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[Zorin Industries]

No real veil to lift. Just looking at the evolution of where the films have been heading, who has and has been involved in this outing and the rest, well.... time will tell.

[blueman]

I think your pants are so tight they're cutting off the circulation to your brain! Next thing you'll be saying is that you like the Purvis/Wade scripts.

While flawed, the basic idea behind THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH is actually a very innovative one. Staging a nuclear accident to seize control of the West's oil future is right up there with Orlov's plot to force a NATO withdrawal from West Germany in OCTOPUSSY. While TWINE is generally derided among fans, you can hardly blame Purvis and Wade - it is well-documented how Michael Apted commissioned script re-writes ... from his wife. The original TWINE script played up the mystery of who was ultimately responsible. The revised script abanonded that and focused on Bond's relationship with Elektra.

DIE ANOTHER DAY seems to have suffered the same fate. There are a few scenes that are noticeably better than the rest of the film (and some excellent self-referntial dialogue exchanges), and while I cannot prove it, I suspect Lee Tamahori meddled with the script. I also suspect EON told Purvis and Wade to reference as many films as possible, which tied their hands at little.

As for CASINO ROYALE, everyone credits Paul Haggis with "wriitng all the good bits". But Haggis was a script doctor, which meant he only made minor tweaks to the dialogue and actions. The entire scene in the sinking house was his idea, which is why he got a screenwriting credit.

Ad finally, purvis and Wade did not write QUANTUM OF SOLACE at all. They only did the story, which is a general overview of what happens. Even that was based on an idea by Michael G Wilson. Paul Haggis was the only person to write the script.

Purvis and Wade are not the best screenwriters in the world. But they're certainly by no means the worst, either. They just keep getting shafted by drictors and producers, and then they have to suffer the ignomity of having their name on the script when the changes are made.

Joshua Zetumer (and Forster, Craig, et al) rewrote QOS as it was being filmed, Haggis all but disowned the final product. He gets credit per his Guild contract, Zetumer was hired under the table as it were. Joss Whedon does a lot of uncredited script work, like on Captain America , made some nice improvements to that one. John Sayles is also famous for uncredited script work that is nevertheless highly praised in the industry.

[larrythefatcat]

Sorry about my comment from earlier being a bit behind on this topic... I figured it was a fabricated story, but (for some reason) I failed to see that there was more than one page for this thread.

Anyway, I'm glad to see that my intuition isn't completely out of whack. I guess I should finish reading CARTE BLANCHE before I get it spoiled for me here.

[Germanlady]

Dunno if there is interest in this, but he is doing interviews for Tin Tin, so this might be valid

andreamineoCNN Andrea Mineo
So Daniel Craig just told me they are starting the next James Bond film and it's got a title but he wouldn't tell me it

[Pierce - Daniel]

Sexy....I like the sound of this. Annoucement must then be imminent. Prods surely want to avoid a leak

[MajorB]

Remarkable if they have a title before shotting starts! Apart from CR, when was the last time that happened? Can't remember if TND was set before production started--if not, then would it be GE?

[MattofSteel]

Hopefully we'll have a shooting kickoff press conference in Nov. where it's revealed.

[Matt_13]

Well that's pretty neat. Hopefully we'll get a tell-all press event some time soon.

[Miles Miservy]

A reporter unknowingly reveals the title while interviewing Serbian musician, Jelena Mihailovic, who is scoring the opening song. The title is the same as the James Bond novel by Jeffrey Deaver. See what clues that may reveal.

Serbian to play cello in Bond movie - At one of the many concerts the musician held in France during the Cannes Film Festival, the producers and the director of the next Bond film were in the audience, who were staggered by what they had heard and on the spot offered Jelena a chance to write the opening score for the new James Bond film, entitled Carte Blanche.

Although the 23rd James Bond film is still in its early production phase, when it comes to the music, Jelena reveals her opening score will be a mixture of the recognisable Bond theme sound and a more classical touch.
Courtesy of Blic Online
In the book James Bond is on location in Serbia, India, and South Africa. All locations that have been officially chosen by director Sam Mendes for scenes in the upcoming film. Coincidence? Probably not.

Here's the URL
http://english.blic....ulture-Showbiz/ … Bond-movie

Heres a url for mock poster
http://www.mi6commun...com/index.php?p … -poster/p1

Hope not. As a novel, it was fine. As a film adaptation, not so much. Other, older novels, I feel would be more sufficient. I include several of Gardner's cold war stories - SCORPIUS, for one, could be tweaked to be a timely 21st century story.

[Captain Tightpants]

Hope not. As a novel, it was fine. As a film adaptation, not so much.

EON have already shot the prospect down. BOND 23 will not be CARTE BLANCHE.

[zencat]

Latest title news.

http://www.thebookbo...-has-title.html

[Hansen]

I'd rather prefer CARTE BLANCHE being the title than being the story...

[JimmyBond]

Latest title news.

http://www.thebookbo...-has-title.html

Too early to tell. Though if that were the title, I'd get used to it. Heck I wasn't sold on Die Another Day at first but that title's grown on me.

[Pussfeller]

Didn't EON explicitly state that the title would not be Carte Blanche?

[JimmyBond]

Yes, they did. But I was commenting on the news that Daniel Craig apparently let slip the title.