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Bingo.
And look at Fantastic Four, Spaceballs 2, Masters of the Universe, The Naked Gun - hope is winning.
As a pure consumer / viewer, whose eyes are so focussed on this? Many posts are deeply concerned with Box Office figures - will it break $billion? I understand that high earnings influence future spend, but considering that many posters on this forum prefer lower budgets to drive greater creativity, are high earnings and comparisons between Superman and The Batman important?
I ask, not to be controversial, but because I’m generally interested
C'mon, guys, there's room for both lace and leather.
James Bond has wayyyy more grey to the character. And will have much more nuance. After all, when you have a license to kill, you’re in the death business, so…
And I’d hold onto pointing out the Fantastic 4 and He-Man as examples of “Hope is winning (and the other two examples are legacy comedy sequels that no one really asked for, but; they’re comedies, @Mendes4Lyfe — of course they’re going to be on the lighter side by nature of the genre, lol).
Once B26 starts boarding talent (writers, director, and the actor), we will have at least a glimpse of the direction they’ll be going in. If I was to bet, and this means zero, Amazon won’t try and break too much new ground. I wouldn’t be surprised if they have a small list of “what makes a Bond film a successful worldwide phenomenon; that makes the brand instantly recognizable “, and they’ll creatively try and stick inside of these lines and deliver this to the marketplace — at least for the first film or two.
None of those have been released though.
But what is a Bond film? The differences between Moonraker and Dr. No are astronomical.
Dr. No is the Bond film. ;)
Yes, there are many types of Bond movies, but if you ask me, I know what to answer. I hope Amazon has a good answer, too.
A Bond film is a film that features the character James Bond in the employ of special operations arm of British intelligence (akin to SOE) defeating a larger-than-life villain threatening the Western world
I’ve seen those! :D
...common places to see a Bond film are at local cinemas, although sightings are sadly becoming much rarer.
True, but in LA we are getting a major showing of a Bond film every other month and socializing at the local pub with other Bond fans after each showing.
Eh, it’s all business. He’ll probably have some project connected to Amazon at some point and they’ll use that to nudge him towards appearing in something promotional. Probably not as flat as just doing a straight piece to camera, but some events or something. Plus, with Bond there’s always the workaround of having them as ‚brand ambassadors‘ for one of the major product partners. A Bond actor in an ad for a vodka or a car or a phone in the run up to a film even if the ad isn’t explicitly connected to the films and they aren’t in that film still kind of works as marketing.
MI6 appoints first female chief in 116-year history
My wife certainly wasn't ready for "MI6 has their first female M, like in the films and she's the current Q. But they call her C in real life." this early in the morning, when the news was on the radio.
By the way, I think it's in no small part due to the Bond franchise that German radio has a new M as a news item in the main morning bulletin. I can't remember ever hearing about any other spy chief there. I guess her being the first female C has additional news value, but still.
Depends on the budget/marketing cost.
If MI:8 had a 150 million budget it would be very profitable.
Bond has way more fans than MI.
In short, when it comes to Bond, he’s best viewed as a rumor mill. No solid examples of accurate scoops on the franchise, unfortunately.”
Just leaving this here before the chaos floods these pages.
But I’d be on board for Pierre.
Did a little google and it seems he's signed up to be Green Lantern, that might make him less likely for it. Shame as I thought he was properly magnetic in Rebel Ridge and was kind of my top pick for 007.
Yessir, our friends at World of Reel are citing rumours DR's published...no script, no director, a release date and no auditions, but Aaron Pierre's being mentioned.
Although this is just another rumour with zero credibility, and the stench from it absolutely stinks of B.S., Aaron Pierre would be a fantastic choice.
But the DC thing would seem to make it tricky, not sure.
Agreed.
I also don't see Amazon green lighting an actor of color. I feel they'll want to be as uncontroversial as possible, especially after the last film.
They will stick inside the lines of James Bond and be as creative as they can to bring something fresh inside these lines...I'd be all on board with this casting, but I know many out there wouldn't be. So does Amazon.
The article states that May 2027 is the target for release, I'm surprised no one's pointed out that's obvious BS.
The whole rumour is BS, lol.
It's possible, I honestly don't know. I did feel that way when it all looked very Bezos but I could imagine Heyman being more interesting than that. Beyond matters of race I just find him the plain best candidate at the moment, although I need to see more he's been in I guess. I was very struck by his screen presence though.