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

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  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited 4:34pm Posts: 6,346
    I can't imagine them completely throwing away things like the Bond theme or gunbarrel, or some of the distinct iconography/formula beats (the martinis, tuxedos, and even an M briefing or a Q scene etc).

    I can imagine them completely reworking them in some way. So in that way we might get something less directly referential to the imagery of past Bond films than the Craig era, nor necessarily something as 'formula' breaking. It'll instead be a new take (probably even quite a radical one) on what we see as a Bond adventure. It'll a different type of Bond in a different context, with those broad tropes reinterpreted, but still fundamentally there perhaps. I know it's a film I harp on about, but it could well be a bit like The Batman reworking certain tropes for that character/world, essentially keeping them the same in spirit, but doing something different - ie. the Bat cave is now an abandoned underground train station, Wayne manor is now Wayne Tower and in the heart of the city, Bruce Wayne is an isolated loner without the playboy persona yet, Riddler is now a sort of Zodiac-esque serial killer, and Gotham is a sort of Seven-esque Neo noir city. Complete speculation incidentally, but I can imagine a not dissimilar creative instinct driving Bond 26 and that 'same but different' approach. It would certainly give us some creative reworkings.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited 4:38pm Posts: 19,579
    I totally agree that all of the nostalgia, looking-back stuff we've had since, well GE really, needs to go. No DB5, no one walking out of the ocean sexily, no jetpacks, no portraits of old Ms. But there is one thing I would quite like to keep, and that's M's office. I think GE was right to redesign it, but I rather like that it's returned to the same basic set that it was in '62. I don't mind everything else changing (well okay, keep the Bond theme, surreal titles, and gunbarrel) but I'd quite like for that to stay on as it is please.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited 4:52pm Posts: 6,346
    I suppose a cool practical/story reason for keeping M's office the same design is that it highlights this idea that it's a truly confidential area. No computer, not really any significant technology apart from an intercom and maybe a slide projector etc. There's even that thick double door. It's stuck in time almost, a room where some of the most sensitive information of the British government has been relayed. Redesign it slightly to maybe to have closing curtains for the windows during Bond's briefing and I think that'd be cool.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 19,579
    Yes that's fun, I like that. I liked the GE design, but I did always think that they could have kept the padded door at least; everyone remembers the padded door! :)
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
    Posts: 2,230
    I'm ok with sexy people walking out of oceans. We can keep that.
  • battleshipgreygtbattleshipgreygt
    Posts: 1,238
    SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: »
    I think visually, Villeneuve's Bond is going to be highly influenced by Mendes' style of shooting Bond as a Silhouette. Fukunaga also did that with Bond. Also, I think the big-looking Ken Adam set style that NTTD had, might continue into Villeneuve's Bond in an even bigger way.

    It's likely because of Roger Deakins, but Skyfall really looks like a Denis Villeneuve movie. If you were to show someone the trailer and ask who they think the director is, I'm sure the most frequent guess would far and away be him.

  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,996
    I think Knight has already given us a hint. "The same, but different".
  • DaltonforyouDaltonforyou The Daltonator
    edited 9:43pm Posts: 957
    I agree, I feel a Villinueve Bond could be a spiritual sequel to Skyfall. I think one of the reasons he was hired is because Amy Pascal last worked on Bond with Spectre so perhaps she wanted somebody similar. I just hope they keep the humour.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe Edward Berger for Bond 27
    Posts: 9,410
    Daltonforyou wrote: »
    I agree, I feel a Villinueve Bond could be a spiritual sequel to Skyfall. I think one of the reasons he was hired is because Amy Pascal last worked on Bond with Spectre so perhaps she wanted somebody similar. I just hope they keep the humour.

    Pass.
  • DaltonforyouDaltonforyou The Daltonator
    edited 10:01pm Posts: 957
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Daltonforyou wrote: »
    I agree, I feel a Villinueve Bond could be a spiritual sequel to Skyfall. I think one of the reasons he was hired is because Amy Pascal last worked on Bond with Spectre so perhaps she wanted somebody similar. I just hope they keep the humour.

    Pass.

    I wouldn't be opposed to it. In fact, it might be the best case scenario for a Villinueve film.
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