The 007 films are great-really great just mindless fun. I have not seen all of them but nonetheless i have seen a(lot). I recently bought the -die another day- dvd (which is great imo -solid transfer/audio loaded w/extras*including a Mr. Bond COMM. track) ...oh yeah the film i thought was well done also(in a -die hard- sort of way)Which brings me to the point of this post.
What are the 007 films you most admire???????(pick 3)
Who is the best BOND???????????(pick 1)
Who is the :onfire: Bond babe??????????(pick 1)
What is your favorite Bond opening credit song??????(pick 1)
Do you like martini's?????(yes/no)
Quote from: NEON MERCURYThe 007 films are great-really great just mindless fun.
The ones with Sean Connery have minds, and are smart.
Quote from: NEON MERCURYoh yeah the film i thought was well done also(in a -die hard- sort of way
What an insult to "Die Hard".
What are the 007 films you most admire???????(pick 3): Goldfinger, Dr. No, From Russia With Love
Who is the best BOND???????????(pick 1): Connery.
Who is the :onfire: Bond babe??????????(pick 1): Honor Blackman (aka Pussy Galore).
What is your favorite Bond opening credit song??????(pick 1): Shirley Bassey belting out "Goldfinger."
Do you like martini's?????(yes/no): No.
this probably doesnt help your post, (and i hate dragging the topic away from the posters intentions), but i have only seen a few of the bonds. (none of the George Lazenbys, none of the Roger Moores, and none of the Timothy Daltons). ive only seen...
DR NO
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
GOLDFINGER
GOLDENEYE
TOMMOROW NEVER DIES
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
loved the Connerys. liked the first two Brosnans. so, going back to your post, what are some of the best bonds? what am i missing out on?
Quote from: MacGuffinQuote from: NEON MERCURYThe 007 films are great-really great just mindless fun.
The ones with Sean Connery have minds, and are smart.
Quote from: NEON MERCURYoh yeah the film i thought was well done also(in a -die hard- sort of way
What an insult to "Die Hard".
"mindless" I use that word in a VERY LIBERAL NEON MERCURY SORT OF WAY
it is not really an insult to die-hard they both are fun , mindless :wink: , action films (IMO) * -die-hard gets more "respect" b/c it resparked/re-invented the action genre(imo)
MY 3-Dr. No-Moonraker-Goldeneye
007 is Roger Moore
Pussy Galore
i really liked the Die another Day the visuals are awesome durng the whole song. i kinda liked the song :oops:
Never had one
Quote from: NEON MERCURY* -die-hard gets more "respect" b/c it resparked/re-invented the action genre(imo)
"Die Hard" is more than just "fun". It also had a better/menacing villain, better action scenes, characters you care about, and it
didn't have Madonna attached to it singing the worst Bond song ever and plaguing the screen with her...gasp..."acting"! "Die Hard" also had actors who looked like they knew what they were doing (stick to drama, Halle), and had many great scenes. "Die Another Day's" only best scene was the one with Miss Moneypenny; it was mindless, and no "fun"...IMO.
i deff-ant-lee agree w/you about Madonna's acting.
I guess i should file this film under "guilty pleasure"
All James Bond Movies Released On DVD This Year
Source: Hollywood Reporter Monday, July 28, 2003
Hollywood Reporter posted the following:
Here's a holiday gift idea for the spy who has everything, including a license to kill.
MGM Home Entertainment is releasing all 20 of the James Bond films together in three special-edition gift sets Nov. 18.
Volume 1, which includes seven titles, was released in October and will be repromoted and released together with Volumes 2 and 3 in November.
The gift sets are priced at $124.96 each (preorder Oct. 21), and each title gets the full features treatment, including commentaries, documentaries and various featurettes, music videos, theatrical trailers, storyboards and other material.
MGM said all Bond titles, except "Die Another Day," are scheduled to go into moratorium Jan. 19 for an indefinite period.
Originally, MGM had planned to come out with only Volume 2 this year, but the response to Volume 1 prompted the creation of a major Bond package for this holiday season, according to the company.
"Volume 1 was timed around the release of 'Die Another Day,' and it had huge awareness and was a tremendous success," said Amy Zwagerman, director of library marketing at MGM Home Entertainment, so MGM decided to go with all three volumes "and capitalize on the holiday shopping season."
The three sets will be supported by a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign that includes national TV advertising across prime-time programming and major sporting events as well as a national print campaign in general-interest and lifestyle publications and radio promotion in the top 20 markets, MGM said.
MGM will be working closely with Electronic Arts in the fourth quarter, when EA introduces the Bond-themed "Everything or Nothing" video game, so that the two companies can effectively coordinate their marketing campaigns to generate maximum buzz, Zwagerman said. Also in the works is a Bond movie marathon on cable timed around the retail window of the gift sets.
Included in Volume 1 are "Dr. No," "GoldenEye," "Goldfinger," "License to Kill," "The Man With the Golden Gun," "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Tomorrow Never Dies."
Volume 2 includes "From Russia With Love," "You Only Live Twice," "Diamonds Are Forever," "Moonraker," "For Your Eyes Only," "The Living Daylights" and "The World Is Not Enough."
Volume 3 includes "Thunderball," "Octopussy," "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," "Die Another Day," "Live and Let Die" and "A View to a Kill."
What are the 007 films you most admire???????(pick 3)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
From Russia With Love
Goldeneye
Who is the best BOND???????????(pick 1)
Connery, of course.
Who is the :onfire: Bond babe??????????(pick 1)
Both the girls from Goldeneye (Framke and the other) are pretty much tops.
What is your favorite Bond opening credit song??????(pick 1)
Live and Let Die
Do you like martini's?????(yes/no)
Yes
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The look of a man who just saw Pussy.
you only live twice
Bond 21: Somebody shoot me, please just right between the eyes before the pain gets any worse. WENN reports that songstress Mariah Carey has agreed to sing the theme to the next James Bond film as long as she gets a Madonna-style cameo. The project is to be released in 2005 and according to a source - "Mariah has had meetings with producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. She was asked if she'd consider singing the theme tune for Bond 21. Mariah said she wanted a part in the new film although the story hasn't been discussed yet".
Quote from: themodernage02Bond 21: Somebody shoot me, please just right between the eyes before the pain gets any worse. WENN reports that songstress Mariah Carey has agreed to sing the theme to the next James Bond film as long as she gets a Madonna-style cameo. The project is to be released in 2005 and according to a source - "Mariah has had meetings with producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. She was asked if she'd consider singing the theme tune for Bond 21. Mariah said she wanted a part in the new film although the story hasn't been discussed yet".
yeah she likes to fuck things up. did you ever hear her version of "bringin' on the heartache"? it's funny, sad, funny.......
What are the 007 films you most admire???????
Goldfinger
The Spy Who Loved Me
Goldeneye
Who is the best BOND???????????
Connery
Who is the Bond babe??????????
Isabella Scorupco from Goldeneye
What is your favorite Bond opening credit song??????
Nobody Does It Better
Do you like martini's?????yes
i could never really get into any of the James Bond series. they just became very tiresome and redundant.
Die another day made me want vommit. It was like an episode of Dr Who.
The Living Daylights is my favourite, because if I watch the opening credits, AHA's song plays in my head repeatedly until the jeep is launched out of the back of the plane. And the Cello skiiing.
Also On her majesty's secret service was decent.
Least favourite bond....Roger Moore.
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Picture all the other Bonds trying to pull this look off. Pretty un-bond.
Roger Moore... but at the time, we really didn't notice.
Goldfinger, Pussy, Connery all the way. Bond saves the world from mad Germans, communists and lesbians. Far from mindless; rather, the most entertaining piece of propaganda ever.
I love Bond films, they're very rich. But the fantasy doesn't work anymore, so I think it's lost currency.
Martinis remind me of my childhood. Parties with my parents wearing lots of polyester. Long dresses, shirt frills and velvet bow ties. Sausages on sticks.
Pineapple chunks.
Sleeping with my brothers.
The aftermath.
I love Bond myself, but they have become tiresome as of late. Brosnan's last good one was Tomorrow Never Dies. All the ones he has been in since then have been cop out to big explosion action movies. Tomorrow Never Dies had some fun and a great car chase with Bond driving from the backseat.
Connery made the best of the Bond, but my personal fave is The Spy Who Loved Me. Least fave Bond likely has to be Dalton. He looked too rough and normal for Bond. Moore can pull it off, but needs a good movie. He just made the worst of the worst for a while. Brosnan is also getting cheated out of Bond glory due to the crap ones he's been in.
I'm wondering who'll be the next Bond......
~rougerum
They've offered the part to me, and I just don't want to make any rash decisions right now.
But, hey, if you think about, it's a paycheck.
Bond 21: Wild Rumour #2 - first Mariah Carey was rumoured to be doing the opening song, now The Z Review reports that Eminem is being talked about for both the number and a role.
Scottish newspaper The Daily Record is reporting that despite all the official denials and speculation, "Gosford Park"/"Croupier" star Clive Owen will be revealed to be taking on the 007 role late next year. "At a Press conference at Pinewood Studios in January or February 2004, Pierce Brosnan will reveal his last outing as 007 will be Bond 21, to be made next year and released in 2005. And for the first time, the new James Bond will be unveiled at the same time. We can reveal that Clive will take on the mantle in the Bond 22 which will be filmed in 2006 and shown in 2007". Not only do they indicate that Clive is in fact Pierce's recommendation to Producer Libby Broccoli, but their inside source also says "Clive's the one. There have been rumours about Clive, but these rumours are getting louder and louder now. No one at the top will come out and admit it, but the claims it's Clive are coming from different sources within Eon who make the Bond films...He's not hugely known, but has done some good films and is at least a name people recognise. Most of the other names mooted (eg. Ewan McGregor, Dougray Scott, Ralph Fiennes) are already known actors so could never be Bond. Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan were both known actors, but not hugely famous when they took on 007 and they are the best".
More here. (http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/page.cfm?objectid=13453093&method=full&siteid=89488)
The more I think about it, the more I think Sean Connery wasn't even a good Bond. He just got the spoils in getting all the best Bonds. Connery has the look, but the sauve and charisma I think he lacks. I'm comparing him more to the attributes of Brosnan and Brosnan has a lot more charisma. Connery was acting way too much in model form back then - overly good looking and hiding poverty in acting by staring a lot and keeping cool as possible. Connery was young then and not able to develop into a good actor - which he did become later on. I watched Hunt for The Red October recently and was reminded of his solid acting. Brosnan though has the leading man charms and in my mind, best solidifies who Bond should be. Its just he only got 2 decent Bond films so far. Connery had all the best.
I'm not sure what to think of Clive Owen. I guess its worth a shot.
~rougerum
If this happens, I will cease being a Bond fan:
Madonna granted a Licence to Kill
Source: Moviehole
Madonna could be set to star as the villain in a new female Bond movie. Now I’ve been hearing a lot about this writer/producer from London, Ben Trebilcook. He’s written a treatment for “Die Hard 4” and he’s also the man behind the long-in-the-works spy film “Semper Occultus”. Yesterday, we mentioned a rumour that Madonna might be in talks to star in the latter film. Today the man himself checked in to confirm there are talks to that affect. “To clarify yesterday's bite: Yes, I have sought Madonna and her company Maverick for assistance and yes, I did pen a role for her. It's a villainous role. One of two. The other baddie was written for Mr. Jason Statham, whose team I'm in close contact with. There are some very exciting prospects for this project and although slowly, it is heading towards a satisfying destination. I have already penned a treatment for a second adventure for Kelly Brook's character, Daisy Norton-Hall, which will probably be released in book form.”
For the uninitiated, “Semper Occultus” was first announced as a possible vehicle for popstress Geri Halliwell, and later Sean Connery.
Trebilcook’s “Die Hard 4” script is currently at WMA. He’s suggested both Kelly Brook and Sarah Chalke [“Scrubs”] for the part of Lucy McClane. Brook’s a favourite of Trebilcook’s apparently, he also suggested her for “Mission: Impossible 3”, when he was involved once upon a time.
This wouldn't surprise me. Bond's fallen on hard times lately with its movies. Brosnan's really the very best Bond, but he's been given two good movies at best. I'm hoping the next one flops so they can restrategize the entire genre again and go for action films more like The Bourne Identity. I highly doubt it though.
Quote from: MacGuffinMadonna could be set to star as the villain in a new female Bond movie. Now I’ve been hearing a lot about this writer/producer from London, Ben Trebilcook. He’s written a treatment for “Die Hard 4” and he’s also the man behind the long-in-the-works spy film “Semper Occultus”. Yesterday, we mentioned a rumour that Madonna might be in talks to star in the latter film.
*wipes brow*
I just reread this, and Madonna's not going to be in the next Bond film. Thank The Lord! The site I got the info from made it seem that way, and I just sped read it.
what's up with the (possible) rumors that pierce brosnan has been fired as agent 007? can anyone confirm this... mac? mini-mac? pubrick?
It's all about 007: Everything or Nothing. Incredible production values.
Quote from: m©gwaiwhat's up with the (possible) rumors that pierce brosnan has been fired as agent 007?
Not true:
UK tabloids go one step further, claiming Brosnan has been `axed` by Bond producers in favour of a new `younger` actor.The tabloid press have gone on the offensive against Brosnan in the latest unfounded rumours about his eventual succession. The latest claims, based on quotes from an unnamed source (as ever), report that Brosnan has been "axed" as Bond and the producers are searching for a "younger" actor to "re-energise the franchise and take it to even greater heights". The same report conflicts their own theory by mentioning Brosnan's "triumph" record breaking box-office in 2002 with the $400m takings for "Die Another Day".
It has been previously well reported that Brosnan will be starring in Bond 21, and he has been repeatedly quoted as saying he may also do a sixth. Speaking shortly before his 50th birthday in May 2003, Brosnan said: "I think we're good for a fifth. Barbara and Michael [producers] say they're happy to have me on board until I say no. But one has to be realistic about this. As for a sixth, it's a possibility."
As for his eventual successor, the tabloids claim that the process of casting who will play the sixth James Bond is in full swing. Casting speculation is rife among the tabloids, seemingly without any foundation. "It's like asking a bride as she's going up the aisle who her next husband is going to be," producer Barbara Broccoli said answering rumours of who will play Bond in early 2003, "I mean, he is James Bond. He's our guy. And until he's no longer James Bond, we ain't looking anywhere."
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The `Brosnan Axed` rumours evolve into absurdity, fan opinion that it was an MGM PR stunt turns into news overnight.Monday's Daily Mail claim that Pierce Brosnan has been axed as James Bond was proliferated throughout the world's media, with varying levels of hyperbole.
Now the rumour has evolved into absurdity, with claims that the news piece was simply an experiment to gauge public opinion on whether Brosnan is too old to carry on.
MGM and Eon Productions have yet to officially comment on the stories.
The new rumour stems from a fan posting on the alt.fan.james-bond internet newsgroup, who claims he spoke to "an old colleague who works with Debbie McWilliams in the EON casting department" and that "EON are waiting to gauge public reaction to the rumour before they publicise the news through an official channel".
This unconfirmed opinion has now been turned into fact overnight by various channels.
The Chinese whisper effect has certainly bred some interesting stories this week. Australian newspapers are now claiming Hugh Jackman has already signed on as Brosnan's replacement - despite earlier news that he has committed to his Wolverine X-Men franchise instead.
MI6 Rumour Rating: Don't believe anything you read on the matter unless it comes from MGM or Eon Productions.
There's also this sigh of relief:
MGM say no thanks as Britney Spears leaves meeting with the James Bond producers empty handed...Britney Spears has left a meeting to discuss a potential role in Bond 21 empty handed, according to the latest reports.
The rumour of her meeting Bond producers in London seemed like pure tabloid fantasy, but according to E! Entertainment, the singer turned actress actually met the 007 chiefs recently.
"According to MGM, the meeting was at Spears' request, and the 007 producers agreed to attend as a courtesy."
"Spears left without a 007 deal and, besides, the next James Bond film does not yet have a script, a rep for MGM told E! on Wednesday."
i actually thought Die Another Day had some potential in the beginning. the idea of a rogue bond is just titilating, but the story just flopped and halle berry really pissed me off for some reason, i really don't know why. i never bought halle berry as a secreat agent, i dunno, it was something in the way she ran. it just looked really fake and over exagerrated. what we need is more bourne identity kinda of movies.
i also heard something about executives wanted tarantino to write die another day. anyone else here this?
Quote from: NM(E) (- kidding)oh yeah the film i thought was well done also(in a -die hard- sort of way)Which brings me to the point of this post.
i think any Die Hard is better than any James Bond.
Quote from: mollyi think any Die Hard is better than any James Bond.
I was thinking about proposing to molly until I read that. :yabbse-cry:
then it's good you were warned on time :P
i haven't seen both of those (group of) movies for a long time, so maybe i'm wrong
good news for people who like being screwed over!
MGM's recent 007 box set re-releases came to another end on January 19th when they were placed back on moratorium. However, plans are already in the works for a new collection. MI6, the world's leading online James Bond resource (and longtime friends to DavisDVD), have revealed that a new series of DVDs are in the pipeline for release in October 2005 - a mere month before the theatrical debut of Bond 21. As first reported back in July 2003, MGM commissioned LA-based Mi Casa Multimedia Inc. to remaster the first eight Bond films from mono to full Dolby Digital 5.1 using original music score session tapes and rejiggered sound effects (purists can relax: the original mono tracks will be available on the discs). And with that project fully underway, the studio is now setting its sights on all-new high definition digital transfers for all the films, from "Dr. No" through to "The World Is Not Enough." As for bonus materials, the discs promise new documentaries, exclusive cast and crew interviews, unseen footage from the productions and more rare materials yet to be determined. Whether or not any of the special features on the current editions will find their way onto the new discs is, as of yet, unknown. So if you are a Bond fanatic, you may want to pick up the current boxed set collections before remaining inventories are gone.
Eon Comments on Recent James Bond Rumors
Empire Online talked to Eon Productions directly about the recent rumors that Pierce Brosnan wouldn't be back for James Bond 21, for which MGM has set an official release date on November 18, 2005. The Hollywood trades had all but crushed the rumors saying that Brosnan's production company Irish DreamTime has reupped its deal with MGM.
"For now, Pierce Brosnan is our James Bond. We haven't made any statement to say he isn't our James Bond," says Eon's Publicity Manger Catherine McCormack. "It's so difficult to comment when we don't have a script or even a start date."
Asked whether Brosnan signed a contract for the next film, she added, "He signed an initial three contract deal with us and from then on it's on a film by film basis. So he hasn't signed one yet."
That appears to be normal though, at this stage of film production.
Brosnan Laughs Off Britney Bond Girl Reports
Pierce Brosnan has laughed off reports Britney Spears will be the next Bond girl - dismissing the suggestions as "rumor". The pop star - who made her big screen debut in 2002's Crossroads - had reportedly lobbied the makers of the spy film series to let her play the female lead in the next 007 movie, but Brosnan would prefer British star Keira Knightley. He says of the Britney reports, "It's a rumor! I know nothing of it. I don't involve myself in the rumors of Bond and I try and stay occupied with other films when I'm not doing it, but Britney, no. Bless her cotton socks and good luck to her. Keira Knightley maybe!"
Me wants keira too
"bless her cotton socks" hahahah awesome. And Brock, your av rocks.
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I was gonna say that....
Just picked up the new bond game "Everything or Nothing" for the PS2 and it effin' rocks. They threw out the first person view and changed the the style of play, but suprisingly enough, it's even better than the previous games (want to rappel down a building backwards and shoot guys at the same time?)!
The best part though, is that they got Brosnan, Willem Dafoe (Russian villain!), Judi Dench, Heidi Klum, Shannon Elizabeth, and Mya to all do voices and lend their likenesses. The game even has a title sequence and scenes at MI:6. It's as close as you're going to get to a new bond movie for a while-- hell if they're having such problems coming up w/ a story, the should just steal this one. It's cool.
Quote from: Brock LandersBrosnan Laughs Off Britney Bond Girl Reports
Pierce Brosnan has laughed off reports Britney Spears will be the next Bond girl - dismissing the suggestions as "rumor". The pop star - who made her big screen debut in 2002's Crossroads - had reportedly lobbied the makers of the spy film series to let her play the female lead in the next 007 movie, but Brosnan would prefer British star Keira Knightley. He says of the Britney reports, "It's a rumor! I know nothing of it. I don't involve myself in the rumors of Bond and I try and stay occupied with other films when I'm not doing it, but Britney, no. Bless her cotton socks and good luck to her. Keira Knightley maybe!"
Me wants keira too
Actually, Bronson also has wanted Monica Bellucci to be a Bond girl ever since "Tomorrow Never Dies" (and I think she would be a perfect choice). But, according to producers, the front runner for the next Bond girl is Aishwarya Rai, although she has yet to be signed since the script for Bond 21 isn't finished yet.
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Minogue To Woo Bond?
Pop star Kylie Minogue has emerged as the favorite to star opposite James Bond in the new 007 movie. The sexy singer is reportedly eager to launch a career on the big screen and insiders insist she's the number one choice for the traditionally sexy Bond girl role. A source says, "It's just a matter of whether she'll play the 'good' Bond girl or the 'evil' Bond girl." A spokesman for the Slow singer says no deal has been signed yet, but adds, "She is continually being sent film scripts." Yesterday current James Bond Pierce Brosnan revealed producers were still in "paralysis" over plans for the superspy's 21st outing on the big screen, and admitted he's unsure whether he'll be cast in the film.
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Bond Bosses at Loggerheads
James Bond star Pierce Brosnan will have to wait longer to find out if he's taking on the infamous role one more time - the film's bosses are at loggerheads over whether to cast a new actor in the role. The Irish actor recently revealed 007 producers were in "paralysis" over plans for Bond 21, and he is unsure if he will return for his fifth outing as the suave superspy. Now sources claim scriptwriters Andrew Neal and Robert Wade are in conflict with Eon Productions - who make the movies - over what direction the next film will take. An insider says, "The two scriptwriters want one kind of Bond, while Eon wants another. Neal and Wade want to go back to basics and concentrate on the plot and the characters, but Eon wants an even bigger special effects bonanza than Die Another Day, with loads of gadgets and computer wizardry. Obviously the issue affects the choice of who plays Bond."
Fuckin Eon :evil:
Bana for Bond After All?
Australian actor Eric Bana has been approached to play James Bond but has yet to decide on whether to accept the coveted role, according to reports. The Hulk star recently slammed speculation he was poised to replace Pierce Brosnan in the legendary franchise, insisting he had never been approached by producer Barbara Broccoli. But an insider tells London's Evening Standard newspaper that Bana is trying to decide whether starring as the world's favorite super-spy will damage his burgeoning film career, or enhance it. A source says, "Eric has been offered the part of James Bond but is currently deciding whether it's something he really wants to sign up to." According to the Bond insider, both British star Clive Owen and Australia's Hugh Jackman are in line for the role should Bana turn it down.
Dougray Scott To Play Bond?
British actor Dougray Scott has reportedly beaten off competition from actors, Eric Bana, Ioan Gruffud and Clive Owen to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. The To Kill A King hunk, 38, clinched the role after discussions with Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and will be the seventh actor to appear as the sexy British agent. He will make his first appearance in the 23rd Bond movie after Eon Productions decided they wanted to return to a more brooding Bond in the mould of fellow Scot Sean Connery, reports British newspaper the Sunday Mirror. A movie insider says, "Producers have been eager to take Bond back to the broody and sexy figure that Sean was so brilliant at. Obviously it's not possible for Sean to return at his age, so they have been looking for a younger actor with similar characteristics. Since then Barbara and Dougray have been in talks - and she believes he will be the perfect new 007 for the 21st Century." Brosnan announced two months ago that he would not be starring as Bond again, saying, "That's it. I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond."
MGM's 007 Plans Shaken Up
Source: Hollywood Reporter
MGM, which is in the process of being sold to a group headed by Sony Corp ., has insisted on a business-as-usual stance, but that business no longer involves the immediate production of a new James Bond movie.
The studio confirmed Wednesday that it has put the development of a new installment of its most important franchise on hold.
As a result, the movie, which had been billed simply as "Bond 21" and was scheduled for release Nov. 21, 2005, will not be hitting theaters in its traditional November slot as originally planned.
According to an MGM spokesperson, the studio made the decision because it has not yet found a director for the film. Sources familiar with the situation said that the producers plan to meet next month to decide whether to aim for a summer 2006 or November 2006 release date.
The five months of negotiations that preceded the Sony deal also are said to have affected the development of the film because during that period, executives were unable to move forward on the project.
Typically, the studio's Bond films go into production in January or February of the year in which a November release is planned, but to do that, a director has to be on board by the end of the previous summer.
A steady flow of directors' names has been associated with the assignment, with Paul McGuigan, who directed MGM's recent "Wicker Park," understood to be the first choice of producers.
There also has been speculation that Pierce Brosnan will not resume the role of James Bond, which would necessitate recasting. MGM was unable to confirm that possibility.
Brosnan Favors Colin Farrell As Bond
Pierce Brosnan, the actor who has played British agent James Bond in the last four "007" films, says he thinks fellow Irishman Colin Farrell would be his ideal successor.
Brosnan, 51, said several actors could ably fill his shoes for the coveted role, which he began in 1995 with "GoldenEye" and concluded with 2002's "Die Another Day."
"But I'll give it to Colin Farrell. He'll eat the head off them all," Brosnan said following an entertainment awards ceremony Saturday in Dublin.
Farrell, 28, appeared with Tom Cruise in the 2002 science fiction movie "Minority Report" and has the title role in Oliver Stone's forthcoming epic "Alexander."
Brosnan didn't specify any other actors that he thought would make a good 007.
He also said he was discussing a possible collaboration with director Quentin Tarantino, who is considering a remake of the original Bond novel, "Casino Royale."
"We have discussed things, Quentin and I, but I don't know if its going to be that particular project," Brosnan said.
Last October, the producers of the planned 21st Bond film, Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson, informed Brosnan he'd gotten too old to be cast again as Bond. Speculation about the next Bond has since been rife, with Jude Law, Hugh Jackman, Clive Owen and Eric Bana on the list.
Campbell may raise glass to 007
Martin Campbell, who helped to revive the James Bond franchise with the 1995 hit "GoldenEye," is in negotiations to direct the 21st installment in MGM's spy series.
Although MGM recently said the Bond film will not arrive in theaters next November, as originally scheduled, the project would be on track to meet a 2006 release date should Campbell come aboard.
Campbell, who is filming another major franchise -- the sequel to "Legend of Zorro" for Columbia Pictures -- introduced Pierce Brosnan to audiences as James Bond in "GoldenEye." However, Brosnan has said that he will not be returning as Bond, so Campbell could find himself introducing yet another actor in the role. Neither MGM nor producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson have commented on casting plans for the new installment.
Campbell's contribution to reviving the series in the mid-'90s made him the man for the current job, sources said Tuesday. Other directors who had been mentioned as candidates for the assignment were Paul McGuigan, who recently directed MGM's "Wicker Park," and Matthew Vaughn, Guy Ritchie's longtime producing partner who made his directorial debut this year with the British crime thriller "Layer Cake."
From moviehole (http://www.moviehole.net/news/4575.html).
And the frontrunner for the 007 gig is...
Posted on Fri, 19-Nov-2004
Big time scoop this morning folks.
Forget McGregor, forget Law, forget Paul (oh, you've already forgotten him?)....A top industry source - who must remain anonymous -tells us that EON are only considering 'one' man for the 007 gig at this stage.
..."Ioan Gruffudd. Trust me" Our insider lets Tara Reid-like slip.
Ioan Gruffudd?. Yep, Mr Fantastic could very well be in deep-deep-deep (any deeper and he'd be swallowing chlorine) talks for the role of the next Bond. Naturally, others may float into the mix, but at the moment, he's the only guy that EON are seriously considering for the role.
Gruffudd's credits include "King Arthur", in which he played Lancelot, and the upcoming "Fantastic Four" playing the aforesaid Mr Fantastic/Reed Richards. He made a name for himself though as the star of the "Horatio Hornblower" telemovies.
i have no idea who that is.
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looks a bit like brosnan.
i bet he works out
i hate this franchise
i hate the word 'franchise' and whenever it is used in an article by a studio executive i can smell their greed.
Bond Bets on "Casino Royale"
GoldenEye helmer Martin Campbell has been given the chance to try another day.
The brain trust behind the 007 franchise have tapped Campbell to direct Casino Royale, the 21st film featuring the one and only Bond. James Bond.
Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson of Eon Productions together with MGM announced the move on Thursday. The film had previously been pushed back from an anticipated November start date to sometime next year while the search for a director was underway.
"We are thrilled that Martin has accepted our offer to direct Casino Royale," Broccoli and Wilson said in a joint statement. "He is an extremely talented director and we believe he will help take our films in a new and exciting direction. He...will be joining Eon Productions shortly to work on the development of the script with our writers, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade."
Campbell is currently at work on Legend of Zorro, the sequel to The Mask of Zorro, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Antonio Banderas.
His first foray onto Bond turf marked Pierce Brosnan's introduction to the 007 role in 1995's GoldenEye. The Irish-born actor went on to star in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies; 1999's The World Is Not Enough; and 2002's Die Another Day.
However, it seems unlikely that Campbell will have the chance to direct Brosnan again. In a July 2004 interview with Entertainment Weekly, the thesp sounded ready to turn in his license to kill.
"That's it," Brosnan said in the interview. "I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond."
Brosnan is the fifth actor to profess his preference for martinis shaken, not stirred. He follows in the footsteps of fellow Bond men Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton.
Rumors of who will be the next secret agent to keep company with the likes of Miss Moneypenny have included Hulk vet Eric Bana, Jude Law, Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom. The BBC reported last month that one British oddsmaker has stopped taking bets on the next 007 after wagers on Dougray Scott, best known as the baddie in Mission: Impossible 2, began to increase in recent weeks.
According to Eon Productions, no decisions about Bond casting have been made.
Casino Royale was Bond creator Ian Fleming's first book and the only title not initially purchased by Eon Productions.
An unrelated spoof version of the book, starring Peter Sellers and Woody Allen, was made into a 1967 film as a mockery of the spy genre
I'm optimistic for this one. I havent been since The World is Not Enough (which was very dissapointing), but I even think the producers realize this series needs a new start. Any start contrary to the current state of Bond is a hopeful one, or at least one worthy of a fan being persistent in believing there can be some good to come out of Bond. Its too bad about the fate of Brosnan. He really got stuck with some of the worst Bond films and he was the best Bond. No one will argue for Moore or the other minors, but even though Connery had the "look", his charm was always a bit too brutish for Bond. Actually, I figured it was because Connery was just a bad actor then. He became Bond with the experience more or less of being a model.
i think whoopi goldberg should play bond. anyway who disagrees is sexist and/or racist.
What are the 007 films you most admire???????
1. Goldfinger
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. GoldenEye
Who is the best BOND???????????
To me, it will always be Roger Moore.
Who is the Bond babe??????????
C'mon is it even a contest?:
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*giggle*
What is your favorite Bond opening credit song??????
Live and Let Die!!! I love you Macca!
Do you like martini's?????
Nope. I don't Drink
Quote from: planet_jakeWhat are the 007 films you most admire???????
1. Goldfinger
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. GoldenEye
My favorite is The Spy Who Loved Me. I really like Dr. No because it was going through the usual plot before that plot became usual so there's a freshness to the film. I also am big fans of later Bond films like The Living Daylights, Goldeneye and even Tomorrow Never Dies. Those films more for excellent action.
Quote from: planet_jake[Who is the best BOND???????????
To me, it will always be Roger Moore.
Pierce Brosnan. Moore never felt like Bond to me. Dalton's underrated because I like the realism he brought to the series. Connery is way overrated because even though he had the look, I never thought he had the charm that Brosnan had. He was too stiff.
Quote from: planet_jake[Who is the [best] Bond babe??????????
Ringo Starr's wife.
Quote from: planet_jake[What is your favorite Bond opening credit song??????
Live and Let Die!!! I love you Macca!
Actually, I'm privy to the one from For Your Eyes only.
Quote from: planet_jake[Do you like martini's?????
Nope. I don't Drink
I've never tried one.
The world has had enough
It wasn't feminism, terrorism or the end of the cold war that finally did for James Bond. It was Austin Powers.
by Tanya Gold.
Last week James Bond was fired. His nuclear pencil gathers dust beneath Whitehall. There is no news of 007 No 6 (Radio 4 listeners have helpfully suggested Jeremy Paxman) and the production of Bond film 21, due this November, has stalled. There is trouble at MI6, minister: our martini-quaffing sexoholic is suffering an existential crisis and it can't be cured by an intelligent Rolex or a gondola that can drive on dry land.
Eon, who produce Bond, and MGM, who finance his capers, are bickering. It is rumoured that MGM want an action-movie franchise - Spiderman in a tux - that sprouts money. As Bond said to Dr No: "World domination; same old dream; our asylums are full of men who think they are Napoleon." Eon, however, are fighting for their cold war relic, the "sexist, misogynist dinosaur" and gentleman spy who flowed from the pen of Ian Fleming.
Why is Bond in crisis? He is a corpse; the hero of a dead time and a dead place called postwar Clubland. Fleming was an Eton-educated journalist who worked in British naval intelligence during the second world war, where his professional apogee was evacuating King Zog of Albania from Nazi-occupied Europe. Bond was his fantasy alter ego, a libidinous killer who thought women were "for recreation". Bond slapped bottoms and peered at his watch during sex; he killed women he had slept with and, worse, he told one dewy-eyed poppet: "I never miss."
This was acceptable in 1952, when Bond was born on the pages of Casino Royale; but feminism castrated Fleming's hero. Today, any responsible GP would refer him to Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous and any respectable woman would hit him. We know, though Fleming didn't, that Bond won't be polished off by Soviet crocodiles, but by Aids. He had a weird predilection for girls with silly names. He had an Electra, a Honey, a Christmas, a Pussy and an Octopussy. He probably had a Decapussy, or did I dream it?
Fleming created two villainous organisations to wound his baby Bond. The first was Spectre (Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion), a gaggle of freelance megalomaniacs who wanted to take over the world for fun. Today they would be politicians. Is there anyone who can't imagine Michael Howard menacingly stroking a cat, Tessa Jowell feeding the enemies of the gambling bill to sharks or Tony Blair planting a bomb under Fort Knox? Spectre grins on the news every day. You voted for it.
Fleming's other nemesis Smersh (aka Death to Spies) was a mutant strain of the KGB. Smersh is as frightening as eating toast. Bond always has a vodka martini and a chuckle with the Reds at the end, because, for Fleming, the cold war was just a disagreement between western gentlemen.
At the end of The Spy Who Loved Me, Bond escapes into a tented pod with a beautiful KGB agent. He boasts to M that he is "just keeping the British end up, sir". Recent Bonds have experimented with a psychotic heiress, a renegade British agent and a media baron who resembles Barbara Amiel. Apart from Amiel, they lacked menace. The authentic candidates for modern Bond villains are, of course, Islamist fundamentalists but it's hard to imagine even 007 peeling back a burka or keeping the British end up with an al-Qaida operative.
Our tolerance for snobbery has withered. When we hear James musing to a baddie: "Red wine with fish; that should have told me something" and explaining that "certain things just aren't done - like drinking Dom Perignon '53 above a temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit" we don't fawn and sputter on to satin sheets. Bond behaves like an ancient gay dress designer, living in Surbiton and clinging to his final (crystal) marble.
Everywhere, Fleming's fastasies are dust. We've seen the faces of intelligence operatives because they flog their books at literary festivals. David Shayler is No 008; the only thing he leaves shaken but not stirred are the people he bumps into on street corners. We know from Spycatcher that the British secret service spend their time watching Irish grandmothers and destabilising Labour governments - and faking dossiers for Downing Street. The spying game has been demystified.
But Bond's final bullet didn't come from feminism, the government, Andrew Gilligan or the poor enter tainment possibilities of modern terrorism. In the end Sean, Roger, George, Timothy and Pierce were vanquished by just one man - Austin Powers. Bond's satirical twin, who danced and shagged and bit his way through two blockbuster Bond spoofs, finally achieved what Smersh could not. Austin's silly ruffled shirts, his encounters with Dr Evil and the Fembots and, most particularly, his plaintive cry, "Do I make you horny, baby?" did for the straight man. Some things just can't withstand satire; least of all a crumbling imperialist spy who puns badly. MGM will find a new aspirational hero for us, one who won't make us hurl into our popcorn: a gay Bond, a black Bond, a paraplegic Bond, an obese Bond, a Welsh bond. Any Bond but James Bond.
Bond Bosses' Secrecy Over Daniel Craig Announcement
Producers of the forthcoming James Bond sequel have refused to comment on reports British star Daniel Craig has won the coveted superspy role. Craig, 37, was in competition with Closer star Clive Owen for the part of the spy, after Pierce Brosnan was ditched for demanding a staggering $42 million for his next Bond film. But Owen has since decided the role would limit his acting career and a leak from movie giant Eon Productions suggests producer Barbara Broccoli has offered the Layer Cake star a contract for the next three films. An insider explains, "Everybody who works at Eon Productions, which makes the Bond movies, has been told Daniel is the new 007."
This would suck big time
Betting money is on Brosnan returning. I'm serious.
But $42 Million?
I think if he lowers his demands... which should be possible as this is the only decent role they will offer him anyhow...
Between After the Sunset and Laws of Attraction... he doesnt have a choice!!
Quote from: andykalBond Bosses' Secrecy Over Daniel Craig Announcement
Producers of the forthcoming James Bond sequel have refused to comment on reports British star Daniel Craig has won the coveted superspy role. Craig, 37, was in competition with Closer star Clive Owen for the part of the spy, after Pierce Brosnan was ditched for demanding a staggering $42 million for his next Bond film. But Owen has since decided the role would limit his acting career and a leak from movie giant Eon Productions suggests producer Barbara Broccoli has offered the Layer Cake star a contract for the next three films. An insider explains, "Everybody who works at Eon Productions, which makes the Bond movies, has been told Daniel is the new 007."
This would suck big time
Daniel Craig denies next James Bond rumours Despite the best efforts of The Sun newspaper, actor Daniel Craig says he's not going to be the next James Bond 007, following a flurry of stories today claiming he had won the part.
A spokeswoman for the star of hit gangster movie "Layer Cake" denied the reports but wouldn't comment further - reports ThisIsLondon.
Eon Productions, which makes the Bond movies, also refused to comment.
This means that fellow British actor Clive Owen may still be in the running to take over from Pierce Brosnan. Other names mentioned to play the 007 role have included Eric Bana, Jude Law, Heath Ledger, Ewan McGregor, Dougray Scott and Australian Hugh Jackman.
The next James Bond movie, Casino Royale, is being directed by Martin Campbell, who first took the helm on Goldeneye in 1995. The Sun said today that Craig had been offered a three-film deal by producer Barbara Broccoli.
Quote from: The Gold TrumpetBetting money is on Brosnan returning. I'm serious.
Pierce Brosnan`s representatives rule out possibility of a return to 007 The Pierce Brosnan saga just won't quit, especially with the latest media flurry surrounding unfounded internet rumours that the four-times James Bond might be ushered back in the tuxedo for a fifth time.
In a Variety piece today (Apr. 07, 2005), representatives for the actor ruled out the possibility of Brosnan returning to the James Bond role and that no negotiations were taking place.
Sony were rumoured to be considering paying Brosnan his high price tag to return and guarantee a strong box-office, opposed to Eon Productions choice of a lesser known actor.
I dont know why I even bother having you here Mac :)
That news was lame anyways... 007 sucks more every time and brining an unknown like that to play Bond would bury it even more
contains spoilers!
dr. no (1962)
directed by terence young.
script by richard maibaum, johanna Harwood and berkely mather.
based on the ian fleming novel.
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intro: three blind mice
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bond, james bond
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felix leiter spies on our hero
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james bond meets quarell
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picking up the spider at dr. no's lair
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the spider takes over
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james bond delivers a dry comment
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honey rider makes her entrance
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hiding with the help of straws
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the dragon and quarell meets his demise
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washing up
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dr. no observes our hero at sleep
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dr. no reveals his identity
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the goya painting
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radiation suit
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dr. no at work
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out of fuel
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the end
those should all be banners.
Quote from: MacGuffinQuote from: The Gold TrumpetBetting money is on Brosnan returning. I'm serious.
Pierce Brosnan`s representatives rule out possibility of a return to 007
The Pierce Brosnan saga just won't quit, especially with the latest media flurry surrounding unfounded internet rumours that the four-times James Bond might be ushered back in the tuxedo for a fifth time.
In a Variety piece today (Apr. 07, 2005), representatives for the actor ruled out the possibility of Brosnan returning to the James Bond role and that no negotiations were taking place.
Sony were rumoured to be considering paying Brosnan his high price tag to return and guarantee a strong box-office, opposed to Eon Productions choice of a lesser known actor.
Oh, what did I just find....
Dench Says Brosnan Still 007
Posted: Wednesday April 27th, 2005 2:33pm
Source: The New York Post
Author: Garth Franklin
The New York Post recent talked to Dame Judi Dench who reached a whole new fanbase in recent years playing James Bond's boss 'M' in the four Pierce Brosnan James Bond movies. During the chat, she revealed she will likely reprise the role in the upcoming 007 flick "Casino Royale."
Although Pierce Brosnan believed he wouldn't be back, Dench says he will return a fifth time. "Despite the fact that everyone on the face of the Earth has been tested as his possible replacement, he'll be doing it again, and it'll be announced come summer."
Martin Campbell is directing 'Royale' which is scheduled for a November 17th 2006 release.
New mission for Haggis: 007's 'Royale'
For James Bond, 007 means having a having a license to kill. For Academy Award nominee Paul Haggis, 007 means having a license to write.
The writer, who was nominated for an Oscar for "Million Dollar Baby" and wrote and directed this summer's sleeper hit "Crash," has been tapped to do a rewrite of "Casino Royale," Sony and MGM's 21st installment of the lucrative Bond franchise.
Producer siblings Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson have brought back Martin Campbell ("GoldenEye," "The Legend of Zorro") to direct his second Bond. Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who cut their teeth on Bond films "The World Is Not Enough" and "Die Another Day," wrote the previous draft. The search for a new Bond to replace Pierce Brosnan is under way.
The movie's script is based on the 1953 Ian Fleming novel, which is the first, darkest and most violent of the Bond books. It introduced not only Bond, but the evil organization SMERSH, as well as model Bond villain Le Chiffre (French for "the number"). One of the book's set pieces is a baccarat duel between Bond and Le Chiffre. The book was first adapted as the 1967 spy spoof starring Peter Sellers, David Niven, Orson Welles and George Raft, although the comedy is not considered part of the Bond canon.
Imagine if they made 21 star wars?
From tvguide.com:
Question: Is it true that Goran Visnjic is among the finalists to take over as James Bond? And what does this mean for him on ER? — Sandy
Ausiello: Yes, it's true. But should he get the role, it wouldn't mean the end of Kovac. "We have a contingency plan," says exec producer David Zabel. "We would film a bunch of stuff (with Kovac) at one time for later episodes. Or, depending on where the Bond film was shooting, he might be able to work on both at the same time. That's what (George) Clooney did. He was shooting Batman & Robin for part of the day and ER the other part."
To me, this is great news. Goran Visjnic kicks ass, and would help revive the James Bond franchise from the time-waster it has become. Good scripts would be nice as well, but Goran Visjnic would be a good start.
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"I'm Bond. James Bond."
Casino Royale Delayed?
Casting trouble may prompt postponement.
Largely rehashing a recent Hollywood Reporter piece, both The Sunday Times and Variety have run features on the arduous development of the next James Bond installment, Casino Royale.
According to the Times, Amy Pascal, chairman of Sony Pictures, "will this week convene a second 007 summit to pick a new Bond. The first, last year in a London club, ended in disarray. Sony has told Eon, the British-based company that holds production rights to the Bond series, that it may have to postpone the film."
Production is slated to begin in January for a fall 2006 release. Oscar nominee Paul Haggis has been hired to revise the script. Previous screenwriter Robert Wade recently said Haggis was hired only to do a three-week polish on a second draft penned by Wade and partner Neal Purvis.
The general consensus is that Casino Royale won't get underway on time because the filmmakers can't find their young James Bond. The word is that Sony and Eon want a Bond roughly 28-years-old. Since Casino Royale was the first Bond novel penned by Ian Fleming, it will follow 007 early in his career as he grows into the cold, hard killer we all know and love. On a practical level, it seems the Bond filmmakers want a British Matt Damon, the young star who has made the Jason Bourne series a successful franchise.
This makes one wonder, though, if the filmmakers are mistaking the real reason why the Bourne films are a success. It's not because they have a thirtysomething lead (40-something Brad Pitt was initially attached to star but would later team with director Doug Liman for Mr. and Mrs. Smith). It's because they are lean, mean throwbacks to old school spy flicks; in other words, Bourne succeeds precisely because it isn't big, bloated Bond.
At least one young action star wants a crack at Bond (and the guy's British to boot): Jason Statham, 33, who currently has the #1 movie in North America with The Transporter 2. "He's the James Bond that drinks a Heineken, not a martini," Statham recently said of his Transporter role. "I love James Bond, but I hate that he's a misogynist chauvinistic pig. He goes from one woman to the next, cheats on her, doesn't care. I hate that. The Transporter is like the working man's James Bond. He is the real man."
Not to say that Statham isn't interested in slipping into 007's tuxedo, although he admits he has not been approached. "They're running out of names, I'm sure, if mine is being bandied around," Statham joked, adding, "I'm a massive fan of James Bond, and I've seen every one of the movies. ... If I was to do that most prestigious role, then I think I'd add a new, modern feel to it, definitely."
There are Bond fans who think former Olympic athlete-turned-model-turned actor Statham, whom I suggested for the role back in fall 2002, would not make a good 007 for the following reasons: too working class, too bald, too mean. And all I can say to that is: Sean Connery. Initially, Ian Fleming didn't like the toupee-wearing Connery's casting, reportedly thinking of him as an Aberdeen pubcrawler (I think that's what he called him); Fleming wanted David Niven for the role. Ironically, Niven would play Bond in the unsuccessful 1967 spoof ... Casino Royale.
Then again perhaps all this talk of a Casino Royale delay is a lot of smoke and mirrors obscuring the most obvious possibility: the filmmakers are simply waiting for Clive Owen, reportedly Amy Pascal's choice and that of many Bond fans, to satisfy his existing commitments for the first-half of 2006 (Shoot 'Em Up followed by The Golden Age). That way we could have a 007 film in '07. While Owen, who turns 41 next month, has already reportedly turned down the role perhaps he also knows to never say never.
Jeez, its not like this casting has much requirement. Every face I've seen in speculation for the role has the look and prolly can play it cool if they tried. I think the producers are over worried that picking an unknown would mean a smaller pay day than the last one.
Bring Back My License to Thrill
By Daniel Fienberg
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) An open letter to the creative powers behind "Casino Royale"
Dear Martin Campbell, Paul Haggis, Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson and anybody else involved with the upcoming James Bond film:
It's only two months before you're supposed to shoot a new James Bond movie and your writer and director are detailing entirely different visions to the press. And there's still the fact that many months of searching have failed to yield a leading man. Does it bother you that with every unsubstantiated rumor and fabricated press release, one of the most successful franchises in cinema history is turning into a joke? Just curious.
A proviso, or word of qualification: This writer has always been more of a fan of Fleming's novels than of the films, particularly anything not involving Sean Connery. Roger Moore was an amiable clown who got stuck with too many subpar adaptations. George Lazenby was billboard cut-out Bond who somehow found himself in a good movie. Conversely, Timothy Dalton was a great Bond -- at least for this purist -- stuck in two horrid movies and tarred by their failures. Brosnan looked, sounded and felt exactly the way people came to expect Bond to look and sound and feel, which is exactly why he was so boring. His interpretation of the role was limited to everything that made Bond iconic -- the perfectly fitted tuxes, carefully ordered martinis and endlessly bedded women -- and fell short of everything that made Bond compelling. The great irony surrounding Brosnan is that he was more quintessentially Bond-ian in "The Thomas Crown Affair" and "The Tailor of Panama" than he ever got to be in his four stints as 007.
Brosnan's departure -- forced or voluntary -- gives the series a chance for a necessary reboot, please don't blow it. Actually, Clive Owen should have been offered the part immediately after "Croupier," but that opportunity was missed. And stop saying that A-list actors don't want to make a three-film commitment. If you'd stop making awful movies from undercooked scripts, actors would be more eager. Just because Brosnan has reduced the role to quippy one-liners, making out with beautiful women, outrunning fireballs and looking good in a suit doesn't make that some alpha male thespian wouldn't want to play Ian Fleming's Bond, the compulsive gambler, consummate gourmand and justifiably paranoid spy, a man equipped with both psychological and physical scars. While that character hasn't appeared in any of the past dozen movies, he's right there on the pages of "Casino Royale" -- you know, that book you're supposed to be adapting?
It has been a long time since Bond did anything other than order his martinis "shaken, not stirred." How dull for him. In "Casino Royale," he requests a different drink, desiring, "A dry martini, in a deep champagne goblet -- Three measures of Gordons, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice cold, then add a thin slice of lemon peel."
Viewers deserve that kind of Bond.
I recently picked up "Casino Royale" and reread it in one sitting. It's a great yarn and it'd make a nifty movie, but not in with the more-is-more ethos that has ruled the Bond series for years. It has a car chase, but only one. It has a bomb exploding, but only one. There's a sexy woman, but only one. The novel has a fantastic action set piece, but it happens to be a 28-page game of baccarat. There are no gadgets at all (a possibility Haggis has smartly acknowledged and Campbell has slavishly denied), which means no Q, while M appears in passing only. Le Chiffre is a splendid villain -- a debauched pornographer, pimp, gambler and Holocaust survivor -- but he's dealt with only two-thirds of the way through.
In fact, after racing through 124 pages of intrigue, torture and fun, "Casino Royale" dedicates its last 57 pages to the main character's existential crisis. This Bond has only used his license to kill on two occasions and he fears that his desire to kill -- for revenge or for country -- renders him indistinguishable from the bad guys ("The villains and heroes get all mixed up," he tells a colleague). This inner turmoil leads him to contemplate retirement.
"[D]on't let me down and become human yourself," his confessor, an operative named Mathis, tells him. "We would lose such a wonderful machine."
In reality, Bond is neither evil, as he fears, or a machine, as Mathis alleges. The word that Fleming uses most frequently to describe him (heck, uses frequently to describe most everything) is "cold." At times, actors and filmmakers have confused that "cold" with "aloof" or "distant." Again, only Connery has been able to get it right.
Brosnan restored the franchise's financial fortunes, but the six-year delay between "License to Kill" and "GoldenEye" left the series unmoored. The underappreciated genius of John Le Carre is not in the espionage classics he wrote during the Cold War, but in the author's ability to swiftly recognize the new enemies after the fall of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall. It's a challenge Fleming never had to face and that the slew of screenwriters-by-committee haven't mastered. The pervasive menace of SPECTRE or SMERSH -- Smyert Shpionam, "death to spies" -- and the organizations' real world counterparts was as essential to the early books and films as the Auric Goldfingers, Ernst Blofelds or Pussy Galores.
If we lived in a peaceful world without any kind of nefarious terrorist organization threatening our Western ideals, the film's current lack of relevance might be acceptable, but the recent slew of maniacal billionaires or mercenaries bent on world domination is a bore. Bond without political context is so anonymous he might as well be played by Goran Visnjic (a leading rumored candidate).
Do you want my recommendation? No. Didn't think so. Here it is anyway: cast Daniel Craig as Bond. He's a bit older than other candidates like Henry Cavill and Sam Worthington, but he looks like the character should look. The romantic interest in "Casino Royale" says Bond looks like Hoagy Carmichael, which is a compliment, but not the same as looking plastic and pretty. His features have texture.
Then, put Mr. Campbell on hold. He's a director for stunt and spectacle. If you're going to do "Casino Royale" right, hire somebody whose indie bona fides are in place. Mike Hodges ("Croupier") is the best choice, but Jon Amiel ("The Singing Detective") might work. Actually, John Dahl ("Rounders") could handle the action and he'd deliver a heck of a card game. Anyway, an efficient director, sticking to the plot of the book, could start production in January and shoot fast and turn the movie in for less than $30 million and have it out by November. That would reestablish the character and the franchise, produce a quick profit and open the door for Campbell to return for a brainless blowout the following year, for 007 in 2007.
Oh well. I just felt like sharing.
Best,
Fienberg. Daniel Fienberg.
That was a great letter.
Thanks for posting it mog.
Quote from: MacGuffinOscar nominee Paul Haggis has been hired to revise the script.
Thank god... I was afraid there wasn't going to be any ham-fisted social commentary in it.
New 007 Reportedly Chosen
British tabloid names Bond, James Bond.
British tabloid The Daily Mail, the first outlet to report that Pierce Brosnan would not return as 007 for the next installment, now claims that the search for the new James Bond is over and that oft-rumored contender Daniel Craig (Layer Cake) will star in Casino Royale.
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"In the end a shortlist of two emerged - Craig and newcomer Henry Cavill. The pair were auditioned again and tried on tuxedos to see how they would look in the quintessential Bond clothing," the Mail reports. "Craig, 37, whose choice will be confirmed by producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson later this week, will be the sixth Bond, but the first blond."
Reuters followed up on the Mail's report. "Craig's agent in London declined to comment, and both the next film's Hollywood backers, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc, and Bond production company EON have remained silent on who will take over as the super-spy."
"The decision hasn't been made yet. They are casting and that takes however long it takes," an EON spokeswoman advised Reuters.
IGN FilmForce has learned that Sony honcho Amy Pascal flew to London this past weekend to meet with Eon and Casino Royale director Martin Campbell and make the final decision on casting the next Bond.
If there is an official announcement this week, I'd wager it would be on Thursday. The trades publish their Friday papers on Thursday so that way Eon and Sony can get a whole weekend of free press by getting Craig's face on the trades' front pages.
ah, ugly bond. this will be a change.
you're just jealous cos he hugged sienna.
Daniel Craig Unveiled As New James Bond
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Daniel Craig was introduced Friday as the first blond James Bond and only the second Englishman to star as Agent 007 in the movie series.
Craig's selection was revealed as he was whisked down the Thames River aboard a military boat to a news conference.
Craig replaces Pierce Brosnan in the role of the suave spy in "Casino Royale," due in theaters next year.
"I'm speechless," the star said, after posing for photos with producer Barbara Broccoli and director Martin Campbell.
"Daniel is a superb actor who has all the qualities needed to bring a contemporary edge to the role," Broccoli and Campbell said in a statement.
Producers announced last year that they were seeking a replacement for Brosnan, who has played Bond in the last four films.
Craig, 37, is the first blond actor to play agent 007. Relatively unknown outside Britain, he has had a busy career that includes roles in the landmark 1990s British TV drama "Our Friends in the North" and films including "The Mother," "Enduring Love" and "Layer Cake."
He played Paul Newman's sinister son in "Road to Perdition," was poet Ted Hughes opposite Gwyneth Paltrow's Sylvia Plath in "Sylvia" and appeared in this year's thriller "The Jacket" with Adrien Brody.
Craig is also the tabloids' dream Bond. He once dated headline-grabbing model Kate Moss and has been linked to Sienna Miller, his "Layer Cake" co-star and on-off fiancee of Jude Law.
Earlier this year, Craig praised 007 as "an iconographic figure in moviemaking."
"I think you'd have to be stupid not to consider something like that," he said, but added that he hadn't given the role "any serious thought."
The film's producers tried to keep their decision secret, but Craig's mother told the tabloid Sun newspaper she was "thrilled to bits."
Ian Fleming's first Bond novel, originally published in 1953, "Casino Royale" is one of the few Bond adventures not to feature the MI6 gadget-maker Q. It was previously filmed as a 1967 spoof starring Peter Sellers.
Before Friday, speculation about the new Bond also included British actors Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gerard Butler and Ewan McGregor, Irishman Colin Farrell and Australians Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger and Eric Bana.
Hmm, I was going to say I've never seen this guy act but I did see the Jacket (and remember him, i don't remember him in Road to Perdition). He seems like a good candidate, but unless they make the other parts of the Bond series better (writing, directing) I think he'll be out like Dalton, pretty quick.
he has the best line in Road to Perdition, at the wake when the boy asks why he's laughing, and he says "cuz it's all so fuckin' hysterical".
Quote from: GamblourHmm, I was going to say I've never seen this guy act but I did see the Jacket (and remember him, i don't remember him in Road to Perdition). He seems like a good candidate, but unless they make the other parts of the Bond series better (writing, directing) I think he'll be out like Dalton, pretty quick.
He had an intimidating and rough presence in Sylvia. I found it successful for the role. I'm still not sure about him as Bond. A return to a Timothy Dalton type of Bond is needed, but can he pull it off? Who knows. I'll await until I see the film considering it will be radically different from previous Bond efforts.
Also, word is he is signed for 3 Bond films. Either way, he outlasts Dalton. Its sad Dalton is never given his due credit though.
Michell may join 'Bond 22'
Source: Hollywood Reporter
As the world awaits the debut of Daniel Craig as the latest Agent 007, the producers of "Casino Royale" are busy making plans for the next chapter in the James Bond franchise.
U.K.-based helmer Roger Michell is in negotiations to direct the follow-up to "Casino Royale," which has a working title of "Bond 22."
Columbia Pictures, which is producing "Casino Royale" and "Bond 22" alongside MGM, declined comment. And while plot details for "Bond 22" remain sketchy, sources say the film is based on an original idea from Bond producer Michael Wilson. Eon Prods. is looking for a writer to adapt.
Michell and Craig are no strangers, having teamed on the 2004 drama "Enduring Love."
Michell's helming credits also include the Ben Affleck-Samuel L. Jackson vehicle "Changing Lanes" and the Julia Roberts-Hugh Grant romantic comedy hit "Notting Hill."
BOND 22 needs a director
Source: Variety
Creative differences have stalled negotiations with Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Changing Lanes) who was in talks to direct BOND 22. The negotiations have now fallen through and the film is once again searching for a director.
The film is the planned sequel to CASINO ROYALE, which Sony is releasing on November 17, and will also star Daniel Craig. Bond 22 has a release date of May 2, 2008.
I'll direct it! I'm sure whatever i can come up with will be better than Changing Lanes
Quote from: squints on August 10, 2006, 12:56:05 PM
I'm sure whatever i can come up with will be better than Changing Lanes
*spews a mouthful of Coke all over monitor*
WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY?
From Bean to Bond?
Bond 22 screenwriter rumor.
The online rumor mill is buzzing with word that Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral) may have been tapped to write the next James Bond movie.
The New Zealand-born screenwriter – who worked with former Bond 22 directing candidate Roger Michell on Notting Hill – wrote for Rowan Atkinson on the series Blackadder and Mr. Bean (including the 1997 feature film) before seguing to romantic comedy features such as the Bridget Jones films and Love Actually.
Curtis also made his feature directing debut on Love Actually. Word of Curtis' rumored involvement with Bond 22 first appeared at the MI6.co.uk fansite.
MI6 also claims that veteran Bond screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade "have been dropped from the project."
The story premise for the follow-up to Casino Royale is reportedly based on an idea by Bond producer Michael G. Wilson.
Faulks writes new Bond novel
Book to be released in May
Source" Variety
LONDON — Brit novelist Sebastian Faulks has been commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications to pen "Devil May Care," a James Bond book to mark the centenary of Fleming's birth next year.
The new book has the blessing of 007 pic producer Barbara Broccoli, who's had a sneak peek. A rep for Eon Prods. told Daily Variety that an impressed Broccoli believes the book, which is set in 1968, could well pass for a Fleming manuscript discovered in the attic by a relative.
The Fleming estate disclosed last year that it had commissioned "a well- known and highly respected" author to pen a fresh Bond book but few watchers suspected that Faulks, whose work includes "Birdsong" and "Charlotte Gray," would get the nod. John le Carre and Frederick Forsyth were considered the most likely candidates.
Although careful to reveal few details, Faulks said, "He is slightly more vulnerable than any previous Bond, but at the same time, he is both gallant and highly sexed, if you can be both. Although he is a great seducer, he really does appreciate the girls he seduces and he doesn't actually use them badly."
Faulks wrote "Devil May Care" in six weeks and joked that his writing habits differed considerably from Fleming's cavalier approach: "In his house in Jamaica, Ian Fleming used to write a thousand words in the morning, then go snorkeling, have a cocktail, lunch on the terrace, more diving, another thousand words in late afternoon, then more martinis and glamorous women. In my house in London, I followed this routine exactly, apart from the cocktails, the lunch and the snorkeling."
Faulks' book will be published May 28 to coincide with what would have been Fleming's 100th birthday.