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[zencat]

Cinematical spoke with Paul Haggis and asked him about Bond 22. The impression they give is it's not out of the question that he might become involved (I hope). Read here:

http://www.cinematic...valley-of-elah/

[JimmyBond]

Seems to me his comment is implying that he's going to come in after the scripts done and perform another rewrite.

This is GREAT NEWS!

[jaguar007]

Good to know that he is open to it, and I hope EON follows up with him. Although I don't know what exactly Haggis did or didn't do on the CR rewrite, it was leaps and bounds better than P&W previous Bond efforts.

[Judo chop]

This certainly can't be bad news. Although I wonder what 'peculiar' smile Haggis flashed at the interviewer?
A would surely mean something different from a .
Not sure what a would mean. Drugs maybe?

[Genrewriter]

Seems to me his comment is implying that he's going to come in after the scripts done and perform another rewrite.

This is GREAT NEWS!

Sounds about right to me. I'd love to see this happen.

[dodge]

I'll cake walk on the ceiling now: I see both Campbell and Haggis returning for another monster hit.

[Santa]

Sounds good to me.

[00Twelve]

Fantastic. I hope this turns out to be true, as I don't trust P&W without him.

[Bondfiend]

Same here.

[Loomis]

Does anyone know what exactly Haggis brought to the CR script? Failing that, can anyone take any educated guesses?

[Gri007]

I think Haggis did a lot of rewrite and contributed alot on the relationship of Bond and Vesper. The shower scene I am sure Haggis had wrote.

[Blofeld's Cat]

Haggis told me with a peculiar smile that he was not involved in the film ... yet.

Seems to me that Haggis is just being a tad mischievous here. He hopes to be called back? Expects to be called back? Doesn't have much faith in P&W doing a finished script?

[Harmsway]

Well, I think it's a safe bet that Haggis will brought in again. EON knows what he brought to CASINO ROYALE, and they'll be anxious to maintain the same level of quality.

[Qwerty]

Outstanding news!

[Blofeld's Cat]

Well, it's not actually news.....yet, is it?

[MarcAngeDraco]

Great hint of news possibly to come in the future...

[tdalton]

Well, it's not actually news.....yet, is it?

Agreed. I don't see anything from this article to really indicate anything other than the fact that he's currently not on board for Bond 22.

[TheREAL008]

EON just need to hire him as the main scriptwriter and give Purvis and Wade a much needed boot.

[Qwerty]

I'll cake walk on the ceiling now: I see both Campbell and Haggis returning for another monster hit.

It would be nice!

[Loomis]

Well, it's not actually news.....yet, is it?

Nope.

[Ace Roberts]

Let me see, Campbell + Haggis + Purvis & Wade = largest grosses in history of franchise.

Wonder what Eon should do?

[bill007]

Hope floats in a pool of hints.

What a sequel it would be if Campbell and Haggis returned.

[Head of S]

Let me see, Campbell + Haggis + Purvis & Wade = largest grosses in history of franchise.

Wonder what Eon should do?

Keep P&W at least. Last time Tamahori + Purvis & Wade = largest grosses in history of franchise.

[Turn]

I think his just talking about it, even though no evidence of all, is a good sign. When you consider Haggis is one of the hottest writer/directors in Hollywood right now, coming off an Oscar-winning film and the most successful Bond film in years in one year, it's good he hasn't altogether said he was intent on moving on.

The more of the creative team that put CR together that will return for Bond 22, the better I will feel about it. I just want some continuity in the series and after the success of CR it would seem natural to want that type of creativity be seen through.

[Skudor]

I'm ecstatic that P&W will have someone re-writing their stuff. Their material tends to need it.

I'm glad the guy doing it is the guy who did some magic on Casino Royale.

But...

I wasn't 100% happy with all the dialogue in Casino Royale - some of it was laid on too thick and tended towards the over dramatic.

Still, I'm hard to please and they could do far, far worse than involve Haggis again.

[RazorBlade]

I going to throw some ice water on this party. I hope Hagis doesn't come back. Martin Campbell either. Why? Because Bond 22 will be a remake of CR. We have CR. Let's see what else we can have. There are plenty of talented writers and directors out there and lots of ideas for Bond while we're at it. On other boards members say we can't have QT or Speilberg or G. Del Toro or whoever but we can keep Hagis coming back?

I'm for fresh perspectives on bond, that's what Hagis gave us and good for him. Now let's get some ideas from someone else. Here's to Bond 22 being another fresh take on 007 and the world of James Bond. Even if it is a continuation. And that's fine by me too.

[Odd Jobbies]

Maybe the coy smile was his guess that they may ask him to Direct as well as re-write!!!

[Blofeld's Cat]

I'm ecstatic that P&W will have someone re-writing their stuff. Their material tends to need it.

I'm glad the guy doing it is the guy who did some magic on Casino Royale.

Where did you read all this?

[blueman]

I going to throw some ice water on this party. I hope Hagis doesn't come back. Martin Campbell either. Why? Because Bond 22 will be a remake of CR. We have CR. Let's see what else we can have. There are plenty of talented writers and directors out there and lots of ideas for Bond while we're at it. On other boards members say we can't have QT or Speilberg or G. Del Toro or whoever but we can keep Hagis coming back?

I'm for fresh perspectives on bond, that's what Hagis gave us and good for him. Now let's get some ideas from someone else. Here's to Bond 22 being another fresh take on 007 and the world of James Bond. Even if it is a continuation. And that's fine by me too.

Hear what you're saying, but the best stretch of Bond was arguably in the 60s, when Maibaum and Young were primarily shaping what was Bond. Consistency at that high of a level we haven't had since, bringing back the writing team that made CR (and perhaps even the director?) would be awesome, IMO. Tired of making do with worse.

[Skudor]

I'm ecstatic that P&W will have someone re-writing their stuff. Their material tends to need it.

I'm glad the guy doing it is the guy who did some magic on Casino Royale.

Where did you read all this?

Well, I'm assuming the speculation is true...

P&W's need for rewrites is obvious fromt the Bond scripts they have written...