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

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  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
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    I can really see Theo James as Bond
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    dewiparry wrote: »
    Steve Coogan as Q, or M. Theo James as Q. Depends on the tone.

    I'd rather have Coogan as a villain.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Hildebrand9944 wrote: »
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    If we don't hear the name of a director soon I think it goes without saying 2027 is too optimistic.

    I'd love to see B26 come out in 2027, But both Pascal and Heyman are also busy with Harry Potter and Spiderman. So 2028 is also very likely.

    Definitely depressing, why can't we see the barebones of a creatively team, and then they can take as long as they need? :-?
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Hildebrand9944 wrote: »
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    If we don't hear the name of a director soon I think it goes without saying 2027 is too optimistic.

    I'd love to see B26 come out in 2027, But both Pascal and Heyman are also busy with Harry Potter and Spiderman. So 2028 is also very likely.

    Definitely depressing, why can't we see the barebones of a creatively team, and then they can take as long as they need? :-?

    Because it takes longer than to set up a creative team then you think. Also, I imagine that Amazon doesn't want to repeat Lucasfilm's Star Wars mistakes, announcing things without a locked down plan. At least we have experienced producers, and the rest of the creative team will slowly follow.
  • FrankXavierFrankXavier
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    When I read Grant I thought you guys were talking about Richard E. Grant and I thought that would be a fine choice.
  • dewiparrydewiparry
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    Scaramanga1974 wrote: »
    I can really see Theo James as Bond
    That's only because we're used to picturing the Bond of the past. I think the character will be an evolved version.
    Ludovico wrote: »
    I'd rather have Coogan as a villain.
    I'd say he lacks those powerful characteristics to make a formidable villain. He's great though - I watched The Penguin Lessons the other day.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited 7:43am Posts: 17,902
    Trump has announced his plan for 100% tariffs on movies made overseas. If this comes to pass it may well affect the production of B26.
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-tariffs-foreign-movies

    Apparently films made abroad are a ‘national security threat’. I think we’ll have to see if it does happen or not though, or indeed precisely what he means by it, but it seems another random idea thrown out without consultation and I can imagine the industry, not least Bezos himself, pointing out the harm this would do.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
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    mtm wrote: »
    Trump has announced his plan for 100% tariffs on movies made overseas. If this comes to pass it may well affect the production of B26.
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-tariffs-foreign-movies

    I think we’ll have to see if it does happen or not though, seems another random idea thrown out without consultation and I can imagine the industry, not least Bezos himself, pointing out the harm this would do.

    I don't think it will happen.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Yeah, I think that’s likely. It’s very worrying he’s decided to take aim at this issue though.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
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    Anthony Mackie blamed China for bad movies. Now we will be able to know if it is true :D

    It's not going to happen.
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    What does produced in "Foreign Lands" even mean? If Bond is produced by Amazon, then it is American, no?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I suspect Ms Pascal and Mr Heyman have been on the phone all day trying to get answers to that question and many more.
  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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    zebrafish wrote: »
    What does produced in "Foreign Lands" even mean? If Bond is produced by Amazon, then it is American, no?

    Does he mean Marvel films filmed in London or an actual foreign film like Parasite?
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited 4:20pm Posts: 7,463
    Red_Snow wrote: »
    zebrafish wrote: »
    What does produced in "Foreign Lands" even mean? If Bond is produced by Amazon, then it is American, no?

    Does he mean Marvel films filmed in London or an actual foreign film like Parasite?

    Either way is risible, imo. I always considered cultural enrichment a positive thing, but who am I, right?
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    Trump is a ****ing idiot, and I’m not sorry if that upsets any snowflakes in this forum.
  • 007HallY007HallY
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    Yes, not exactly sure how this will play out in practice, as seems to be the case with many of Trump's policies. Very annoying for the producers though I imagine at the current time.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
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    Red_Snow wrote: »
    zebrafish wrote: »
    What does produced in "Foreign Lands" even mean? If Bond is produced by Amazon, then it is American, no?

    Does he mean Marvel films filmed in London or an actual foreign film like Parasite?

    Truly foreign films are no competition for Hollywood. He's clearly referring to fake foreign films.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    edited 8:25pm Posts: 15,568
    dewiparry wrote: »
    Scaramanga1974 wrote: »
    I can really see Theo James as Bond
    That's only because we're used to picturing the Bond of the past. I think the character will be an evolved version.
    Ludovico wrote: »
    I'd rather have Coogan as a villain.
    I'd say he lacks those powerful characteristics to make a formidable villain. He's great though - I watched The Penguin Lessons the other day.

    I dunno. He played a chilling Jimmy Saville, or so I've read. I'm not sure I can stomach the whole series, but the scenes I saw in YouTube were more powerful and scary than many horror movies.
  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
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    The orange buffoon in the White House is trying to destroy the film industry
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
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    It also doesn't solve the issue of American films choosing to go abroad because it's cheaper than renting a lot in LA, so I'm not sure what he thinks a tariff will achieve.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    He used to be TV star of a reality show that made him even more of a household name than he already was 20 years ago, and now feels betrayed by Hollywood because he’s an easy target for ridicule. This is just him throwing a temper tantrum because he’s always been a little bitch.
  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
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    He’s doing an Elliott Carver
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Sounds like it's time to inflate the blimp again.

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  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    Sounds like it's time to inflate the blimp again.

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    This kind of Sh*t from a moderator?

    President Trump is a negotiator and often initially kicks off a negotiation by making a bold, to some, outrageous statement or proposition. This will be no different

    I find this analysis to be reasonable and without vitriol…


  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited 9:49pm Posts: 17,902
    talos7 wrote: »
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    Sounds like it's time to inflate the blimp again.

    180713-trump-blimp-mn-0940.gif

    This kind of Sh*t from a moderator?

    President Trump is a negotiator and often initially kicks off a negotiation by making a bold, to some, outrageous statement or proposition. This will be no different

    By everyone on his team saying it's not a negotiation, and then him changing his mind a dozen times, making the whole market uncertain and unstable... he doesn't know what he's doing and neither does anyone else.
    The countries that have done well from film production do so by incentivising the industry with things like tax breaks; adding new taxation will not do that, it will only destroy.

    This is bad news for the next Bond film, at the very least it's likely to set back its production while everyone tries to figure out exactly what is going on. Hopefully this notion will be quietly forgotten as it's pointed out to him how bad it would be for the industry, call it a 'pause' and then shelf it.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    You don’t get it mtm, he’s playing 5D chess! =))
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