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Should John Logan write Bonds 24 and 25 alone?


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#1 RMc2

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:33 PM

John Logan is working on the scripts for Bond 24 and 25 independently. The last time a writer received sole credit for a Bond film was Bruce Feirstein in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997); before him, it was Christopher Wood in Moonraker (1979).

Considering all the Craig films have had three credited writers working on them, do people think more writers should be brought in? Is Logan's work on SkyFall good enough to get excited about him writing Bond 24 solo?

Personally I can't tell exactly what Logan brought to SF - Purvis and Wade have been good at taking credit for nearly everything in the film, while Peter Morgan's premise is the foundation of the entire film. So what did Logan do that made the producers bring him back for more?

Edited by RMc, 28 November 2012 - 02:34 PM.


#2 plankattack

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:49 PM

Clearly Logan has pitched an idea to EON that has impressed them, but it remains to be seen if he will be the sole writer. He may have contracted to receive sole credit, but I suspect that his script will still go through the hands of a few other writers between now and when it hits the screen, especially if the next director is not Mendes.

For example while Feirstein receives sole credit, it's known that the TND script when through numerous versions and a multitude of writers had been involved at various stages.

I am always curious what Morgan's contribution was to SF and why he didn't see it through. I head somewhere that his premise was in fact different to what they ended up with. P&W have taken credit, but they've also been given credit by both Logan and Mendes for SF.

But as to the main topic, I do doubt that Logan will be the sole writer, but he will be receiving sole credit. You are right about Wood; I'm also think an HMSS website interview with Mankiewicz talks about he was the sole writer for LALD. Before that Maibaum for OHMSS, and Dahl for YOLT, so one guy carrying it through is very much the exception with the franchise, rather than the rule.

#3 SecretAgentFan

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:16 PM

If Mendes returns I´m pretty sure Logan will be the only writer.

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:31 PM

Sometimes they say too many cooks... but other times, it works perfectly.

It's hard to decide so soon, I guess we won't know until we get feeds of what the possible story will be to guess if one man (and probably edits) can do it alone.

#5 x007AceOfSpades

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 06:05 PM

Nothing from Peter Morgan Remained, Sam Mendes even said so in this interview. Second to last question in the article.

http://www.filmjourn...2fec26e3496d7c8

As for John Logan, I'm all for it.

#6 Cody

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 06:16 PM

In another interview, Mendes said the film and Morgan's treatment did have one shared element.

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But Purvis/Wade also wrote that into a draft of QOS, so it was an idea going around for a while.

#7 perdogg

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 06:52 PM

John Logan is working on the scripts for Bond 24 and 25 independently. The last time a writer received sole credit for a Bond film was Bruce Feirstein in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997); before him, it was Christopher Wood in Moonraker (1979).

Considering all the Craig films have had three credited writers working on them, do people think more writers should be brought in? Is Logan's work on SkyFall good enough to get excited about him writing Bond 24 solo?

Personally I can't tell exactly what Logan brought to SF - Purvis and Wade have been good at taking credit for nearly everything in the film, while Peter Morgan's premise is the foundation of the entire film. So what did Logan do that made the producers bring him back for more?


I think they need new blood all together. We do not need another Bourne/Batman ripoff.

#8 seawolfnyy

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 07:49 PM

I'd always welcome another write, if for nothing else than to polish it. Much in the way I believe Logan did for P&W and Haggis did before him. I think a fresh set of eyes lends perspective and the one who comes up with the idea may be sometimes blind to its faults. I think Logan is a fine writer, but another writer can point out faults that the original writer may not see.

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Posted 29 November 2012 - 05:53 PM

I think it's better if you have another writer as well - almost all of the Bonds were collaborative efforts!

#10 Peckinpah1976

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Posted 15 December 2012 - 09:06 AM

I'd always welcome another write, if for nothing else than to polish it. Much in the way I believe Logan did for P&W and Haggis did before him. I think a fresh set of eyes lends perspective and the one who comes up with the idea may be sometimes blind to its faults. I think Logan is a fine writer, but another writer can point out faults that the original writer may not see.

 

The Bond movies aren't written that way regardless of how many people are credited; they're created by committee with heavy input from the producers, the director and (now seemingly) the star; they are built around locations, guest actors and pre-planned set-pieces - there's no shortage of eyes on the script and aren't created  by someone working in isolation.   



#11 Dustin

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Posted 15 December 2012 - 09:52 AM

I suppose only very few films - probably small independent productions for the most part - are ever scripted by a single person.

#12 SecretAgentFan

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Posted 15 December 2012 - 04:41 PM

True. Unfortunately.

 

IMO, consistency of a singular vision always beats a mix of different perspectives. 

 

Interestingly, in the Mendes interview, he talks about Logan being very clear that he did love P & W´s work very much and that he did not want to change too much. He was very clear about what he wanted to keep and what he wanted to change. Apparently, Logan´s ego is very well in check. And he would probably have no problem being rewritten by others. But I consider him a brilliant enough writer to pull off a Bond film.

 

Would be a first in the franchise history if one writer actually wrote Bond 24 all by himself, right?