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  • MalloryMallory
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    ImpertinentGoon wrote: »
    they probably get a text from Barbara Broccoli now and again.

    I can imagine the Bond26 WhatsApp Group:

    Billion Dollar Babs: Hey Guys, just checking you all received my last message as no one replied to me... guys... guys....?!?!?!?!?!?!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited August 1 Posts: 18,686
    ImpertinentGoon wrote: »
    K2WI wrote: »
    Something I just remembered about Knight is that he recently built a new studio in Birmingham (it’s where the Peaky Blinders film was shot). Doubt his writing the new Bond film will mean it’ll shoot there, but if they can’t do everything at Pinewood or Bray at least through him they have another option open.

    Looking forward to the reporting about the film pre- and post-release how this headline team is going to work together. Basically, we've now got five (executive) producers on board with Pascal, Heyman, Villeneuve, LaPointe and Knight, plus they probably get a text from Barbara Broccoli now and again. And whoever the actor will be, might want to give input, too (although that seems less likely with the stacked staff as is).

    There's no suggestion Knight will act as a producer on this is there? Or do you just mean they've all worked in that capacity previously?
    ImpertinentGoon wrote: »
    So far, I thought the idea that Villeneuve would pull from his stable of actors is a bit overdone, because he doesn't even really have that many go to guys (apart from maybe Brolin and Dastmalchian). With Knight, I feel like there is a bit more of a "he'll write a role specifically for Tom Hardy"...

    It's obviously purely hypothetical, but I wouldn't be averse to Hardy as the villain at all. When he's in scenery-chewing mode he's pretty entertaining and I'll take a Steven Berkoff baddie over a slightly bland Rami Malek type any day of the week.
  • ImpertinentGoonImpertinentGoon Everybody needs a hobby.
    edited August 1 Posts: 1,448
    mtm wrote: »
    ImpertinentGoon wrote: »
    K2WI wrote: »
    Something I just remembered about Knight is that he recently built a new studio in Birmingham (it’s where the Peaky Blinders film was shot). Doubt his writing the new Bond film will mean it’ll shoot there, but if they can’t do everything at Pinewood or Bray at least through him they have another option open.

    Looking forward to the reporting about the film pre- and post-release how this headline team is going to work together. Basically, we've now got five (executive) producers on board with Pascal, Heyman, Villeneuve, LaPointe and Knight, plus they probably get a text from Barbara Broccoli now and again. And whoever the actor will be, might want to give input, too (although that seems less likely with the stacked staff as is).

    There's no suggestion Knight will act as a producer on this is there? Or do you just mean they've all worked in that capacity previously?

    I phrased that badly. I meant the second part. He's not a producer on the film - or at least he isn't announced as one. I don't know how executive producer stuff exactly works. I think writers being credited as exec producers is more of a TV thing?
    Anyway, my point was that he's an experienced producer and obviously the writer has a massive impact anyway. So I would assume he has a quite specific vision for certain things as does Villeneuve. Could lead to interesting developments, is all I'm saying.
    Mallory wrote: »
    ImpertinentGoon wrote: »
    they probably get a text from Barbara Broccoli now and again.

    I can imagine the Bond26 WhatsApp Group:

    Billion Dollar Babs: Hey Guys, just checking you all received my last message as no one replied to me... guys... guys....?!?!?!?!?!?!

    "I added Neal and Robert to the group, so you have their numbers. They'll have to get going on the script soon, if you want to keep the timeline. So when are we doing a story briefing?"
    "Anyone?"
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 18,686
    ImpertinentGoon wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    ImpertinentGoon wrote: »
    K2WI wrote: »
    Something I just remembered about Knight is that he recently built a new studio in Birmingham (it’s where the Peaky Blinders film was shot). Doubt his writing the new Bond film will mean it’ll shoot there, but if they can’t do everything at Pinewood or Bray at least through him they have another option open.

    Looking forward to the reporting about the film pre- and post-release how this headline team is going to work together. Basically, we've now got five (executive) producers on board with Pascal, Heyman, Villeneuve, LaPointe and Knight, plus they probably get a text from Barbara Broccoli now and again. And whoever the actor will be, might want to give input, too (although that seems less likely with the stacked staff as is).

    There's no suggestion Knight will act as a producer on this is there? Or do you just mean they've all worked in that capacity previously?

    I phrased that badly. I meant the second part. He's not a producer on the film - or at least he isn't announced as one. I don't know how executive producer stuff exactly works. I think writers being credited as exec producers is more of a TV thing?
    Anyway, my point was that he's an experienced producer and obviously the writer has a massive impact anyway. So I would assume he has a quite specific vision for certain things as does Villeneuve. Could lead to interesting developments, is all I'm saying.

    Ah I see what you mean, yeah. He does seem someone who would have a pretty clear vision, yeah, which can't hurt when you're going for a relaunch.

    Do we think that when he met Villeneuve there would have been an idea for a story or angle on the film discussed?
  • MalloryMallory
    Posts: 2,319
    mtm wrote: »
    ImpertinentGoon wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    ImpertinentGoon wrote: »
    K2WI wrote: »
    Something I just remembered about Knight is that he recently built a new studio in Birmingham (it’s where the Peaky Blinders film was shot). Doubt his writing the new Bond film will mean it’ll shoot there, but if they can’t do everything at Pinewood or Bray at least through him they have another option open.

    Looking forward to the reporting about the film pre- and post-release how this headline team is going to work together. Basically, we've now got five (executive) producers on board with Pascal, Heyman, Villeneuve, LaPointe and Knight, plus they probably get a text from Barbara Broccoli now and again. And whoever the actor will be, might want to give input, too (although that seems less likely with the stacked staff as is).

    There's no suggestion Knight will act as a producer on this is there? Or do you just mean they've all worked in that capacity previously?

    I phrased that badly. I meant the second part. He's not a producer on the film - or at least he isn't announced as one. I don't know how executive producer stuff exactly works. I think writers being credited as exec producers is more of a TV thing?
    Anyway, my point was that he's an experienced producer and obviously the writer has a massive impact anyway. So I would assume he has a quite specific vision for certain things as does Villeneuve. Could lead to interesting developments, is all I'm saying.

    Ah I see what you mean, yeah. He does seem someone who would have a pretty clear vision, yeah, which can't hurt when you're going for a relaunch.

    Do we think that when he met Villeneuve there would have been an idea for a story or angle on the film discussed?

    I would suspect that Pascal, Heyman and Villeneuve etc will have set out what they want the project to be, and that either Knight has agreed to write to their outline, or his outline broadly aligns with theirs and they'll mix ideas in a way that all parties are happy with.

    Either way, given how previous Bond scripts have been developed, I would be surprised if Knight remains the only writer on the project.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    They just need to get Roger Deakins back now.

    Hopefully a release date is days away from dropping.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 18,686
    What's the release date for the release date
  • MalloryMallory
    edited August 1 Posts: 2,319
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    They just need to get Roger Deakins back now.

    Hopefully a release date is days away from dropping.

    As much as I would love that, he is basically retired now. His last film work was in 2022. I'm not sure he has the appetite to take on a year long, $250m mega film anymore.

    Also, as per MI6-HQ's report of the story, Knight will be writing up Villeneuve's story idea:

    https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/bond-26-steven-knight-to-write-script?id=05380
  • ImpertinentGoonImpertinentGoon Everybody needs a hobby.
    Posts: 1,448
    Mallory wrote: »
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    They just need to get Roger Deakins back now.

    Hopefully a release date is days away from dropping.

    As much as I would love that, he is basically retired now. His last film work was in 2022. I'm not sure he has the appetite to take on a year long, $250m mega film anymore.

    Also, as per MI6-HQ's report of the story, Knight will be writing up Villeneuve's story idea:

    https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/bond-26-steven-knight-to-write-script?id=05380

    I wonder where they got that from. I went through the press releases on Amazon's site, 007.com and the pieces on Deadline and Variety and that specific part is mentioned in none of them. The Deadline piece is the most detailed (and I think the one published before the press releases), but even that only says:
    While there have been rumors about who could potentially play the coveted lead role, sources say the only focus in recent weeks has been who would write the script, with a number of meetings taking place with potential candidates. In recent weeks, the British-born Knight seemed to be putting himself in pole position, but insiders said a final sign-off could not be given until he met with Villeneuve, who is currently filming the next Dune film. Insiders say that meeting finally took place in the last week, with Villeneuve fully on board for Knight to get the job.

    So Heyman/Pascal were meeting with potential writers and they went towards Knight, but Villeneuve had final sign off, but now Knight is writing an idea by Villeneuve?
    So does that mean they signed Villeneuve on the promise that they would go ahead with his story idea and have since talked to people to find someone to write that? I guess that tracks, but I wonder where MI6-HQ got it from.
  • MattyMatty United Kingdom
    Posts: 2
    Knight's first comments after the announcement:
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/writer-steven-knight-amazon-james-bond-denis-villeneuve-1236335639/
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited August 1 Posts: 18,686
    Funnily enough Knight happened to be doing an interview on 5Live this morning, you can hear his comments on getting Bond and the process (meeting Pascal, talking through some ideas etc.) from 2.22 in:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002gd9t
  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
    Posts: 910
    Excellent news Mr Knight is writing . Cillian Murphy for villain duties?
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited August 1 Posts: 9,127
    Good start now for god sakes just keep the thing under 2 hrs 20 mins and it might have a chance of success.

    I also like they aren't afraid to throw the previous era under the bus with "better, stronger", if Mr high-and-mighty can't find any enthusiasm about the future of the franchise that made his career then why should the new guard show his films any more deference?

    Respect is a two way street.
  • ZekidkZekidk
    Posts: 3,317
    His script for 'Allied' was really, really good. Love that movie.

    Will they pick the next James Bond according to who fits his script? Or have they already chosen, making it easier for him to visualize the character when writing?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 18,686
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Good start now for god sakes just keep the thing under 2 hrs 20 mins and it might have a chance of success.

    I also like they aren't afraid to throw the previous era under the bus with "better, stronger", if Mr high-and-mighty can't find any enthusiasm about the future of the franchise that made his career then why should the new guard show his films any more deference?

    Respect is a two way street.

    Projecting much? :))
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 9,127
    Villeneuve is one of those that's only as good as the script he's directing, so having someone competent on writing duties does steady the ship a bit. I just want to see plenty of action, bombast and a triumphant feeling from this film, the scope has to be lush and operatic. Villeneuve can handle himself in that regard, I just hope Knight manages to handcuff him with enough dynamism in the script that he can't find a way to make it ponderous (as is his usual inclination). Then it really would just feel like treading water after the past couple films.
  • ThunderballsThunderballs Brighton, UK
    Posts: 36
    Really pleased with the choice of Steven Knight as writer. And as a fellow brummie I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that Birmingham gets some screen time in B26 :)
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Good start now for god sakes just keep the thing under 2 hrs 20 mins and it might have a chance of success.

    I also like they aren't afraid to throw the previous era under the bus with "better, stronger", if Mr high-and-mighty can't find any enthusiasm about the future of the franchise that made his career then why should the new guard show his films any more deference?

    Respect is a two way street.

    Nothing wrong with the previous era matey. IMO obviously and lots of others .Happens to be my favourite Bond era but doesn’t mean I diss other eras however camp they may have been. We tend to get the right Bond for the times we live in. Just hope that doesn’t mean we get a woke, Gen z (or whatever the term is) Bond.
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