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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Daniel Craig and Judi Dench are gone. They just pouted.
Depressing to look at plus the Craig films were boring.
I stopped counting those silly movies long ago.
she and Lizzo would be double bonded 014
In the books he’s also born in like the 1920’s so the ship of 100% character accuracy has sailed forever. He was also English until Fleming loved Connery’s performance.
I’d make the exception only for him cause other than an unlikely skin color (Scotland [Alba!] is 1% black, London is 13% if you ignore that origin) I think he’d be great in the role. To “make up” for it you could do a US reboot of “Luther” with a white guy. ;p Too bad Craig didn’t retire after “Skyfall” cause the last 2 films were ass.
DJ’s idea as I recall was to just go back and set a new movie back when Bond’s supposed to be alive. I don’t know how marketable that is but it’s interesting.
Hard to imagine the franchise just ending but we are a point IMO when the last 2 movies are the worst of them all. so......
lol
If I may,
we want a white male (real male) Bond who reflects Fleming’s concept of the character, maybe a plot set in the 50s. Tech from the 50s. Idris ok, but too old, so no older Bond? American may be ok.
Anything else?
And let's not forget the movie, "Double 007".
They are going to get some TV to portray Bond. This way they have both bases covered.
I’d like to see Henry Cavill play Bond.
Heh. Except he’s still White. Can’t have that.
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