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EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards (Steven Knight to Write)

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  • FrankXavierFrankXavier
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    Really? That Running Man trailer looked like another Arnie sci-fi remake, Total Recall, in other words, generic and gray as hell. I like Wright but that footage doesn't really make me eager for a Bond by him.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    Comparing the Len Wiseman’s Total Recall remake to Wright’s The Running Man is kind of insane. They couldn’t be more stylistically different.

    I’m not against remakes since they at least are based off of original works. The thing that was disappointing about the new Total Recall was that it didn’t seem all that interested in trying to be a faithful adaptation of the short story, but rather just a generic remake of the Arnold movie, but without Mars.

    Wright’s remake at least looks like it’s trying to be its own thing as an adaptation and not be too beholden to the original Arnold film.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited July 4 Posts: 18,680
    It does, although having not read the book, there’s more similarities to the first film than I was expecting. He even tells Killian “I’ll be back”, although in longer words.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
    edited July 4 Posts: 2,273
    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    Comparing the Len Wiseman’s Total Recall remake to Wright’s The Running Man is kind of insane. They couldn’t be more stylistically different.

    I’m not against remakes since they at least are based off of original works. The thing that was disappointing about the new Total Recall was that it didn’t seem all that interested in trying to be a faithful adaptation of the short story, but rather just a generic remake of the Arnold movie, but without Mars.

    Wright’s remake at least looks like it’s trying to be its own thing as an adaptation and not be too beholden to the original Arnold film.

    Totall recall was trying to be Bourne and Minority Report at the same time.

    The Running Man looks like another John Wick copy. I even wonder why Statham doesn't star in it.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited July 4 Posts: 5,660
    M_Blaise wrote: »
    I think people misunderstand Edgar Wright. Because he made comedies that sometimes reference other films (actually only in Hot Fuzz and with video games in Scott Pilgrim) that's how he would do a Bond film? And I don't recall any quick cutting sequences in Baby Driver or Last Night In Soho.

    Not always - though the editing in those films does use quick cuts at points, albeit more subtly. I have issues with both those films though. Baby Driver especially has a really cool premise and some great chases, but some of Wright’s decisions really dull the tension, especially during the third act (a director who decides to play his climactic final chase/showdown - what should be the most suspenseful scene in the film - to upbeat pop and rock music, turning it into this weirdly breezy affair, is either not a very confident director in their ability to tell the story, or not capable of doing something legitimately suspenseful. It’s such a shame because I like Wright’s films. But I don’t think he’s anywhere near ready for Bond, and no, The Running Man trailer doesn’t change my mind at the current time).

    Maybe further down the line. But I think he’s got a way to go as a director, great as he is.
  • MalloryMallory
    Posts: 2,319
    As reported on other threads:

    https://www.007.com/steven-knight-to-pen-next-james-bond-film/

    Amazon MGM Studios has announced that Steven Knight will write the script for the studio’s upcoming James Bond film. Denis Villeneuve is directing the film, with Amy Pascal and David Heyman producing via Pascal Pictures and Heyday Films, respectively. Tanya Lapointe will executive produce.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Mallory wrote: »
    As reported on other threads:

    https://www.007.com/steven-knight-to-pen-next-james-bond-film/

    Amazon MGM Studios has announced that Steven Knight will write the script for the studio’s upcoming James Bond film. Denis Villeneuve is directing the film, with Amy Pascal and David Heyman producing via Pascal Pictures and Heyday Films, respectively. Tanya Lapointe will executive produce.

    I know nothing of the guy. I guess I'll have to watch some stuff he's written.
  • delfloriadelfloria
    Posts: 2,044
    "I’m hoping that being a Bond fan for so many years, that will sort of be imbued into me and I’ll be able to produce something that’s the same but different and better and stronger and bolder.” -- Steven Knight
  • Escalus5Escalus5
    edited August 1 Posts: 642
    Years ago on these same forums I had wondered why EON never hired Steven Knight to write a Bond film, based entirely on his script for DIRTY PRETTY THINGS.

    I also enjoyed LOCKE.

    Unfortunately, Knight wrote and directed the notoriously awful SERENITY.
  • FrankXavierFrankXavier
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    Let's hope Serenity was just a blunder.

    He has a rather varied career. You have LOCKE and then you have the Larraín biopics SPENCER about Princess Diana and MARIA about Maria Callas. I'm interested in what he can cook up.
  • bondywondybondywondy Uk
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    Big budget films tend to have lots of writers so Knight's screenplay may be drastically different when it's filmed.

    The current US no 1 box office film is The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Four credited writers.

    No Time To Die - four credited writers.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    For a moment I read "Stephen King" and I thought I was in hell.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Remember, that the only Bond movies that arguably have only one writer are LALD and MR. Even though that FRWL, YOLT, OHMSS, and TND have only one credited writer, there were other people who truly helped out for those movies in the story department (particularly on TND). So, we could get another writer along the way, (possibly Villeneuve himself). I think we'll be surprised on who it could be.
  • delfloriadelfloria
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    With the hiring of Knight I feel less apprehensive that the new Bond will be aimed at specifically a younger demographic.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 9,127
    Roger Deakins only just turned 76, he still has a few good years left, Bond 26 would be an epic swansong of a legend.
  • 007HallY007HallY
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    delfloria wrote: »
    With the hiring of Knight I feel less apprehensive that the new Bond will be aimed at specifically a younger demographic.

    To be fair I’d guess Peaky Blinders’ audience skews younger (below 35) and is more male. I don’t think that’s the reason they hired him at all incidentally, but I can see that factoring in as a positive.
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Roger Deakins only just turned 76, he still has a few good years left, Bond 26 would be an epic swansong of a legend.

    I’d love to see him do it, but I don’t think he will. He’s been working less frequently for a while now and I think he’s said he’s done all he needed to with Bond. Honestly though, I suspect we’ll get a cinematographer of a high calibre for this.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    Deakins turned down returning for Bond for the same reasons a lot of others did: Didn't want to repeat himself.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited 8:31am Posts: 9,127
    But who else to get besides Deakins who is on that level? Isn't Villeneuves Dune DoP busy on other stuff??
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