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Denis Villeneuve Announced as Bond 26 Director

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  • sandbagger1sandbagger1 Sussex
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    They’ve done Thunderball twice, though (and I think the best version is the novel). Maybe they could purchase the rights to Deighton’s Horse Under Water? It would take some adapting, but I don’t think a Harry Palmer adaptation would get the budget to film underwater in today’s market, but a Bond film…
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
    edited June 30 Posts: 2,014
    I'll just say that MI just did a great underwater scene, and even that _almost_ got on my nerves considering what happens at the end of the sequence. I want the squid fight from Dr. No, so if we're going water, let's go where MI never would. I've heard the daylight scenes of the T-Rex attacking a boat in the latest Jurassic World movie is exceptionally well done, so we could get a squid fight methinks. I also have this daydream of an action sequence involving a yacht with a helicopter that I might save for later.
  • SomethingThatAteHimSomethingThatAteHim
    edited June 30 Posts: 607
    sandbagger1 wrote: »
    They’ve done Thunderball twice, though (and I think the best version is the novel). Maybe they could purchase the rights to Deighton’s Horse Under Water? It would take some adapting, but I don’t think a Harry Palmer adaptation would get the budget to film underwater in today’s market, but a Bond film…

    I don’t mean I want a literal remake of Thunderball, just some echoes of it. It would be a perfect chance to use some of the unused Fleming water setpieces like Bond’s scuba infiltration of Big’s island from LALD, or even the Dr. No squid battle (which I actually think Villeneuve could pull off and make it a credibly harrowing setpiece, especially if he keeps the squid largely obscured in murky water) He even has some experience with rendering eerie squid things in Arrival…
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I did think that the submarine bit in Mission Impossible felt a bit like a modern updating of stuff Fleming would do like the LALD barracuda bit, in that it's a fairly straightforward physical trial for the hero, he's on his own with no baddies to fight, but it's just about his willpower to stay alive in a very tough environment. If MI can do it then it might be good to see Bond doing that.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    edited June 30 Posts: 2,762
    I think Bond did that in TND...sort of. Albeit not a very tough underwater situation. But he did it first...so yeah, he can do it again.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: »
    I think Bond did that in TND...sort of. Albeit not a very tough underwater situation. But he did it first...so yeah, he can do it again.

    Yeah it's funny, the MI scene is not dissimilar at all to the TND scene: right down to the tumbling missiles and even method of escape (oh, and the wreck is moving too!) but the TND bit pales in comparison quite a lot and never feels like a Flemingy physical test like MI does.
    In fact to be honest I often skip the diving bit when I'm watching TND- it's not a massively interesting scene to me! :D
  • Diamonds4everDiamonds4ever
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    The FAQ section on the home page ponders on possible collaborations between the new director and other artists. One of those - an Icelandic composer - is dead
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Diamonds4ever wrote: »
    The FAQ section on the home page ponders on possible collaborations between the new director and other artists. One of those - an Icelandic composer - is dead

    Oh yikes. Also using an AI illustration: bit naff guys!
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    I may be alone in this but I don't mind the Italian locations in the Craig films. All of them were cinematic gold for me.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
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    mtm wrote: »
    SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: »
    I think Bond did that in TND...sort of. Albeit not a very tough underwater situation. But he did it first...so yeah, he can do it again.

    Yeah it's funny, the MI scene is not dissimilar at all to the TND scene: right down to the tumbling missiles and even method of escape (oh, and the wreck is moving too!) but the TND bit pales in comparison quite a lot and never feels like a Flemingy physical test like MI does.
    In fact to be honest I often skip the diving bit when I'm watching TND- it's not a massively interesting scene to me! :D

    Oh, yeah. I get that. I do love it, though. Arnold's score helps the scene :)
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Even if Jonathan Nolan isn't directing, I'd be happy to have him write or co-write the screenplay. I imagine his brother would give him some ideas. The only screenwriter that I want back is Phoebe Waller-Bridge, as she is working with Amazon. Even if she isn't the sole writer of the script.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: »
    Given Villeneuve's penchant for shooting big scenes and making them look really big, Bond might actually ski and scuba dive in Bond 26.
    One can dream. Want I want to see is a snow cat van chase under aurora lights.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    edited July 1 Posts: 2,762
    QBranch wrote: »
    SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: »
    Given Villeneuve's penchant for shooting big scenes and making them look really big, Bond might actually ski and scuba dive in Bond 26.
    One can dream. Want I want to see is a snow cat van chase under aurora lights.

    Wow! Sounds visually interesting...aurora lights!
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    That's right, and in a perfect world Bond's driving the snowcat van from the TND video game which has an almost ice blue snow camouflage. A chase with several of these, combined with the lights would make for a magical and memorable scene and something I can see a director like Villeneuve really bringing to life.

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    There's actually a 'Northern Lights Safari' tour in Svalbard, between Norway and the North Pole.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    edited July 1 Posts: 2,762
    Yes @QBranch This is an idea...tailor-made for a director like Villeneuve.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    QBranch wrote: »
    Want I want
    Guess I want it a lot.
  • ImpertinentGoonImpertinentGoon Everybody needs a hobby.
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    Love the Aurora idea. I fear the snow cat is a bit too cumbersome. Shades of SPECTRE's plane without wings vs. cars chase.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    How about something smaller, like one of these:

    https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/9-most-innovative-ways-to-travel-on-snow-and-ice


    I like the tracked dirt bike in particular.

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  • SomethingThatAteHimSomethingThatAteHim
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    A potentially neat idea for a snow chase that gets Bond back on some skis without feeling like too much of a rehash is maybe Bond could be on skis while the bad guys are on vehicles and he could have some sort of grappling gadget that would allow him to “water ski” behind them and propel himself around with the faster vehicles.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    Please god no more motorbikes for like two films.
  • UnivexUnivex
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    SomethingThatAteHim wrote: »
    A potentially neat idea for a snow chase that gets Bond back on some skis without feeling like too much of a rehash is maybe Bond could be on skis while the bad guys are on vehicles and he could have some sort of grappling gadget that would allow him to “water ski” behind them and propel himself around with the faster vehicles.

    Love it!
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    Apparently, Dune Messiah is set to start production on Monday.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Denbigh wrote: »
    Apparently, Dune Messiah is set to start production on Monday.

    Let's get it done with it.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    Apparently, Dune Messiah is set to start production on Monday.
    Let's get it done with it.
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  • Colonel_VenusColonel_Venus
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    So Dune Messiah is the going to be the second movie after The Odyssey shot entirely with IMAX film cameras. IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond is hoping that Denis Villeneuve's BOND 26 will also be entirely filmed with IMAX film cameras:

    https://x.com/ScreenOffScript/status/1942350342911377900/video/2
  • M_BlaiseM_Blaise
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    Seems incredibly pointless to film an entire movie with IMAX cameras unless they've made them as quiet as regular cameras.
  • K2WIK2WI Europe
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    M_Blaise wrote: »
    Seems incredibly pointless to film an entire movie with IMAX cameras unless they've made them as quiet as regular cameras.

    Both productions are using newly-developed IMAX film cameras that have apparently been designed to be quieter and lighter than the prior ones.
  • MalloryMallory
    edited 9:55am Posts: 2,302
    I love IMAX sequences and am all for having as many as possible, but sometimes it doesnt make sense to have some scenes in the full 1.43:1 ratio. Do we need the M office briefing scene in full IMAX? Not sure on that one.

    I do hope that, when it does come out, Amazon MGM doesnt cheap out and just provide a digital 1.43:1 IMAX release, like Universal did with NTTD. Give us a glorious 15/70mm film print - a couple of recent releases have benefitted theatrically from this - Sinners, Dune Part 2, Oppenheimer etc.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited 10:35am Posts: 18,478
    I like IMAX because it fits my TV screen :)
    We have this weird situation where TV went widescreen 25 years or so ago, all TV shows fitted the new screens we all bought, and then recently they've been trying to look more cinematic so have introduced black bars at the top and bottom, whereas big movies in IMAX actually fit the screen: so shows made for my TV don't fit it whereas films made for the cinema screen do!

    I think it's a shame that the Mission Impossible Fallout and subsequent films got released on home media with their IMAX scenes intact, whereas the IMAX bits of Skyfall and NTTD are never to be seen again.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    Seeing MIFR in IMAX I do remember thinking "I do not need to see faces this close up" so I too worry about an all-IMAX approach. Maybe it means the M briefing happens on the roof again, for more cinematic look, and they can say it's to avoid listening devices or something in the movie.
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