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[DamnCoffee]

Interviewer: Do you have any ideas? Is there more to find in Fleming?
Wilson: No. We have almost used everything from that source.

Hmmm.

[danslittlefinger]

Interviewer: Do you have any ideas? Is there more to find in Fleming?
Wilson: No. We have almost used everything from that source.

Hmmm.

Operative word being...almost..

[DamnCoffee]

The thing is though, there is A LOT of unused Fleming material. Shatterhand, Shatterhand Castle. Fight in a swamp etc...

Even the explosion in the Casino Royale novel. It would be nice to see Craigs Bond walking down a street and suddenly a shop window or something is blown out onto him.

[Royal Dalton]

More of a shock is that Bond month at the BFI completely passed me by - was planning on catching On Her Majesty’s Secret Service in all its restored glory on the silver screen (anyone know if there are any plans for a wider release or something - please PM me).

There are some nationwide digital screenings on June the 28th.

Interviewer: Do you have any ideas? Is there more to find in Fleming?
Wilson: No. We have almost used everything from that source.

Hmmm.

Operative word being...almost..

Ninety percent of the time they only pay lip service to Fleming, anyway. So, it doesn't really matter.

[Mr_Wint]

I'm just waiting for some smart journalist to mention that this will, in fact, be the first film not based on a Fleming book. "No more restrains".

[Professor Dent]

At least we can stop wondering now. Looks like it's gonna be a long wait for that Ultimate Edition Quantum of Solace DVD.

[The Dove]

2011...Oh well, I can live with it..better to take the time to get a solid script and story, not that Quantum of Solace wasn't, but hey it leaves us Bond geeks more anticipation time to speculate and build up excitement!

I suppose the only downside to the 2011 release day is that we will miss the opportunity to have a Bond film released in a year ending with 0, thus completing the cycle..The next chance will be in 2020.. Oh well, Bond 23 will still be coming out in an important year...40 years since Connery's last "official" portrayal as Bond in Diamonds Are Forever.

[Tybre]

Dang I won't see the next Bond film until I'm 30.

Me being 30. That's a scary thought.

Well you could always pray to the ghost of Cubby Broccoli that you remain forever in your thirties for the next 50+ years

[Bucky]

Interviewer: Do you have any ideas? Is there more to find in Fleming?
Wilson: No. We have almost used everything from that source.

Hmmm.

Operative word being...almost..

Actually i believe the operative word is No.

[danslittlefinger]

Interviewer: Do you have any ideas? Is there more to find in Fleming?
Wilson: No. We have almost used everything from that source.

Hmmm.

Operative word being...almost..

Actually i believe the operative word is No.

Well "no" and "almost" appear together so really he is contradicting himself. But there you go...

[Matt_13]

Figured as much, let's make it a good one guys!

[sharpshooter]

I'm cool with this release date. Hopefully they use the time wisely to craft a memorable film.

[Quantumofsolace007]

i'm sure they will though i wish thery would open their minds a bit and go with some fleming.

[MattofSteel]

Far too much is made of the lack of/level of/focus on adaptation of Fleming material. Directly, that is. For years it's been about emulating Fleming, not directly adapting him. And I think they've done a great job.

Mine the books for spirit and nuggets of narrative and character, certainly (*cough* Shatterhand *cough*), but despairing or making a large deal (as the press will certainly do) out of the fact that there are no more plots in entirety to "adapt" is a bit much, I think.

[eddychaput]

No big deal. 2009 is half over, 2010 will go buy in a flash. And by Jan 2011 we'll be into filming, details. It's one year, really.

I agree. Even though all our opinions regarding QOS have differed, 2008 was an incredibly fun year because I, probably like most of you, followed the production of the film from beginning to end (without ever getting too deep into spoilers obviously). It was a lot of fun to follow the scoops on what Bond 22/eventually Quantum of Solace had in store.

I'll be doing the same with Bond 23 (again, while trying to avoid the real spoilerific material). It makes the wait seem a whole lot quicker.

[Germanlady]

Disappointed, but on the other hand, would have been very surprised, if he had announced a 2010 release this late. Gives the Craig an easy chance for a fourth still. Guess that will depend on the success of 23, like they have always said - they take it one by one. But being around 46/47 shouldn´t be a problem. We´ll see...

[The Ghost Who Walks]

http://www.jamesbond...?lala=0&aid=414

BTW, this is an excellent site. Terrific comics section.

Yeah. The guy who runs it, John Berge, is a true enthusiast, and used to publish a monthly comic book called, well, James Bond not many years ago. Each issue were around 100 pages, and featured unedited versions of the first stories drawn by John McClusky (from Casino Royale up to Thunderball), and also had loads of articles, news and interviews. Sadly, only five issues were released, but I still treasure them to this day. Here are the covers for those who have not already seen them:

http://www.jamesbond...p...0&comicid=5
http://www.jamesbond...p...0&comicid=4
http://www.jamesbond...p...0&comicid=1
http://www.jamesbond...p...0&comicid=2
http://www.jamesbond...p...0&comicid=3

[DamnCoffee]

2011...Oh well, I can live with it..better to take the time to get a solid script and story, not that Quantum of Solace wasn't, but hey it leaves us Bond geeks more anticipation time to speculate and build up excitement!

Didn't it take Die Another Day, three years, too?

[Mr. Somerset]

Excellent. 2011 is a go..... I prefer odd numbered Bond years anyway





Note to self: Mr. Somerset needs to go out in the sunshine at some point today.

[Quantumofsolace007]

Excellent. 2011 is a go..... I prefer odd numbered Bond years anyway





Note to self: Mr. Somerset needs to go out in the sunshine at some point today.

that's odd i prefer Even.




not much else to say at this point but the good news. We are statring to get actually stories and sooner we will get more rumours and more truth

[Mr. Somerset]

I really wouldn't mind a summer release, though. I kind of miss the old days of a new Bond being a summer event film.

[DR76]

Perhaps Wilson and Broccoli could find the time to consider John Gardner novels as a source for the next film.

[Orion]

I really wouldn't mind a summer release, though. I kind of miss the old days of a new Bond being a summer event film.

It's wierd you should say that, because for me Bond has always been "the big film in Winter" as, being born in 1990, every Bond fil has been released then during my lifetime, and i can't imagine it any other way.

[Quantumofsolace007]

Perhaps Wilson and Broccoli could find the time to consider John Gardner novels as a source for the next film.

No offence to gardner fans (i'm just starting to get into his work and Never Send Flowers was well done as was Icebraker) If we get a gardner film i'm gonna be sad and assume we will never see another fleming title.


Plus a lot of gardner novels i hear aren't that good.

[eddychaput]

I've read a couple of Gardner novels and I think the stories are rather good. It's the writing I find to be terribly drab. To say 'it's not Fleming' almost sounds as if it were still a compliment. I find his style boring. IF they took some of his stories and wrote a script based off of them, I'd be fine with that.

[DamnCoffee]

I'm still wondering why this hasn't made front page.

[bond4life]

This man is nuts. Seriously why cant we have a bond film every 2 years?

[Quantumofsolace007]

I'm still wondering why this hasn't made front page.

i am too oh qwerty?

[Matt_13]

This man is nuts. Seriously why cant we have a bond film every 2 years?

They don't have the source material to work off of anymore and it takes time to come up with a good plot. They are putting a little more effort it seems into things than previous years, which is fantastic and can be held accountable for keeping this series afloat. We're 22 films in for God's sake, that is incredible in and of itself. 22 separate movies with the same character, eventually more time would need to be spent to come up with new adventures for this man. Now is that time.

[Tybre]

This man is nuts. Seriously why cant we have a bond film every 2 years?

1. Global economy, particularly in the United States (MGM) and its allied nations such as Britain (EON), is in the crapper at the moment. Movies require monies.
2. Actors are not exclusive. Unlike in the good old days of '50s Superman, most movie production companies these days don't force their actors to sign agreements along the lines of "a "30-day clause," which meant that the producers could demand their exclusive services for a new season on four weeks' notice. This prevented long-term employment on major films with long schedules, stage plays which might lead to a lengthy run, or other series work". Daniel Craig takes up other projects in the interim, as I'm sure some of the other regulars do. If Daniel Craig or Judi Dench are unavailable to film, true, they can film the scenes not involving them, but considering the Bond films, y'know, revolve around James Bond, not having Daniel Craig available puts a big hamper on what can and cannot be shot.
3. As Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have stated in the past, they're burned out. I've done the occasional work as a cameraman, technician, editor, etc on very small-scale small-budget independent films mostly being shot in the greater Philadelphia area (as my car is a piece of crap and I don't trust it to go more than about a hundred miles before it dies for good). Making even a simple movie like that takes a lot of you. Hell, even writing my book gets exhausting sometimes. I took a five day break from writing it because I basically made myself braindead by converting all of my time and energy (read as: sleeping, eating, and drinking little to nothing) to the book.
4. The writing process. Let's assume it's a solo project and the writer is, aside from obvious tasks like using the bathroom, uninterrupted. At best, it will probably take a least a month to flesh out a script for a feature-length film. That amount of writing time goes up considerably if you want a Casino Royale and not a Die Another Day.

I can go on. Basically the whole moviemaking process is a lot of trouble. But it's worth it in the end if it's done well. And so far pretty much every Bond has done well, in my opinion, and financially speaking, they've all done well.