and talks nonsense about the novel material not being in the films.
Glad that never happened and will never happen!
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I have come to the opinion that the best Bond films are made by metteurs en scene–not auteurs, but a rung or two above journeymen directors. Guy Hamilton may be the best example of this kind of director in the Bond universe. Lewis Gilbert almost gets there (MR is his most sustained bid), and Sam Mendes arrives, once he abandons his auteur quest.
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It can come out anytime, EON (generally) knows what they are doing. I’m more and more worried about Purvis and Wade writing again. With Michael G Wilson giving ideas. I don’t normally mind them, but Bond desperately needs some new writers. They are getting too much like those creepy cousins, who show up at family reunions. Doing the same dirty habits.
https://screenrant.com/james-bond-26-franchise-traditions-tropes-drop/
A mixed bag of opinions, but they aren’t exactly wrong.
My predictions:
I think PWB will have a say going forward if she isn’t busy with her own projects. Especially now she has no future in the Indiana Jones world. Maybe she could write an Indiana Jones novel. I would be OK with her being in both worlds, perhaps writing novels for both (Indy needs a book series again). Also, I think that PWB could play either Charmian Bond, May, or even M in the future. I think her days as Moneypenny are gone.
Screenrant is clickbait.
Sure, double agents betraying the service and Bond have been done (to death), but this is what spies have to deal with.
As for Bond having flings with women - why not? If it’s consensual I‘m all for it.
The other tropes - well, I don’t care if the films work. Not too dark, not too silly - sure, but that’s what everyone is shooting for.
A simple mission, with a challenging villain and a menacing henchperson, a home team which is not part of the plot, fun, great locations, good stunts, no video game-like fights but confrontations with consequences.
That’s what I want to see.
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I’ll second that all day long!
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Indy needs to just be allowed to ride off into the sunset (didn’t they do that already?) I’ve pretty much had it with Disney milking their properties for all they are worth. If we ever get another Star Wars movie, it’ll be too soon (I’m still not over how bad Rise of Skywalker is). Personally, I wouldn’t mind a full wipe on the creative team (maybe except for Babs and MGW) for Bond. New blood is good and the Bond series could use it. I’ve said it before too, I wouldn’t mind a deboot of the series and have Bond 26 pick up after Die Another Day. No need for another full reset.
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