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[stamper]

Is this a joke ? Brad Buclker is already playing Snake Plissken in the Escape remake.

[RazorBlade]

I think he could have been (and still would be) a good pick. Of the "commercial" choices, I still think he was definitely preferable to Clive Owen and Hugh Jackman.

Abso-rootin' tootin'-lutely.

[darkpath]

Personally, I do hope that either Mister Butler, or someone of his qualities succeeds Mister Craig, when Mister Craig is ready to hang up the Brioni Dinner Jacket. I was quite favourably impressed by his performances in 300 and Dracula2000.

[sharpshooter]

Is this a joke?

THIS IS SPARTA!!

[stamper]

MYYYYY.... NAAAAAMMEEEE ISSSSSS.... BAWD ! (kicks the bad guy into a black hole in slow motion)

CHAMES.... BAWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDD

[Thunderfinger]

[PlayItBogart]

Hilarious, but no.

I'm sure he's a fine actor but I can't picture him as Snake Plissken. Then again, I have problems picturing a remake of Escape from New York, too.

[DaveBond21]

I believe Henry Cavill is a future Bond.

[Harmsway]

I'm not much of a Butler fan, so I'm going to pass on this. I don't think he's that great of an actor, and to follow up Craig, we need somebody truly stellar.

[sharpshooter]

It is an extremely tricky follow up from Craig. You cant try and emulate him, so do they go for a Moore approach that is something totally different?

[DaveBond21]

It is an extremely tricky follow up from Craig. You cant try and emulate him, so do they go for a Moore approach that is something totally different?

I think this is a very good point. By the time Craig finishes, the world will have changed again, slightly, and so will film-making, so a new approach may be needed. Will they continue in the darker, more reckless vein, or will they go suave Brosnan-like?

[Harmsway]

Personally, I think it's entirely possible that Bond will cease after Daniel Craig. This thing can't go on forever, and to my mind, there isn't really a new creative avenue open to the Bond franchise.

[DaveBond21]

I think the series needs a break of 5-6 years every now and then to re-energise. But there is no reason it needs to ever stop.

[Harmsway]

But there is no reason it needs to ever stop.

Everything has its end. James Bond will always be around in some form or another, like Sherlock Holmes or such. But at some point, the EON franchise as we know it will reach its end.

[DaveBond21]

I remember thinking that there would never be another James Bond movie back in 1992.

[Publius]

I think the series needs a break of 5-6 years every now and then to re-energise. But there is no reason it needs to ever stop.

I agree, although I think Harmsway (and Loomis, who I remember suggested this as well) is also right that Bond may face an uncertain future after Craig.

Like you said, however, a five or so year break between actors would be the best way to reenergize the franchise. Make each new actor and his set of films different enough from his predecessor, and give his films an internal continuity unconnected to those of the others, and it could work.

I think the trick is making each of these self-contained series episodic without being disjointed, and always making the movies "relevant" to the times while still taking chances.

The only precedent for this having a shot is Bond history itself, but I believe the changes we're seeing in cinema favor the franchise film. Hell, I think it could have worked with Indy, Batman, Die Hard, and a host of others, but they all stuck to only a few installments, each for their own reasons.

And now that I think about it, Star Trek is fairly comparable in terms of making so many movies and still kicking. It can work.