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[level007]

CORRECTION:

Hold on gang, just got this from the French club:

Hi, there is a mistake on the news you reproduced from our site about Eon's confirmation.
Eon's just confirmed about a delay for Bond 21 for a release somewhere in 2006. They never told about "going back to something like "From Russia With Love", that was a typing mistake we did, we meant to wrote that " we hope" Bond 21 should go back to the roots of the series.

I would appreciate that you will correct that on your website.

With my best regards,


Laurent Perriot
president of Club James Bond 007 France

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Hi everybody

i ve just recieved an email from the French Club James bond 007 (the best one ! :-))

here is the mail:

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Bonjour,



Eon Productions a officiellement confirm

[Janus Assassin]

Also, EON affirmed the will to come back to a bond closer to FRWL, with a script less focus on action and gadgets

There is nothing wrong with good action scenes in a Bond movie. But go back to action such as the Tank Chase in GE or the Stealth Ship ending of TND. Use CGI to enhance a sequence such as th pipeline in TWINE, but don't make an action sequence based on CGI. I'm disapointed about the delay, but am happy to see a new directon for Bond.

[Goldeneye.]

Yes! There is still hope for the Bond series!

Edited by Goldeneye., 02 October 2004 - 05:48 PM.

[zencat]

Thanks for the info and the translation, level007.

I agree, the French club does a great job and puts out a terrific mag.

[Bond111]

I know it seems like a long time, but I think this delay could ultimately help the series. They will have plenty of time by then to get everything set the way they want it, and we should end up with a great Bond picture.

Thanks for that, level007.

[Agent 76]

At least we see good news!
Eon taking Bond 21 back to the roots , a la "From Russia With Love" style , is without a doubt terrific news. A solid spy thriller with good and strong characters is what the series and the fans need!
Bond is alive baby!

[Qwerty]

Many thanks for this information, we've got a four year wait, about half over now. However, if it's time being taken to make this film really have a good impact, then I'd rather see it done well and take the extra time.

[SeanValen00V]

Knowing what type of Bond film your waiting for is a big help in waiting.

If this turns out to be a return to roots, awesome.

Good news in the wake of the delay.

[hrabb04]

It sounds good, but to quote Pres Bush, I'm skeptible.

[Alex Zamudio]

This is disappointing news for me, sure I can wait, I have a normal life like anyone else here, a cool work place, nice girl friend, fun friends, I live close to the beach. But you see, I mostly use the internet for entertainment and connect just for a few hours, I like to read about rock music, movies, video games, toys, Star Wars, but mainly exciting news from the 007 front;
every time I connect, I come to CBn and see what happened in the news, and then read all your reactions in the forums, I predict will have some dry months of that!! I participate in a Spanish speaking yahoo group about Bond, and we were gearing up for the rollercoaster-circus ride of pre and production that were to come up these following months and next year, we did the same for DAD. I also was hoping for the cool discussion here in CBn when all the craziness of Bond 21 would begin... But now the wait will cumbersome, judging from the way EON inform and keep happy their 007 fans, there won't be any news, any info, not any teasing from their part in months, months, even a whole year. At least the folks of Lucasfilms have been wetting our appetites for EIII a few years back, with all their website info, but EON won't care and there will be less 007 info than ever before, even the DAD DVD release had more news than we will be getting for Bond 21 in a while, we are always abandoned by EON...

Regards.

p.s. But the new direction in the series is good news, hope they can nail it, since we they took more time for DAD and well, it was a mixed affair...

Edited by Alex Zamudio, 02 October 2004 - 08:35 PM.

[Bondian]

I cannot believe that "DAD" was released almost two years ago!.

Is it me, or has time increased in speed?.

For me, I can wait two years until Bond 21. OK, maybe it's me, but I do feel sorry for the fans who would like a Nov 2005 release.

Maybe I've learnt to be more patient in my mid life years, or am I an old boring ?.

Answers on a postcard please!.

Ciao,

Ian

[Loomis]

I wonder if Eon's idea of a film close to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is anything like our idea of a film close to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE?

Will it be a case of "Hey! Two fewer huge explosions than in DIE ANOTHER DAY, and no face-swapping or invisible car! Have we gone back to Fleming and Terence Young or what?"?

[Bondian]

I wonder if Eon's idea of a film close to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is anything like our idea of a film close to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE?

Will it be a case of "Hey! Two fewer huge explosions than in DIE ANOTHER DAY, and no face-swapping or invisible car! Have we gone back to Fleming and Terence Young or what?"?

I'm sure we're going to get a "Rambo" version of "Die Another Day in Russia".

I really cannpt see a tense action thriller with minimum CGI, but EON have been known to change their 'spots', so let's hope we get a masterpiece.

Cheers Henry,

Ian

[Roebuck]

I wonder if Eon's idea of a film close to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is anything like our idea of a film close to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE?

In the same way that in my mind the phrase ''Back to Basics'' congers up OHMSS, but to Eon it means FYEO.

Frankly I find statements like ''...back to a bond closer to FRWL, with a script less focus on action and gadgets.'' to be absurd.
FRWL is packed with gadgets. Good ones. And from Connery's fight with Shaw in the railway compartment until the end of the film it's just about action all the way. The difference is that the stunts and toys are credible within the setting of a well plotted Espionage thriller. It takes some stretch of the imagination to suggest that the guys who wrote TWINE and DAD have now turned in a script that's the equivalent of a FRWL 2.

[Loomis]

I wonder if Eon's idea of a film close to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is anything like our idea of a film close to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE?

In the same way that in my mind the phrase ''Back to Basics'' congers up OHMSS, but to Eon it means FYEO.

At this point, it probably means GOLDENEYE to them.

Good points, Roebuck.

[License To Kill]

I wonder if Eon's idea of a film close to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is anything like our idea of a film close to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE?

In the same way that in my mind the phrase ''Back to Basics'' congers up OHMSS, but to Eon it means FYEO.

Frankly I find statements like ''...back to a bond closer to FRWL, with a script less focus on action and gadgets.'' to be absurd.
FRWL is packed with gadgets. Good ones. And from Connery's fight with Shaw in the railway compartment until the end of the film it's just about action all the way. The difference is that the stunts and toys are credible within the setting of a well plotted Espionage thriller. It takes some stretch of the imagination to suggest that the guys who wrote TWINE and DAD have now turned in a script that's the equivalent of a FRWL 2.

Yes, "good gadgets" is the keyword. Invisible cars and lame CGI has to change. I think Bond needs a new attache case

[SeanValen00V]

we are always abandoned by EON...

Abandoned station for abandoned fans.

Couldn't help it.

Edited by SeanValen00V, 02 October 2004 - 11:55 PM.

[licensetostudy]

I am not sure that a James Bond fan club is credible, and I think Eon's official confirmation of a 2006 release should be announced through an established news source; I mean why would Eon make a big announcement to a French James Bond club and not the majority of the world who has access to James Bond films. Shouldn't this news come from the mainstream press rather than an e-mail from a member of a French James Bond fan club? I think Eon would have more interest speaking to Sony and MGM executives than a fan club. I'm just skepticle.

[level007]

The french james bond club has a very close relationship with EON and this for some times now. I can guaranty you that what the club's newsletter say is always official.
The club has proven to be a valuable source in the past. there is no doubt for me on this.

[Blofeld's Cat]

The french james bond club has a very close relationship with EON and this for some times now. I can guaranty you that what the club's newsletter say is always official.
The club has proven to be a valuable source in the past. there is no doubt for me on this.

No denying what you say, Level007.

Expect the official announcement very shortly folks. Now that it's out in the open.

[Jack Bauer]

If this is true, then it is good news. I would love that new direction. Stuff like DAD was inexcusable.

[Tim007]

Yeah, the French James Bond Club has been the megaphone of EON Productions for a while now. It was the same with Die Another Day, a lot of official news were announced via the French Club. Plus they had exclusive photo rights on the press conference for Die Another Day in January 2002.

[JimmyBond]

Good news. I'll gladly wait another two years if it means a really great Bond film.

Only question is, who will be Bond? I kinda hope they go with Brosnan since his whole tenure as Bond he's been wanting to do a "back-to-basics" film.

[licensetostudy]

Right now I believe Sony getting ready to buy out MGM is a reason for why Bond 21 will not come out until middle or late 2006, and don't think it has much to do with difficulty finding a new actor or Eon's supposed problems with Pierce. Sony executives will do things differently from MGM, and this is important for both the next film and future DVD treatments.

[zencat]

Hold on gang, just got this from the French club:

hi, there is a mistake on the news you reproduced from our site about Eon's confirmation.
Eon's just confirmed about a delay for Bond 21 for a release somewhere in 2006. They never told about "going back to something like "From Russia With Love", that was a typing mistake we did, we meant to wrote that " we hope" Bond 21 should go back to the roots of the series.

I would appreciate that you will correct that on your website.

With my best regards,


Laurent Perriot
president of Club James Bond 007 France

[Qwerty]

Hmm, no doubt that may be a dissapointment to some then, as it's merely a hope.

Still, maybe that hope will become reality.

[stromberg]

.....  Still, maybe that hope will become reality.

Has been quite a while that my Bond hopes became reality. Last time was the release of the remastered & expanded soundtracks, and that' s been quite a while (but that was somthing I was hoping for years).

Damn, the only good part of those news turns out to be false (more or less).

[Qwerty]

[quote name='stromberg' date='4 October 2004 - 15:23'][quote name='Qwerty' date='4 October 2004 - 21:08'].....

[LordAsriel]

zencat Posted Yesterday, 06:28 PM
  Hold on gang, just got this from the French club:


QUOTE
hi, there is a mistake on the news you reproduced from our site about Eon's confirmation.
Eon's just confirmed about a delay for Bond 21 for a release somewhere in 2006. They never told about "going back to something like "From Russia With Love", that was a typing mistake we did, we meant to wrote that " we hope" Bond 21 should go back to the roots of the series.

I would appreciate that you will correct that on your website.

With my best regards,


Laurent Perriot
president of Club James Bond 007 France

Well, what was written on their website did'nt really look as a typing mistake. My guess is that someone at Eon gave that information to the Club but with no intention to have it released in that way, as it was also mentionned that it is yet unsure that MGM will agree with this new direction. My hope is that MGM execs will be too busy with the internal reorganization supposed by the Sony buyout,so that Eon will be able to work totally on their own.

[zencat]

You could be right, LordAsriel.

I've always assumed Bond 21 would be a "back to basics" Bond, but more for budgetary reasons than ascetic. The new blockbuster bar in Hollywood is $200 million and Bond hasn't yet reached that. DAD was an attempt to throw A LOT of money into a Bond to reach that magic mark. Didn't happen.

But with GoldenEye Eon showed they know how to make a heck of good Bond on a modest budget, so...