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

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  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
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    If the director is someone important, he/she will surely be the one to develop the project.
  • 007HallY007HallY
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    I suppose in this case the producers will come up with the broad ideas of what they want, hire writers (or a writer director) to work on the script, and from there develop it.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Yeah, unfortunately we're not yet at the developing stage yet, we're still at the ideas/finishing other work commitments phase. It could well end up that Bond 26 becomes one of the last blockbusters to close out the 2020's.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Yeah, unfortunately we're not yet at the developing stage yet, we're still at the ideas/finishing other work commitments phase. It could well end up that Bond 26 becomes one of the last blockbusters to close out the 2020's.

    Unlikely. They just need to hire the best director available.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Yeah, unfortunately we're not yet at the developing stage yet, we're still at the ideas/finishing other work commitments phase. It could well end up that Bond 26 becomes one of the last blockbusters to close out the 2020's.

    Unlikely. They just need to hire the best director available.

    So Speilberg then. Funnily enough is making a Josh O'Connor film at the moment, to be released in 2026.
  • MalloryMallory
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    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Yeah, unfortunately we're not yet at the developing stage yet, we're still at the ideas/finishing other work commitments phase. It could well end up that Bond 26 becomes one of the last blockbusters to close out the 2020's.

    Unlikely. They just need to hire the best director available.

    They need a director who they can collaborate with easily and can best execute their vision. That doesn't mean the best director. Hence the lack of Nolan doing a Bond film (if you consider him the best director around).
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
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    Mallory wrote: »
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Yeah, unfortunately we're not yet at the developing stage yet, we're still at the ideas/finishing other work commitments phase. It could well end up that Bond 26 becomes one of the last blockbusters to close out the 2020's.

    Unlikely. They just need to hire the best director available.

    They need a director who they can collaborate with easily and can best execute their vision. That doesn't mean the best director. Hence the lack of Nolan doing a Bond film (if you consider him the best director around).

    I see a lot of literality here. I mean, it's not that difficult. This isn't like going to the moon.

    I'm sure they already have a list of possible directors. Maybe they just need to listen to their pitches.

    I don't think Pascal and Heyman have the same creative involvement as Barbara and Michael.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    mtm wrote: »
    I think both the versions of Sherlock at that time were excellent. The Ritchie films were a more sort of comedy action version of it, but that's a valid interpretation and they were very entertaining. Some of the best stuff he's ever done, I'd say.
    I agree that Scott wasn't great in it though: doing that 'Joker'-style baddie acting isn't as easy as it seems. I still don't really know why the Bond folk picked him for Spectre.

    I've read his interpretation dubbed "Jokerarty". Fitting. Circa 2015 Scott was hot property. I never thought he came off as very threatening in any villainous role he played. As Denbigh he's just annoying and Fiennes completely dominates him. I would rather have had a lesser known but more believable actor in the role. Sam Throughton had played an evil civil servant version of Edmond in King Lear a year before, directed by... Sam Mendes. I wished Mendes had cast him instead.
  • TroyTroy
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Yeah, unfortunately we're not yet at the developing stage yet, we're still at the ideas/finishing other work commitments phase. It could well end up that Bond 26 becomes one of the last blockbusters to close out the 2020's.

    Unlikely. They just need to hire the best director available.

    So Speilberg then. Funnily enough is making a Josh O'Connor film at the moment, to be released in 2026.

    No, please not Spielberg. I always enjoy a new Spielberg film, yet never feel the need to watch any of his films again (except for Duel and Jaws). For me, there is something superficial about his work, which makes them forgettable
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I think both the versions of Sherlock at that time were excellent. The Ritchie films were a more sort of comedy action version of it, but that's a valid interpretation and they were very entertaining. Some of the best stuff he's ever done, I'd say.
    I agree that Scott wasn't great in it though: doing that 'Joker'-style baddie acting isn't as easy as it seems. I still don't really know why the Bond folk picked him for Spectre.

    I've read his interpretation dubbed "Jokerarty". Fitting. Circa 2015 Scott was hot property. I never thought he came off as very threatening in any villainous role he played.

    Yeah, I thought John Simm played a very similar role in Dr Who as the Master around the same time, and was so much better at mixing the humour and threat.
    Ludovico wrote: »
    As Denbigh he's just annoying and Fiennes completely dominates him. I would rather have had a lesser known but more believable actor in the role. Sam Throughton had played an evil civil servant version of Edmond in King Lear a year before, directed by... Sam Mendes. I wished Mendes had cast him instead.

    I've said it before and will say it again even though it wasn't my idea: put Helen McCrory in the C role and you've made the film ten times better instantly. Plus you've made it link to Skyfall and actually helped the idea that Blofeld was behind Silva seem a bit more plausible.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited 12:34pm Posts: 5,265
    mtm wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I think both the versions of Sherlock at that time were excellent. The Ritchie films were a more sort of comedy action version of it, but that's a valid interpretation and they were very entertaining. Some of the best stuff he's ever done, I'd say.
    I agree that Scott wasn't great in it though: doing that 'Joker'-style baddie acting isn't as easy as it seems. I still don't really know why the Bond folk picked him for Spectre.

    I've read his interpretation dubbed "Jokerarty". Fitting. Circa 2015 Scott was hot property. I never thought he came off as very threatening in any villainous role he played.

    Yeah, I thought John Simm played a very similar role in Dr Who as the Master around the same time, and was so much better at mixing the humour and threat.

    That's a good comparison. I feel everyone was trying way too hard to make Moriarty humorously menacing in that show (between Scott's performance and the writing anyway), and it crossed into hammy.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Aaron Taylor-Johnson has become an Omega watch brand ambassador...

    https://www.omegawatches.com/stories/aaron-taylor-johnson-joins-omega-as-a-brand-ambassador
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
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    mtm wrote: »
    Aaron Taylor-Johnson has become an Omega watch brand ambassador...

    https://www.omegawatches.com/stories/aaron-taylor-johnson-joins-omega-as-a-brand-ambassador

    Hmmmmmm :-?
  • 007HallY007HallY
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    I knew the ATJ as Bond rumours had been too quiet lately! Full circle as they say.

    Omega have a number of actors who are ambassadors, don't they? Not sure I'd read too much into it.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Word is ATJ has already filmed his wristwatch scene. In space.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    mtm wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I think both the versions of Sherlock at that time were excellent. The Ritchie films were a more sort of comedy action version of it, but that's a valid interpretation and they were very entertaining. Some of the best stuff he's ever done, I'd say.
    I agree that Scott wasn't great in it though: doing that 'Joker'-style baddie acting isn't as easy as it seems. I still don't really know why the Bond folk picked him for Spectre.

    I've read his interpretation dubbed "Jokerarty". Fitting. Circa 2015 Scott was hot property. I never thought he came off as very threatening in any villainous role he played.

    Yeah, I thought John Simm played a very similar role in Dr Who as the Master around the same time, and was so much better at mixing the humour and threat.
    Ludovico wrote: »
    As Denbigh he's just annoying and Fiennes completely dominates him. I would rather have had a lesser known but more believable actor in the role. Sam Throughton had played an evil civil servant version of Edmond in King Lear a year before, directed by... Sam Mendes. I wished Mendes had cast him instead.

    I've said it before and will say it again even though it wasn't my idea: put Helen McCrory in the C role and you've made the film ten times better instantly. Plus you've made it link to Skyfall and actually helped the idea that Blofeld was behind Silva seem a bit more plausible.

    Oh yes, that would have worked too, and beautifully. She was an amazing actress. She could easily give that vibe, authoritarian decision maker who does everything wrong, but has the full confidence of the government.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    mtm wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I think both the versions of Sherlock at that time were excellent. The Ritchie films were a more sort of comedy action version of it, but that's a valid interpretation and they were very entertaining. Some of the best stuff he's ever done, I'd say.
    I agree that Scott wasn't great in it though: doing that 'Joker'-style baddie acting isn't as easy as it seems. I still don't really know why the Bond folk picked him for Spectre.

    I've read his interpretation dubbed "Jokerarty". Fitting. Circa 2015 Scott was hot property. I never thought he came off as very threatening in any villainous role he played.

    Yeah, I thought John Simm played a very similar role in Dr Who as the Master around the same time, and was so much better at mixing the humour and threat.
    Ludovico wrote: »
    As Denbigh he's just annoying and Fiennes completely dominates him. I would rather have had a lesser known but more believable actor in the role. Sam Throughton had played an evil civil servant version of Edmond in King Lear a year before, directed by... Sam Mendes. I wished Mendes had cast him instead.

    I've said it before and will say it again even though it wasn't my idea: put Helen McCrory in the C role and you've made the film ten times better instantly. Plus you've made it link to Skyfall and actually helped the idea that Blofeld was behind Silva seem a bit more plausible.

    That was my idea, soon after I finished watching Peaky Blinders. We needed more McCrory, even in SF. She also would have been an excellent M successor. RIP.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    It's a top idea echo, all credit to you!
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    Her death is such a sad loss...her star was clearly on the rise and she would have been cast in and excellent in films of all genres.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    echo wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I think both the versions of Sherlock at that time were excellent. The Ritchie films were a more sort of comedy action version of it, but that's a valid interpretation and they were very entertaining. Some of the best stuff he's ever done, I'd say.
    I agree that Scott wasn't great in it though: doing that 'Joker'-style baddie acting isn't as easy as it seems. I still don't really know why the Bond folk picked him for Spectre.

    I've read his interpretation dubbed "Jokerarty". Fitting. Circa 2015 Scott was hot property. I never thought he came off as very threatening in any villainous role he played.

    Yeah, I thought John Simm played a very similar role in Dr Who as the Master around the same time, and was so much better at mixing the humour and threat.
    Ludovico wrote: »
    As Denbigh he's just annoying and Fiennes completely dominates him. I would rather have had a lesser known but more believable actor in the role. Sam Throughton had played an evil civil servant version of Edmond in King Lear a year before, directed by... Sam Mendes. I wished Mendes had cast him instead.

    I've said it before and will say it again even though it wasn't my idea: put Helen McCrory in the C role and you've made the film ten times better instantly. Plus you've made it link to Skyfall and actually helped the idea that Blofeld was behind Silva seem a bit more plausible.

    That was my idea, soon after I finished watching Peaky Blinders. We needed more McCrory, even in SF. She also would have been an excellent M successor. RIP.

    She was amazing as Medea. I created an entire thread about her.
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