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EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards (Heyman and Pascal confirmed as producers)

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  • NoTimeToLiveNoTimeToLive Jamaica
    edited May 29 Posts: 152
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    Troy wrote: »
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    The worst thing they can do is a Craig movie without Craig.

    EON made a Connery film without Connery - OHMSS, and that turned out pretty good

    It was a flop.

    Budget $7 million
    Box office $82 million

    How was it a flop? Most movie producers would probably sell their souls to the devils for such a gain.
  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan Being chauffeured by Tibbett
    Posts: 799
    bondywondy wrote: »
    AI is moving at a remarkable pace and if i were Amazon I would consider a future Bond film with AI Sean Connery as James Bond. Around the age he was in Dr No. If the rights to Connery's image were granted, and AI wasn't used for the majority of thee film so real actors and crew were employed... why not consider pushing the frontier of technology with AI James Bond.

    Here is the most realistic AI in 2025. AI can successfully get the mouths to match the dialogue. All of the scenes in this video are AI generated. Not real.



    The technology is here to create a prequel to Dr. No. A fully created AI theatrical film would most likely face legal challenges as SAG-AFTRA and UK Equity actors would not be used, however if the majority of the film used real cast and crew, just Connery recreated, it should be okay to distribute. I can understand if fans think Sean Connery brought back to AI life is disrespectful and wrong but the possibilities with AI are incredible.



    Perhaps you could use AI to put Dolly's braces back into MR instead.
  • ggl007ggl007 www.archivo007.com Spain, España
    Posts: 2,544
    https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/5/28/alfonso-cuarn-no-longer-directing-bond-26
  • K2WIK2WI Europe
    Posts: 44
    bondywondy wrote: »
    AI is moving at a remarkable pace and if i were Amazon I would consider a future Bond film with AI Sean Connery as James Bond. Around the age he was in Dr No. If the rights to Connery's image were granted, and AI wasn't used for the majority of thee film so real actors and crew were employed... why not consider pushing the frontier of technology with AI James Bond.

    Here is the most realistic AI in 2025. AI can successfully get the mouths to match the dialogue. All of the scenes in this video are AI generated. Not real.



    The technology is here to create a prequel to Dr. No. A fully created AI theatrical film would most likely face legal challenges as SAG-AFTRA and UK Equity actors would not be used, however if the majority of the film used real cast and crew, just Connery recreated, it should be okay to distribute. I can understand if fans think Sean Connery brought back to AI life is disrespectful and wrong but the possibilities with AI are incredible.

    Sean Connery is dead. AI will not change this, but merely create a hollow facsimile using his appearance that will, almost inevitably, fail to properly recreate his charm or presence.

    And just because we can do something with AI doesn’t mean we should.
  • bondywondybondywondy Uk
    edited May 29 Posts: 544
    I think Bond AI has potential. Just saying. 😊

    We all know Bond 26 is delayed a year or so.

    Why?

    To allow Christopher Nolan to finish The Odyssey. Out July 2026.

    So when that's done Amazon will begin Bond 26. Nolan will be free. Amazon will have some idea where they want to take the franchise. Expect Bond 26 in 2028.

    (Probably.) 😉

    This post was not AI generated. 🤭
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 5,383
    ggl007 wrote: »
    https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/5/28/alfonso-cuarn-no-longer-directing-bond-26

    Not sure how reliable World of Reel is at any rate (from what I understand they have their share of stuff that hasn't turned out to be accurate). I've always said that the Cuaron stuff really has to be treated as a rumour until it's confirmed anyway.
  • ArapahoeBondFanArapahoeBondFan Colorado
    Posts: 123
    Amazon wants to move quickly and have a team ready once the $1 billion rights deal is closed with Barbara Broccoli. Writers have already been hired for Bond 26; They just need a director now.
    Didn't the deal already close? I thought it had...
    Back in the aughts, Cuarón had been offered the chance to direct Bond, but he was quickly turned off when he found out that a separate Broccoli-approved team would be handling the action sequences.
    So they mean second unit? First I've heard of this.

    Not sure what to make of it...rumor mill I'd say.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited May 29 Posts: 5,383
    I always wonder why it’s such a big deal for some of these directors to have a 2nd Unit Team. Bond movies are big and collaborative anyway, and I’d have thought having an experienced team to handle certain sequences/fulfil the director’s vision for these scenes would be a huge benefit. It’s certainly not uncommon to have them on bigger films (hell, even the likes of Stanley Kubrick - for all his perfectionism/creative control - used a 2nd Unit Team).
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
    Posts: 2,079
    Directing M scenes doesn't seem very fun.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 5,383
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    Directing M scenes doesn't seem very fun.

    Really? Suppose it depends, but generally they have a lot going on in them that gives the actors/director a lot to work with.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited May 29 Posts: 9,002
    If its true writers have been hired I wonder how long until we find out their names?
  • K2WIK2WI Europe
    Posts: 44
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    If its true writers have been hired I wonder how long until we find out their names?
    Good question. I have a feeling it’ll be before the end of the year at least, but I wish I could be more specific.
  • peterpeter Toronto
    Posts: 9,625
    The only writers who have been hired on Bond 26 are the imaginary ones in Insneider and Jordan Ruimy’s heads. These two have been consistently incorrect about almost everything to do with James Bond.

    Once writers get hired by Pascal and Heyman, it’ll be a huge announcement. This is literally the top writing assignment to be had in the film industry. The biggest: The writers chosen, will not only be resurrecting James Bond, but they will be the team to bring him into a wholly brand new era under “new management”.

    This will be huge news, and not swept under the carpet.

    There are no writers on the job yet. The project isn’t even in proper development. But once writers are hired, every single trade and rag will explode with the news. Every member on this site will know within ten minutes of the announcement.

    Read the World of Reel and Insneider only to be disappointed, 😂.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,427
    Thank you @peter the voice of logic and sanity.
  • ColonelSunColonelSun
    Posts: 1,506
    peter wrote: »
    The only writers who have been hired on Bond 26 are the imaginary ones in Insneider and Jordan Ruimy’s heads. These two have been consistently incorrect about almost everything to do with James Bond.

    Once writers get hired by Pascal and Heyman, it’ll be a huge announcement. This is literally the top writing assignment to be had in the film industry. The biggest: The writers chosen, will not only be resurrecting James Bond, but they will be the team to bring him into a wholly brand new era under “new management”.

    This will be huge news, and not swept under the carpet.

    There are no writers on the job yet. The project isn’t even in proper development. But once writers are hired, every single trade and rag will explode with the news. Every member on this site will know within ten minutes of the announcement.

    Read the World of Reel and Insneider only to be disappointed, 😂.

    Spot on.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 9,002
    Probably a writer-director as well.
  • bondywondybondywondy Uk
    edited May 30 Posts: 544
    With AI massively increasing in power, there is not going to be any justification for Amazon to spend 100s of millions on budget. When AI and live action can be successfully combined you'll have sets created for nothing except a small payment charge.

    The days of huge budget films is going to end if Hollywood embraces AI. If it can create visuals at ridiculously low budgets then it will embrace the technology.

    The power of AI is like nothing ever seen before in the history of the entertainment industry. It's happening whether we want it or not. The entity is here, 007! 🤭
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,657
    bondywondy wrote: »
    With AI massively increasing in power, there is not going to be any justification for Amazon to spend 100s of millions on budget. When AI and live action can be successfully combined you'll have sets created for nothing except a small payment charge.

    The days of huge budget films is going to end if Hollywood embraces AI. If it can create visuals at ridiculously low budgets then it will embrace the technology.

    The power of AI is like nothing ever seen before in the history of the entertainment industry. It's happening whether we want it or not. The entity is here, 007! 🤭

    Don't you think this makes your love for James Bond questionable?
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,297
    bondywondy wrote: »
    With AI massively increasing in power, there is not going to be any justification for Amazon to spend 100s of millions on budget. When AI and live action can be successfully combined you'll have sets created for nothing except a small payment charge.

    The days of huge budget films is going to end if Hollywood embraces AI. If it can create visuals at ridiculously low budgets then it will embrace the technology.

    The power of AI is like nothing ever seen before in the history of the entertainment industry. It's happening whether we want it or not. The entity is here, 007! 🤭

    Please, reevaluate your thinking on this.
  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan Being chauffeured by Tibbett
    edited May 30 Posts: 799
    SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: »
    bondywondy wrote: »
    With AI massively increasing in power, there is not going to be any justification for Amazon to spend 100s of millions on budget. When AI and live action can be successfully combined you'll have sets created for nothing except a small payment charge.

    The days of huge budget films is going to end if Hollywood embraces AI. If it can create visuals at ridiculously low budgets then it will embrace the technology.

    The power of AI is like nothing ever seen before in the history of the entertainment industry. It's happening whether we want it or not. The entity is here, 007! 🤭

    Don't you think this makes your love for James Bond questionable?

    And film and art in general?
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,657
    George_Kaplan wrote: »
    SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: »
    bondywondy wrote: »
    With AI massively increasing in power, there is not going to be any justification for Amazon to spend 100s of millions on budget. When AI and live action can be successfully combined you'll have sets created for nothing except a small payment charge.

    The days of huge budget films is going to end if Hollywood embraces AI. If it can create visuals at ridiculously low budgets then it will embrace the technology.

    The power of AI is like nothing ever seen before in the history of the entertainment industry. It's happening whether we want it or not. The entity is here, 007! 🤭

    Don't you think this makes your love for James Bond questionable?

    And film and art in general?

    Exactly. Not just James Bond. But I couldn't help, but think James Bond first.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
    Posts: 8,711
    He’s just riffing. Nobody seriously thinks like this.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 9,002
    Netflix just began construction of a new 1 Billion dollar studio. Clearly no one told them about AI.
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
    edited May 31 Posts: 4,441
    Speaking of AI...I asked it to pitch a Bond animated film and it came up with an idea that I actually kinda love. It would revolve around Bond's biracial son, Jamie, who would be looking for the father he never knew who has been missing presumed dead his whole life. Then Bond and Jamie have to team up to stop a nefarious enemy.

    If Amazon came up with something like this - in the animated style of the Spider-Verse or Arcane series - I'd be down.

    I even asked it to create an image of Jamie for me....

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    They suggest that Pierce Brosnan should return to voice Bond....

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  • M_BlaiseM_Blaise
    Posts: 399
    Nah.
  • delfloriadelfloria
    Posts: 2,015
    I play around with AI a lot. Where it lacks, at this time, is in repeatable, editable, direct-able content. There could be singular AI shots in the next Bond film but right now it can't tell a cohesive story.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 9,002
    Bond 26 doesn't even have a domain yet, correct? It's like talking about Casino Royale in March of 2003, the film is still very theoretical and there's a long way to go.
  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
    Posts: 893
    2027 would a perfect Bond year with the possibilities of incorporating 007 into a release date logo. Not as good as 2007 mind. Missed opportunity there.
  • dewiparrydewiparry
    Posts: 164
    The world holds its breath. I hold a cup of coffee.

  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited May 31 Posts: 9,002
    Scaramanga1974 wrote: »
    2027 would a perfect Bond year with the possibilities of incorporating 007 into a release date logo. Not as good as 2007 mind. Missed opportunity there.

    Already unrealistic unfortunately.

    Probably Nov/Dec 2028.
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