Posted on 02/15/2023 3:34:25 PM PST by coalminersson
The 26th official James Bond film is unlikely to be in cinemas before 2025, according to the series’ producer, Barbara Broccoli.
Speaking at a dinner to honor Broccoli and her half-brother Michael G Wilson after the presentation of their BFI Fellowships, the gatekeeper of all things 007 (and daughter of Cubby Broccoli) said they had not yet cast the actor who will replace Daniel Craig in the tux.
“Nobody’s in the running,” she said in a speech first reported by Deadline. “We’re working out where to go with him, we’re talking that through. There isn’t a script and we can’t come up with one until we decide how we’re going to approach the next film because, really, it’s a reinvention of Bond. We’re reinventing who he is and that takes time. I’d say that filming is at least two years away.”Craig departed the series after five films, bowing out with last year’s No Time to Die. That film concluded Craig’s run with a finality unusual for the film, something which fueled speculation over the likely future of the franchise, with some suspecting the films would have to return to Bond’s childhood or early spy years for more stories.
The sale of studio MGM to Amazon has also meant the intellectual property rights over Ian Fleming’s character exert a looser grip than in previous years. Broccoli and Wilson are producing a new reality series, 007’s Road to a Million, which will be Amazon Prime Video’s debut TV show.
Broccoli has previously confirmed that the new Bond will be male, after calls for the character to undergo a Doctor Who-style reinvention. Key runners and riders remain Tom Hardy, Henry Cavill, Idris Elba, Bridgerton’s Regé-Jean Page and Richard Madden..........
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Does everyone here already know this amusing factoid?
from hortidaily.com
“According to Cubby, they were descended from the Broccoli’s of Carrera, who first crossed cauliflower and rabe to produce the dark green, thick-stalked vegetable known as ‘broccoli. ‘ It was this vegetable that supported them in the US, as Giovanni’s brother started a broccoli farm.”
yes and get away from the formulaic BS I know i could write an outline for a Bond film with some dialogue that would fit the current mold.
LOL! Zing! You nailed it.
the best thing about Bush I was when he said he didn’t have to eat Broccli anymore.
like the 50s Idea
they have said no it will be a male.
That irritates me too by not including Casino Royale (1967) and Never Say Never Say Never Again.
The next James Bond will be black, a woman or a tranny (or a black woman tranny). White male actors need not apply.
The producers have said the next Bond will be male,.
I would love to see that, but it will never happen. The 1950s and 1960s were too politically incorrect for today's woke sensibilities.
They haven't ruled out a black tranny Bond.
They honestly haven't even ruled out a female Bond. They just are not going to admit to it until one is cast.
"We were going to cast a male for the role, but she was just so awesome and perfect for the role that we changed our minds."
I wonder if Mad Men would be made today with the same early 60s tone.
Next Bond ? It’ll be Scaty Abrams.
I’d say set it from the 1945-69 period, where it belongs.
The next Bond film should star Daniel Craig (a few years prior to the death) in a remake of Live and Let Die with the drug being fentanyl, and light brown people replacing dark brown people.
The remake theme would be as the original, only with Sting as the vocalist.
Really, they need to do fifties Bond, and the first story needs to be a book-accurate Moonraker, with the bridge game, Nazis, submarines and that fantastic three-way car chase.
No computers, no cell phones. Could be tough with the younger ones
Might be instructive on how to get along without them!
I’ve wanted Bond to be period piece character ever since Roger Moore took over the role. Best way to avoid the constant political and cultural nonsense. No guarantee though — they could pull a “Grantchester” and be both anachronistic and depressingly gay.
Female, black, transgender. HAS to be by Hollyweird standards.
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