Forgive me if this has already been discussed here on the forums at some point, but what do you all think about Sony's failure to release a Bond film this year in terms of a wonderful and free marketing ploy: "007 returns in 2007". Or something like "2007: The Year of Bond".
I mean, it would have made sense to delay Casino Royale a couple months to capitalize on this...if not a sequel. I would argue that CR would have been a better fit to relaunch the series with Daniel Craig using the year as a marketing gimmick...but that's just me.
Why would they pass this opportunity up?
Surely the quality of the script, casting and direction is better than entertaining a fan's whim on the bottom of a teaser poster. Not that I'm having a pop at you, but an early plan was to release BOND 22 in 2007, but that was abandoned when Eon realised they needed more time to get the creative angles right. I'm with them I'm afraid. Besides, the Bond series has moved on from that crass, mainstream and Brosnan-inspired marketing of itself.
