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I like that. I like that a lot, and, I think, you’re right. Would audiences respond positively to a Bond film in which Bond is not the point of view character, structured like Dr. No insofar as Dr. No not appearing until the second half of the second act but casting a large shadow over the first half of the movie? That’s not a leading question. I’m genuinely interested in taking the temperature of that idea.
Problem is Bond is barely in that novel
Villeneuve instantly becomes the second-most important Quebecer in the history of the franchise, after Harry Saltzman .... and arguably the second or third most important Canadian, give or take a Lois Maxwell.
The question is; will it be as good as, or better than any of my favourites: Bond 2, Bond 3, Bond 6, Bond 16, or Bond 21?
Let's not forget Joseph Wiseman, also from Montreal.
By the way, hello fellow Montrealer and belated bonne Saint-Jean!
I'm quite partial to Bond 15...
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/6/26/villeneuve
Your setting the bar really high.
According to the report, Amazon MGM’s current plan is to bring on a co-writer who will begin scripting the film based on Villeneuve’s concept while the director finishes post-production on “Dune: Messiah.” Once ‘Messiah’ wraps, Villeneuve is expected to refine the draft, reshaping it to fit his own sensibilities before the casting process begins.
To me, this indicates an actor for Bond who is not part of the current prospective line up.
Reports say: Australian actor Jacob Elordi (“Euphoria,” “Saltburn”) and British actors Tom Holland (“Spider-Man Homecoming,” “Uncharted”) and Harris Dickinson (“Babygirl,” “The King’s Man”) are reportedly at the top of the list of James Bond candidates at Amazon MGM Studios.
And................ Amazon is targeting a 2028 release date.
I don't want any of these actors to be Bond but Tom Holland would be a truly disastrous choice. I stand by the fact that Bond as a brand is big enough that you don't NEED a huge name attached. People will show up just to see who the new guy is. There's some British stage actor out there somewhere who would be perfect and I hope we don't miss out on that looking for a name.
Good! We need a clean slate of writers. And the new Bond actor should be known but not that know like Connery and Craig were.
Tom Holland rumors - are we fools? The guy who loves Bond, respects tradition and the source material, started his fandom with Connery, ..., is going to chose Tom Holland or Timothée Chalamet?!? Nah :)
Yes, I think Villeneuve is much more wiser than everyone knows him to be, if he's a nonsense director who doesn't respect a material, Dune would've been just another Mad Max/Blade Runner rip off, but no, his Dune films were closer to their respective books than that 1980s version could ever be.
True, and he took mediocre literature and turned it into first rate cinema. Anyone who says otherwise doesn't know good literature from pulp. Even in the realm of science fiction, it's not as if Frank Herbert is Aldous Huxley or Orwell, or Wells, Asimov, Arthur C. Clark, Phillip K. Dick, ..., I mean, even between those, only Orwell and perhaps Huxley are respected writers amongst writers. It's not a top of the shelve genre. Nor is espionage, not even if you're talking about Le Carré. These are lesser genres, filled with world building geniuses but sub par writers. Same goes for fantasy and many other genres. So let's not be snobbish about it. The only top quality art here is the one Villeneuve makes.