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[Donovan]

I wouldn't be surprised if that's what would happen. Can you really use Smersh? If CR does a "Bond Begins" routine, this might also provide an opportunity for a "SPECTRE Begins" cross plot.

But as for Blofeld, is there anyone that comes to mind that could work? The early Bonds always had great casting. So based on Fleming's basic description(s), is ther anyone that comes to mind? I myself am stumped. Blofeld is almost as important to get right as Bond....and they never really got it right, as far as the three main on-screen performances.

I'd love for SPECTRE and Blofeld to be in "Casino Royale"....in fact, I'm sort of betting on it. When you think of some of the things we've heard about the direction of the series trying to be like the Cold War 60s, SPECTRE is the backbone of those films.

[trumanlodge89]

it would be great if blofeld was a voice and a cat again.

[tdalton]

I think that if Blofeld were to return, then he should return to just being an unseen person like he was in FRWL, TB, etc. However, I don't think that Blofeld should make a return. He hasn't been in a Bond film since OHMSS (I don't count that terrible interpretation of him in DAF and he wasn't officially in FYEO), and the modern audience is not familiar with him, so there's no reason to bring back old characters who have not been seen in over a decade or more. Also, it would be nearly impossible for the modern audience to take Blofeld seriously after the Austin Powers movies and Dr. Evil. The younger audience would probably think that Blofeld was a rip-off of Dr. Evil when in fact it is actually the other way around.

[Qwerty]

it would be great if blofeld was a voice and a cat again.

My thoughts exactly here - but I see nothing to leads us in believing he will return.

[Von Hammerstein]

Yeah I'd like to see or really not see him as they did in the originals , the high back chair, the hand with the octopus ring stroking the white cat. He could be giving Le Chiffre his orders, than maybe in a couple of films we finally have Bond confront him.

[Qwerty]

Or maybe a new organization finally.

[inSPECTRE]

I don't quite think it'll work out. I think Austin Powers ruined any possibility of any SPECTRE return...

[Gri007]

Well to the question. I would like to see Patrik Stewart play Blofeld. If EON ever do bring Blofeld back. Capatin Jean luc Piccard. he has the right features. bold head, broadly built.

[hrabb04]

Terence Stamp would be fine. He could make Bond kneel before him at the end of the movie.

[hartley_bond]

Nicholas Courtney or Tom Baker.

[hcmv007]

I agree with Terence Stamp as Blofeld, that would be cool. First Bond could kneel, and then one day his heirs.

[Bondian]

That maybe a little tricky. Blofeld's Cat's retired to Bali.

it would be great if blofeld was a voice and a cat again.

[cvheady007]

I agree with Terence Stamp as Blofeld, that would be cool.  First Bond could kneel, and then one day his heirs.

Now THAT suggestion I truly like!

I don't think it is important if Blofeld returns are not, which honestly is sad. Blofeld and silver screen James Bond could have been a perfect Moriarty vs. Sherlock Holmes matchup, however the bad interpretation in DAF (as tdalton alluded to) kind of set the wheels in motion in the wrong direction.

If Blofeld is to return, he should either be unseen or done correctly (faithful to the books).

[luciusgore]

The problem is Kevin McClory has rights to Blofeld and SPECTRE and isn't about to give them up.

[cvheady007]

The problem is Kevin McClory has rights to Blofeld and SPECTRE and isn't about to give them up.

Not anymore - Sony owns all of it now, even McClory's NSNA...hence why Casino Royale is finally getting done the (we can only hope) proper way.

[tdalton]

however the bad interpretation in DAF (as tdalton alluded to) kind of set the wheels in motion in the wrong direction.

I actually kind of consider Charles Gray's Blofeld and Mike Meyers' Dr. Evil the same character. They're both overly camp versions of Telly Savalas' Blofeld. Truly, the ONLY difference between Blofeld in DAF and Dr. Evil is the fact that one has hair and the other doesn't. That is the ONLY difference.

Sadly, I think that a return for Blofeld is impossible. I mean, seriously, what did Blofeld ever do in the films that warranted much attention? He hollowed out a volcano, he treated some women for alergies, and he put a diamond powered satellite into outer space. As far as I'm concerned, Blofeld really lost all credibility when Donald Pleasance turned around in that chair and we saw his face for the first time. Telly Savalas saved face, so to speak, as Blofeld, but he didn't restore much credibility to the character, and Charles Gray opened the window and threw every last bit of credibility and menace the Blofeld character had left and threw it out of the Whyte House. The only thing Blofeld did worth mentioning is drive the car that committed the drive-by that resulted in the death of Bond's wife. Since that's really the only motivation that Bond would really have left for going after Blofeld (and the only reason that Blofeld should even ever be considered to be brought back), it's too late now, especially since Bond didn't seem the least bit concerned with getting revenge on Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever.

In the post-Thunderball films, Blofeld was a joke, and he shouldn't be allowed to return to the screen. If he did, I would sit there the whole film expecting Mike Meyers to walk around the corner and yell "Yeah, baby!", as Blofeld is just as camp a character as Austin Powers and Dr. Evil.

[K1Bond007]

The problem is Kevin McClory has rights to Blofeld and SPECTRE and isn't about to give them up.

Not anymore - Sony owns all of it now, even McClory's NSNA...hence why Casino Royale is finally getting done the (we can only hope) proper way.

False. Sony never owned Blofeld, SPECTRE or Never Say Never Again. MGM acquired the distribution rights to NSNA from Warner Bros. in 1997. McClory still owns the rights to Blofeld and SPECTRE, the film rights to Thunderball, and a ton of other material associated with Thunderball.

Sony had partnered with McClory and at one time announced a rival Bond franchise (you should probably remember this - Warhead 2000 A.D. etc). After a lawsuit Sony settled by giving up this aspiration as well as the distribution rights (1967 ver) and the film rights to Casino Royale (which I suspect Columbia Pictures had acquired from Feldman) to MGM. In return MGM gave Sony their stake in the Spider-Man film rights. Hence Spider-Man in 2002.

[Blofeld's Cat]

That maybe a little tricky. Blofeld's Cat's retired to Bali. 

it would be great if blofeld was a voice and a cat again.

Ah, but did I?

If Blofeld comes back?....Daniel Benzali.

[hrabb04]

Dom Deluise. That way Bond can order a bottle of Dom Deluise.

[Qwerty]

If Blofeld is to return, he should either be unseen

Simply the best way to do it. Can often wonder more or show more interest in something you can't see. The Blofeld of From Russia With Love and Thunderball was menacing and effective.

[luciusgore]

The problem is Kevin McClory has rights to Blofeld and SPECTRE and isn't about to give them up.

Not anymore - Sony owns all of it now, even McClory's NSNA...hence why Casino Royale is finally getting done the (we can only hope) proper way.

False. Sony never owned Blofeld, SPECTRE or Never Say Never Again. MGM acquired the distribution rights to NSNA from Warner Bros. in 1997. McClory still owns the rights to Blofeld and SPECTRE, the film rights to Thunderball, and a ton of other material associated with Thunderball.

Sony had partnered with McClory and at one time announced a rival Bond franchise (you should probably remember this - Warhead 2000 A.D. etc). After a lawsuit Sony settled by giving up this aspiration as well as the distribution rights (1967 ver) and the film rights to Casino Royale (which I suspect Columbia Pictures had acquired from Feldman) to MGM. In return MGM gave Sony their stake in the Spider-Man film rights. Hence Spider-Man in 2002.

And McClory is so resentful that he won't sell the rights, it seems. So we haven't seen Blofeld in an Eon film since Diamonds Are Forever, which is somewhat fitting since it marked the end of the Connery era. Blofeld was originally written into the Spy Who Loved Me script, but had to be removed over the rights issues.

[cvheady007]

Yes, because the original script for The Spy Who Loved Me was to involve SPECTRE and they had to take it out. As for Warhead, that would have been an interesting project...I recall an article from 1997, I believe, where Connery was slated to return...then they rumored Dalton...and Neeson. As for the rights, I assumed that now that everything was back in-house that Blofeld was included. Perhaps someday...

[Hitch]

If a bald, bad Blofeld was to return, Daniel Benzali could do it.

Or Anthony Hopkins...

[Shaun Forever]

Anthony Hopkins eh? now that is an interesting choice, think it could possibly work.

[Tanger]

Rutger Hauer.

When I saw him bald in Sin City it simply screamed Blofeld to me.

[Wade]

I agree with Terence Stamp as Blofeld, that would be cool.  First Bond could kneel, and then one day his heirs.

Stop it, stop it! You're killing me!

[Wade]

The problem is Kevin McClory has rights to Blofeld and SPECTRE and isn't about to give them up.

Not anymore - Sony owns all of it now, even McClory's NSNA...hence why Casino Royale is finally getting done the (we can only hope) proper way.

False. Sony never owned Blofeld, SPECTRE or Never Say Never Again. MGM acquired the distribution rights to NSNA from Warner Bros. in 1997. McClory still owns the rights to Blofeld and SPECTRE, the film rights to Thunderball, and a ton of other material associated with Thunderball.

Sony had partnered with McClory and at one time announced a rival Bond franchise (you should probably remember this - Warhead 2000 A.D. etc). After a lawsuit Sony settled by giving up this aspiration as well as the distribution rights (1967 ver) and the film rights to Casino Royale (which I suspect Columbia Pictures had acquired from Feldman) to MGM. In return MGM gave Sony their stake in the Spider-Man film rights. Hence Spider-Man in 2002.

I just wonder why Sony, with its untold wealth, can't cut this guy's heirs a check. I mean, ol' Kevin can't still be too lucid these days. Not that I want anyone to get cheated, but I'm sure they can use $15 million to give up the rights and go away. Then Eon and Sony would own it all and could do whatever the hell they wanted to do.

But that's not going to happen, now, is it?

[MrDraco]

If they do Blofeld, He cant just be a balded head and a cat...most only the hardcore fan base of bond (never dreamed of saying that) would go for it, i wouldn't mind but alot of the Die Another Day MTV Generations would be like 'What the hell??' plus it reminds me to much of something you'd see on X-men or something..give him a charecter not so much a past but a little information in a meeting per=se with M and Bond or something

[hrabb04]

I think we need to shock people.

How about Bob Saget?

[rogermoore007]

I think we need to shock people.

How about Bob Saget?

Or perhaps Snoop Dogg?