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[Simon]

Mr Solo, if there is anything we can be sure of, it is that, what we read of what things cost in a Bond film, will not be true.

 

It is nothing more than the world of self perpetuating internet Chinese whispers.

[S K Y F A L L]

EON should start a war between two distributers and like SPECTRE wait till they are both weak and then strike.

[SecretAgentFan]

It´s not up to EON.  It´s MGM who´s holding the cards here.

 

And the Spectre-strategy seems to have backfired - nobody bit.

[Dustin]

The crucial thing is, the studios don't need the Bond franchise. But MGM very much needs the studios. So at the moment they can easily afford to see MGM sweating it the hard way...

[SecretAgentFan]

It would be so great if MGM were forced to sell Bond completely...

 

Or if MGM had to sell themselves.

[DaveBond21]

 They should also tone down the amount of time they spend in London next time out. Get Bond a mission, let him interact with Moneypenny and Q, and then get him out into the field. I've enjoyed seeing London but the time they spend there could be better utilized elsewhere.

 

 

I think they used London a lot recently because they've been given fantastic access by the authorities and have found them much easier to work with than other international locations, making it very tempting to be based in the city more.

 

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[RMc2]

 

 They should also tone down the amount of time they spend in London next time out. Get Bond a mission, let him interact with Moneypenny and Q, and then get him out into the field. I've enjoyed seeing London but the time they spend there could be better utilized elsewhere.

 

 

I think they used London a lot recently because they've been given fantastic access by the authorities and have found them much easier to work with than other international locations, making it very tempting to be based in the city more.

 

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Alongside the tax incentives, I think it's also to do with Mendes trying something different in SF, then obsessing a bit about repeating that with SP.

Edited by RMc2, 14 April 2016 - 09:52 AM.

[DisneyGets007]

It would be so great if MGM were forced to sell Bond completely...

 

Or if MGM had to sell themselves.

Precisely, in my topic on; published on New Year's Day 2014 during the early hours of January 2nd; MGM would sell themselves (instead of selling Bond completely) to a dominant film studio, Disney, who owns Marvel and Lucasfilm.

 

Link: http://disney.wikia....i/Thread:297783

[Napoleon Solo]

re: cost of Rome shoot....We know the cars alone cost $36 million, because that's the figure put out by SPECTRE's publicity unit. It doesn't take that much more to get to $60 million.

[DavidJones]

I'm assuming the next film will come out at the end of 2019. Anyone else think that?

[KM16]

I don't believe this for a second, at least not for every film. If the next actor and his opening film is as big a success as Casino Royale or even Skyfall, I have no doubt in my mind they'll do another QoS type rush job to strike while the iron's hot.

[Mr. Somerset]

I'm assuming the next film will come out at the end of 2019. Anyone else think that?

I think it's possible, however if any of the current "new Bond" media articles have a hint of truth in them, and a new actor were to be announced, I imagine that would mean the next film is actually further along in the development than we assume. That would be nice. I'm just hoping we get a release date sometime this year.

[SecretAgentFan]

A new actor would accelerate the release date considerably.

[sharpshooter]

A new actor would accelerate the release date considerably.

Indeed it would.

[Harmsway]

I think fall 2018 is the likely date. Even if they don't officially cast a new Bond until end of 2016 or early 2017, that date is still manageable.

[SecretAgentFan]

Hope so.   

 

I guess it all depends on how and when the distributor deal works out.  As soon as that is in place, the question of whether a new Bond has to be cast or not can be resolved.

 

The longer the wait the older the current or the new Bond gets...  

[univex]

 

The longer the wait the older the current or the new Bond gets...  

Very true, this. Craig will be 50, Hiddleston will be 37, Turner, 34, ...

[Harmsway]

All of the realistic contenders will age better than Craig. It's not as big a deal if they're nearing 40 when they take the role.

[Tiin007]

It's interesting, because I find that whereas Craig in general has not aged particularly well (in some publicity appearances for SP he looked significantly older than his 47 years), they managed to make him still look good in SP. So if the combination of makeup, hair, costume, and cinematography can be repeated for Bond 25, Craig won't look too bad. 

[univex]

All of the realistic contenders will age better than Craig. It's not as big a deal if they're nearing 40 when they take the role.

True, Pierce was 42 in GE wasn´t he?

It's interesting, because I find that whereas Craig in general has not aged particularly well (in some publicity appearances for SP he looked significantly older than his 47 years), they managed to make him still look good in SP. So if the combination of makeup, hair, costume, and cinematography can be repeated for Bond 25, Craig won't look too bad. 

 Well, Pierce aged 10 years from 1995 to 1997  So, one never knows. Craig looked good in SP, better than in SF that´s for sure. 

[Harmsway]

Well, Pierce aged 10 years from 1995 to 1997

Putting on weight will do that. Just look at Connery in DAF.

[univex]

Just look at Connery in DAF.

I´d rather not   Those sideburns scare the hell out of me. But yes, you are right, putting on weight is almost never a good thing, once you loose it, that´s it, you´ll look 10 years older. No one could tell only 4 years had passed since GE when TWINE came out.

[Harmsway]

Clothes and haircut also have a lot to do with it. Brozzy looked better in THOMAS CROWN than he did in TND or TWINE.

[univex]

Clothes and haircut also has a lot to do with it. Brozzy looked better in THOMAS CROWN than he did in TND or TWINE.

True, very true. He looked better in the Crown caper than in any other of his Bond flicks. 

[dtuba]

 

Well, Pierce aged 10 years from 1995 to 1997

Putting on weight will do that. Just look at Connery in DAF.

 

I thought Pierce actually lost weight between TND and TWINE. Maybe I'm imagining things. Regardless, he was starting to look somewhat haggard by DAD.

[univex]

 

 

Well, Pierce aged 10 years from 1995 to 1997

Putting on weight will do that. Just look at Connery in DAF.

 

I thought Pierce actually lost weight between TND and TWINE. Maybe I'm imagining things. Regardless, he was starting to look somewhat haggard by DAD.

 

Well, that was between 97 and 99. He did lost weight then. I was referring to 95-97.

[dtuba]

 

 

 

Well, Pierce aged 10 years from 1995 to 1997

Putting on weight will do that. Just look at Connery in DAF.

 

I thought Pierce actually lost weight between TND and TWINE. Maybe I'm imagining things. Regardless, he was starting to look somewhat haggard by DAD.

 

Well, that was between 97 and 99. He did lost weight then. I was referring to 95-97.

 

My mistake. I thought that you were implying that Pierce looked heavier in TWINE. Reading comprehension and all that.

[RMc2]

Irritating declarations of Craig's definite departure from Bond aside, this article says Purity is shooting in 2017, which suggests that if Craig were to return for Bond 25, it wouldn't shoot until late 2017/early 2018.

 

http://www.dailymail...-door-Bond.html

 

(Sorry if this news has already been posted, couldn't see it in a thread!)

[SecretAgentFan]

I sincerely hope Craig steps down.  Since he´s filling out his schedule, "Purity" and the Soderbergh-film would probably mean that he is too exhausted to take on Bond (for which he would have to train and bodybuild again anyway) in 2017.

 

No, please, EON and MGM - it´s time to move on.

[S K Y F A L L]

I was dreaming of a Bond franchise not suffering from nepotism and all this indecisiveness. 

 

007 is kinda of the first really successful film franchises, defining the not just a genre but film series as a whole.

Releasing the title of the next 007 film is kind of our modern day post credits scenes and now we are in a time with the most sequels, series, crossovers, shared universes ever and when EON does not have their head in the sand it is in the clouds.

 

Perhaps this is how BB, DC and Mendes last meeting went...