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[Blofeld's Cat]

From my point of view, Until official annoucment, Borsnan is still James bond.

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Anyway, only time will tell. until the contrary, Pierce Brosnan is Bond and i can't wait to see him in a good bond movie.

I'm sure most PB fans want to belive that too, but if I were him I wouldn't be assuming it and thus end up putting a career on hold waiting for the call. Sure he'd to hoping for that call, but he still has to arrange other projects too.

If at the end of the day there's a conflict of schedules then so be it. The Bond franchise has a business to run and Brosnan has a movie career to get on with, neither are (or should be) mutually dependent.

[Xenobia]

There are a lot of "Ifs" at play here, so please bare with me, as I try to make sense of all of them.

The only definite we know is, and this everyone needs to be clear on, Brosnan has completed his contractual obligation. He signed a three picture deal, with the option of a fourth, all sides took that fourth, and now it is done. He is not contractually Bond.

IF this is about his salary, the salary dispute can go one of two ways: Laws of Attraction can do very well, and that will give Pierce the footing he needs to make one last push for his paycheck. At that point, he either gets the deal, or he doesn't, but one or another, the rumors are over.

IF this is about somethng completely different -- Eon OR MGM are confused about the way the series will go, finding a new Bond could be a big part of the equation.

IF this is an argument between MGM and Eon, Pierce won't be included because it is none of his business, ergo why no one is talking to him. IF this is a fight within Eon, it is best Pierce doesn't know anything, so there are no hard feelings. IF this is a fight between Eon and Pierce of MGM and Pierce, not telling him anything is simply cruel.

The PR war Pierce is waging is probably him trying to save face, so the film companies involved in the promotion and release of LoA stay on board. OR, he could genuinely be angry, which is entitled to, if he has suddenly been cut out of negotiations that directly invloved him.

I know these are a lot of IFs, but they do seem to lead me at least to one conclusion:

He can't be completely in the dark. He had to know something was coming, and now he is doing all he can to stay alive.

-- Xenobia

[[dark]]

IF this is about his salary, the salary dispute can go one of two ways: Laws of Attraction can do very well, and that will give Pierce the footing he needs to make one last push for his paycheck. At that point, he either gets the deal, or he doesn't, but one or another, the rumors are over.

Conversely...

IF Laws of Attraction tanks, he could come back to the Bond producers with a lower offer, realising perhaps he's not quite the star he thought he was. Pierce Brosnan + James Bond = $$$. But does Pierce Brosnan alone necessarily = $$$?

[Xenobia]

EXACTLY Dark.

If the film tanks, it's a lock he will be Bond. He will need Bond to restore his box office bankability.

-- Xen

[Bon-san]

The PR war Pierce is waging is probably him trying to save face, so the film companies involved in the promotion and release of LoA stay on board.

I understand what you were meaning Xenobia, yet I'm not really sure I'd characterize Pierce's comments as a PR war. He's doing the interview circuit for LoA, a new release, and for The Matador, which is currently filming. He's been involved in literally hundreds of interviews. Every single one is ultimately guided to the subject of Bond by the interviewer (I've yet to see Pierce bring it up on his own). My inference is that it's royally frustrating to have to keep fielding questions when you don't have concrete answers.

But mostly, I find it both hilarious and sad the number of cheap shots people around here take at Pierce.

[MrDraco]

(lits a smoke) i guess Jason Bournes our new hope.....

[Jim]

[quote name='Xenobia' date='26 April 2004 - 01:19'] There are a lot of "Ifs" at play here, so please bare with me, as I try to make sense of all of them.

He can't be completely in the dark.

[Loomis]

I think the lesson to be drawn from all this is:

Greed is good. Greed works. But not always.

[Loomis]

the crisis for the Bond series was Mr Connery leaving. It survived that. This is no crisis. It's terribly amusing, is what it is.

It's certainly a good laugh. Damn, it will be sweet when Brosnan's departure is announced officially - can't wait.

Watching GOLDFINGER over the weekend, I caught myself thinking how absurd it would be to consider Brosnan's exit any kind of loss to the series.

[Simon]

Certainly this little episode is not being played out to the same level of class businessman like ways of the Moore era. If it is about money, Moore managed to play this game with much more skill than Brosnan.

If on the other hand it isn't about money, then I am beginning to feel that;
a) Brosnan should now keep quiet, and
the producers should not treat their star with a mild contempt and put a stop to all this with a final statement.

If it comes down to the previous few days, then I feel Brosnan hasn't done himself any favours with some of his comments but then his situation is different to that of Connery's. It would be true to say the producers needed Connery more then than they need Brosnan now.

So if you were the employer, would you take Brosnan back now?? Hmm.

But then Brosnan is again in a different situation to the rest of us in that he doesn't have to depend on his next job for security. Must be kind of liberating.

Oh well.

[Xenobia]

[quote name='Jim' date='26 April 2004 - 03:06'] [quote name='Xenobia' date='26 April 2004 - 01:19'] There are a lot of "Ifs" at play here, so please bare with me, as I try to make sense of all of them.

He can't be completely in the dark.