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[deth]

Now on the CBn main page...

Paul Haggis Joins WGA Strike; Comments On 'Bond 22' Script

'They haven't gotten the polish finished yet...'

http://latimesblogs....news/index.html


.....hmmm... do they need Haggis for this? I'm hoping not.

[JimmyBond]

Perhaps Wilson can polish it?

[zencat]

Paul Haggis.

[deth]

yep... a standup guy...

did you have to go out there and stand at the picket lines zencat?

[zencat]

did you have to go out there and stand at the picket lines zencat?

I'm going out tomorrow. I was planning on going to Disney, but I'm thinking maybe I need to go to Sony and share some solidarity with Paul.

[Mr. Blofeld]

Good move; zencat.

Writers of the WGA, unite!

[mcdonbb]

I know the writers have a valid gripe but I am troubled by this. The script like they said is a draft and needs as I feared to be polished. Filming is scheduled soon at the first of the year I believe. Not good at all I dont want 22 to be Bond's last or to be a lackluster follow up to CR and Bond lose his credibility.

Warrantied or not just bad bad news...

I'd rather they postpone filming until the script is completed...

just bad bad bad bad...........

[zencat]

Good move; zencat.

Writers of the WGA, unite!

I know the writers have a valid gripe but I am troubled by this. The script like they said is a draft and needs as I feared to be polished. Filming is scheduled soon at the first of the year I believe. Not good at all I dont want 22 to be Bond's last or to be a lackluster follow up to CR and Bond lose his credibility.

Warrantied or not just bad bad news...

I'd rather they postpone filming until the script is completed...

just bad bad bad bad...........

Actually, I'm encouraged hearing Haggis use the word "polish." That step typically comes after a set of revisions. I've been under the impression that the draft Haggis delivered was only the First Draft. But if they are up to the polish step, that means the script is further along than we all thought.

(FYI: A "polish" is supposed to mean dialog only. But, in my experience, it's never just that. It just becomes another rewrite that you get paid far less for. Frankly, I think the term should be abolished. But it is typically the last contracted step.)

[Mr. Blofeld]

(FYI: A "polish" is supposed to mean dialog only. But, in my experience, it's never just that. It just becomes another rewrite that you get paid far less for. Frankly, I think the term should be abolished.)

For example, the "polish" Tom Stoppard did on the Revenge of the Sith screenplay he came away with uncredited?

[Qwerty]

Now on the CBn main page...

Paul Haggis Joins WGA Strike; Comments On 'Bond 22' Script

'They haven't gotten the polish finished yet...'

[Royal Dalton]

No need to worry. Purvis and Wade are probably polishing the script as we speak.

[Mr. Blofeld]

Purvis and Wade are probably polishing the script.

Egads! The Apocalyse strikes...

[deth]

they aren't on strike?

[Mr. Blofeld]

they aren't on strike?

Nah; they're just hacks.

[deth]

oh lord... then it's true... wait.. no! Hire Raymond Benson!!

[Royal Dalton]

they aren't on strike?

It depends whether they're WGA members, or not. But their British counterpart, the WGGB, is supporting the strike, so it's highly unlikely that they'd be working on the film while the current industrial action is underway, in any case.

Michael G. "Scabby" Wilson's yer best bet for a polish at this stage.

[deth]

... which is a shame since Haggis is probably a higher caliber writer than Wilson

[Royal Dalton]

I've just checked the WGA site, and they are members. So take a deep breath, and relax.

[Mr. Blofeld]

I've just checked the WGA site, and they are members. So take a deep breath, and relax.

YAY!

Now, to let Wilson work his wilsony magic...

[Blofeld's Cat]

... which is a shame since Haggis is probably a higher caliber writer than Wilson

Probably!?

[mcdonbb]

Okay I feel a little better..."polish" is not as drastic as first draft. Thanks.

[B5Erik]

I like the work that Michael G. Wilson did on some of the previous Bond scripts.

I say he should just go ahead and do it himself. He's done it before, and very well.

It may come down to either that or hold production and move the release to May 2009. Of course, holding production at this stage of the game increases the costs of making the movie, so who knows if they'll be willing to do that.

Like I said, Wilson should just do it anyway.

[Harmsway]

Wilson might not have to, depending on how long the strike lasts. As Zencat points out, Haggis is talking about the "polish" stage, which is pretty far along.

[deth]

Wilson might not have to, depending on how long the strike lasts. As Zencat points out, Haggis is talking about the "polish" stage, which is pretty far along.

well that's the ideal situation of course...

to be honest, we don't really know what Wilson can do other than by his work on LTK... because the other films were based in comedy...

[Mr. Blofeld]

to be honest, we don't really know what Wilson can do other than by his work on LTK... because the other films were based in comedy...

FYEO wasn't much based in comedy; neither was TLD.

[doubler83]

$5 million!!!

[David Schofield]

$5 million!!!

Indeed.

Sod Bond - what sort of a ed up town is it that someone being paid $5,000,000 winges about corporate greed! Poor bastard.

As a suggestion, perhaps, say, Tom Cruise or Haggis himself can contribute to the poor starving writers.

Maybe George Clooney should turn his attention away from Darfur and back to more pressing problems closer to home.

Hollywood. What next, honest Al Gore or Michael Moore for President?

[Mr. Blofeld]

Hollywood. What next, honest Al Gore or Michael Moore for President?

Who ever said Moore was honest?

[craigbegins]

$5 million?! Isn't that considerably more than what Daniel Craig is rumoured to have got paid in Casino Royale?

Edited by craigbegins, 06 November 2007 - 11:47 AM.

[Simon]

I think the inference is that Haggis is ok with his pay and his Union membership requires him to picket.

But, it is a different world and to be frank, if there are profits being made that aren't being shared fairly, then that is enough reason to have a crack at getting a slice of that pie.

Bonuses, dividends, shares, call them what you will, in a capitalist business world, everyone from the cleaner up is entitled to a slice.