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Daniel Craig contracted as 007 until 2012 according to BBC
MI6.co.uk ^ | 03/17/2006

Posted on 03/19/2006 3:59:15 PM PST by Panerai

According to a video report from BBC News, Daniel Craig is under contract to play James Bond until 2012.

With an average gap between films of two years, that could mean Craig shoots at least a further three 007 movies after "Casino Royale".

Sean Connery squeezed in 5 movies in 6 years in his initial run as 007, Roger Moore bonded 7 times in 13 years, and Pierce Brosnan managed four films in 8 years.


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KEYWORDS: 007; casinoroyale; danielcraig; jamesbond
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So, James Bond movies are going to suck until 2012
1 posted on 03/19/2006 3:59:17 PM PST by Panerai
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To: Panerai

And he will be driving a Ford in CR


2 posted on 03/19/2006 4:00:58 PM PST by cmsgop ( I love Scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch)
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To: Panerai

When the H are they going to get Indiana Jones 4 off the ground? I don't care about Bond except when Connery and Moore made them.


3 posted on 03/19/2006 4:02:43 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (None genuine without my signature)
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To: Panerai

Who's the moron who signed the contract?


4 posted on 03/19/2006 4:02:52 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Panerai

Hasn't there been some kind'a 'alert' recently, like 'death of MSM'? Hollyweird of any nation sucks - evidence of glo-ball-ization. More glowing bull warning for the gullah bull.


5 posted on 03/19/2006 4:03:55 PM PST by dhuffman@awod.com (The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
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To: Panerai
So, James Bond movies are going to suck until 2012

They're just making some badly needed changes to stay politically correct.

I believe they will be changing 007 to M007 to highlight Bond's new metro-sexual image, no guns, cars, women, liquor... etc.

/S

6 posted on 03/19/2006 4:05:51 PM PST by RJL
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Its coming. I think GL and Spielberg have approved the script.


7 posted on 03/19/2006 4:05:52 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Moore simply sucked as Bond. Brosnan was pretty darned good; Timothy Dalton was HIGHLY underrated; did a superb job. Connery was the model.......tough act for anyone to follow.

One writer (name....I can't remember) said it best: Connery was cool..............Moore was......cold.


8 posted on 03/19/2006 4:08:32 PM PST by RightOnline
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To: Panerai

"So, James Bond movies are going to suck until 2012"

Sounds like it.


9 posted on 03/19/2006 4:09:33 PM PST by righttackle44 (The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
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That nonsense about Bond driving a little Fiat, and a Ford, were soon discarded. The new Bond car will be the brand new Aston Martin DBS. I've seen pictures of it, and it's a snappy looking car.

A 007 movie is one of the few things that will get me to the movies, and I have high hopes for this one.

Time will tell, but it's promising so far.

They are changing 007 from a Navy Commander to a Captain in the British Special Air Service Commandos. That's the biggest change I can see.

He's gonna be carrying the Walther PPK again too.


10 posted on 03/19/2006 4:12:17 PM PST by Armedanddangerous (Master of Sinanju (Emeritus))
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To: Panerai

Right on! They should have made Gerard Butler (aka the Phantom of the Opera lead), the hot Scot, the new Bond. But no, they don't listen to their female fans. LOL. Butler is to die for! I'd post his pic but can't figure out the complex formula...LOL


11 posted on 03/19/2006 4:16:01 PM PST by goresalooza (Nurses Rock!)
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To: Panerai
So, James Bond movies are going to suck until 2012...

Dunno why you'd say that, unless it's because Fleming's stories are used up and the latest Bond doesn't drive a stick shift, doesn't like guns, and generally acts queer as a football bat.

I swear I'm gonna start rooting for Blofeld.

12 posted on 03/19/2006 4:16:51 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Panerai

LMAO!! Boy did I need the laugh today, thanks!!


13 posted on 03/19/2006 4:17:59 PM PST by WV Mountain Mama (I am the anti-soccer mom. Feminists fear me for I am raising a traditional family with values.)
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To: RightOnline

I don't understand what all the advance criticism of Daniel Craig is about. Bond hasn't exactly been played by Sean Connery for quite some time; only he and Tim Dalton played the role anywhere near the way Fleming wrote it and they were the only two actors believable in the role. Pierce Brosnan played the "tuxedo" roles well but his joke lines were very staged and sounded practiced (Sean actually thought of several of the quips himself in Goldfinger and the other early movies); also, Brosnan was physically unimposing and not believable in the role. Roger Moore was too much the clown and played the role far too long (the last movie he did was truly rotten). Lazenby was actually a fairly tough character but he just didn't make it in the role, despite having one of the best female costars in the Bond series in Diana Rigg.


14 posted on 03/19/2006 4:18:52 PM PST by laconic
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To: Panerai

When exactly did they decide to make James Bond look like Cindy Sheehan?


15 posted on 03/19/2006 4:33:48 PM PST by Screamname (Tagline)
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To: RightOnline

Roger Moore was terrific in The Saint. Trouble is, in the Bond flicks he was still playing Simon Templar.


16 posted on 03/19/2006 4:47:48 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (We Acadiens have nothing to do with Québec)
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Moore simply sucked as Bond.

Not in "For Your Eyes Only."

17 posted on 03/19/2006 4:47:57 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: Panerai

He looks like a gay version of Joe Montana.....is that where that stupid mountain is?


18 posted on 03/19/2006 4:50:24 PM PST by Loud Mime ("Countdown" - A documentary about Keith Olbermann's dwindling IQ)
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To: goresalooza

He'd be good and so would Clive Owen. What a shame.


19 posted on 03/19/2006 4:51:51 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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Timothy Dalton was HIGHLY underrated

Agreed! Timothy Dalton was much better than Brosnan, IMHO.

20 posted on 03/19/2006 5:01:32 PM PST by wyattearp (The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
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