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[Quantumofsolace007]

I think it's possible MGM leaked Mendes' involvement (if this is true) as a way to excite bidders. It's possible.

All the other rumors were just normal seasonal tabloid trash.

I agree.

Sorry Spynovelfan but MGM had means motive and opportunity to either create or release mendes' involvement

[zencat]

Again, let's not re-litigate all that. At least not here. Pleeease.

[Napoleon Solo]

Reaction to Bond 23 delay:

http://hmssweblog.wo...y-the-reaction/

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BTW, I am eagerly anticipating "Hitler learns Bond 23 is delayed" on YouTube.

I wouldn't hold my breath.

[zencat]

BTW, I am eagerly anticipating "Hitler learns Bond 23 is delayed" on YouTube.

I wouldn't hold my breath.

I know. I'm bummed. Bummed as Hitler.

[DamnCoffee]

Bookies take bets on Craig's 007 replacement


William Hill has started to take bets on Daniel Craig's James Bond replacement following news that the 23rd 007 movie has been postponed indefinitely.

Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced yesterday that they have ceased work on the untitled action film until financially stricken studio MGM resolves its future.

The move has prompted speculation that Craig, who portrayed the MI6 spy in Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace, could leave the role. A similar enforced delay in Bond films, between 1989's License To Kill and 1995's GoldenEye, prompted Timothy Dalton to quit the part and be replaced by Pierce Brosnan.

Bookmakers William Hill have installed Avatar's Sam Worthington as the 5/2 favourite to land the role, with Will Smith and Christian Bale both 7/1 to be the next actor to portray the secret agent. Ewan McGregor (25/1), Jude Law, Robert Pattinson (both 33/1) and Tom Cruise (50/1) also have odds listed.

Urgh.

[jaguar007]

I'll place my bet that Craig will return

[elizabeth]

BTW, I am eagerly anticipating "Hitler learns Bond 23 is delayed" on YouTube.

Today would seem the right day to do it. *hint hint*

[Guy Haines]

Bookies take bets on Craig's 007 replacement


William Hill has started to take bets on Daniel Craig's James Bond replacement following news that the 23rd 007 movie has been postponed indefinitely.

Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced yesterday that they have ceased work on the untitled action film until financially stricken studio MGM resolves its future.

The move has prompted speculation that Craig, who portrayed the MI6 spy in Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace, could leave the role. A similar enforced delay in Bond films, between 1989's License To Kill and 1995's GoldenEye, prompted Timothy Dalton to quit the part and be replaced by Pierce Brosnan.

Bookmakers William Hill have installed Avatar's Sam Worthington as the 5/2 favourite to land the role, with Will Smith and Christian Bale both 7/1 to be the next actor to portray the secret agent. Ewan McGregor (25/1), Jude Law, Robert Pattinson (both 33/1) and Tom Cruise (50/1) also have odds listed.

Urgh.

Sorry, but you only have to look at the names quoted to see how ludicrous the above is. Its the bookies trying to lure in a few credulous punters to have a bet. I'd rather have a punt on the outcome of our General Election (as up in the air as it is at the moment) than waste time and money on this.

[jaguar007]

I'm sure EON is diligently doing everything they can to make sure Bond will end up with Sony.

[DaveBond21]

I just hope it's not 1989 all over again

Me too. Nobody wants Milli Vanilli in the charts again....

[Nicolas Suszczyk]

I got the feeling that Dan's gonna do this to MGM/EON sooner or later...

http://media.photobu...-bulge-grab.jpg

[zencat]

I just hope it's not 1989 all over again

Me too. Nobody wants Milli Vanilli in the charts again....

Hey, the 80s are back!

[Zographos]

Hey, the 80s are back!

*glides down a ski slope in day-glo to Duran Duran*

[The Richmond Spy]

How much debt do they have? $3.7 billion? Why is that keeping them from spending money and making a new Bond film? If I've learned anything growing up in America during the past quarter-century it's that debt simply should not keep one from doing as he or she pleases. The same should apply toward 007 films. Sure, the numbers will be a headache, but that's only if you use your head. Spend with your heart and never look back!

[tdalton]

I'm sure EON is diligently doing everything they can to make sure Bond will end up with Sony.

I sure hope so. As far as I'm concerned, Sony and Daniel Craig are the two best things to happen to the franchise in decades.

[Quantumofsolace007]

I'm sure EON is diligently doing everything they can to make sure Bond will end up with Sony.

I sure hope so. As far as I'm concerned, Sony and Daniel Craig are the two best things to happen to the franchise in decades.

Agreed.

[B5Erik]

Interesting. Hopefully the delay isn't more than a month or three. Everybody was under the impression that Sony actually bought MGM last time, but that turned out not to be the case (as they only bought a share).

Warner Brothers took a stab at it last time (they wanted the MGM library of movies for DVD), and I wonder if they'll try to get MGM at a bargain price this time. I wouldn't mind seeing Bond with the WB logo up front.

The most important thing is for EON to retain a certain level of autonomy with the Bond productions. The last thing I want is to see some studio suit making decisions on Bond films. Keep (majority) control with EON.

[Sebastian Tombs]

Does anyone have any idea what sort of delay we're realistically facing? Or is it all up in the air?

[jamie00007]

I believe the deadline for MGM is May. They might get another extension, but I wouldnt think so. Its in the best interests of the shareholders to get it sorted out ASAP, they wont hold out much longer. In that case theres no reason the delay couldnt be as little as a couple of months, and filming could still start in January on schedule. The new owners will want their investment to start paying off as quickly as possible.

With Eon saying they wont make another Bond until its sorted out, and Peter Jackson basically saying the same thing about the other big MGM movie The Hobbit, this is a big incentive for the shareholders to close a sale. They have no longer have reason to drag it out in the hopes that those two movies will increase MGMs value.

After May we'll have a good idea where we stand. If theres another extension, we will then sadly be looking at a very long delay as they will have missed the window, Pinewood will find another production to fill the time booked for Bond, and the cast and crew will be doing other projects. But if it is resolved by then, then theres still hope that the film wont be delayed at all.

Edited by jamie00007, 21 April 2010 - 05:23 AM.

[jaguar007]

I believe the deadline for MGM is May. They might get another extension, but I wouldnt think so.

yep, I agree. I think EON's statement was meant as a deterrent to another extension.

[blueman]

I believe the deadline for MGM is May. They might get another extension, but I wouldnt think so.

yep, I agree. I think EON's statement was meant as a deterrent to another extension.

likely the best (and shortest ) assessment yet.

So MGM settlement announcement/EON blazing ahead into pre-production announcement in two weeks? Sweet!

[AliasTheJester]

I just hope it's not 1989 all over again

Me too. Nobody wants Milli Vanilli in the charts again....

Hey, the 80s are back!

Then why have you posted an, er, "icon" of the 90s?

[Zorin Industries]

You're bent on winning the argument at all costs(you could have simply ignored my initial post if it was so puerile but of course you have it all figured out and had to have the last say).

I'm not "bent" on anything Mayne-Nicholls. And certainly not anything involving CBNers. I was just providing a different opinion. And that opinion was that it is not fair or wholly accurate to blast Harry Saltzman for 2010's stalling of Bond.

And if Saltzman was such an excessive showman how come most of the Bond films he was involved with are deemed the classics?

I want Daniel Craig back!

He never left.

I just hope it's not 1989 all over again

Me too. Nobody wants Milli Vanilli in the charts again....

But the year did give us POLICE ACADEMY 6 - CITY UNDER SEIGE. Every grey cloud and all that...

[AliasTheJester]

That was the best of those movies. Well, unless you count any of the Steve Guttenberg ones.

[Ambler]

This thread has gone way off topic, but the gratuitous attacks on Saltzman shows the great success of the Broccoli's rewriting of history. Saltzman was the man with the vision - in the beginning he owned the film rights to Bond, not Albert R. Broccolli, and that's one reason his name went first on the credits.

Also, a comparison of the other films Saltzman made before and during the golden years of Bond shows him to be far the greater talent, with even the less successful films such as The Battle of Britain having some merit. (BoB kick started the aircraft preservation movement in the UK.)

[double o ego]

This is pribably a mistake on their part but yesterday I was watching channel 5 news and they said that Bond 23 has been put on hold and that preproduction had stopped in Vancouver.

[Zorin Industries]

Saltzman was the man with the vision - in the beginning he owned the film rights to Bond, not Albert R. Broccolli, and that's one reason his name went first on the credits.

Equally unfair.

Let's leave the chinese whispers and bashing...?

[Rufus Ffolkes]

Saltzman was the man with the vision - in the beginning he owned the film rights to Bond, not Albert R. Broccolli, and that's one reason his name went first on the credits.

Actually, they alternated. Saltzman's name came first on some prints, Broccoli's name came first on others.

So MGM settlement announcement/EON blazing ahead into pre-production announcement in two weeks? Sweet!

Not sure where you get that idea from. Even if MGM officially declares bankruptcy at the beginning of May, it's still going to take months to sort out all the legalities regarding the EON/MGM arrangement, and then several more months before EON settles on a new partner.

[Goodnight]

Just get on with it! :/