No Time To Die: Production Diary

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    bondjames wrote: »
    However, since then Babs, Craig, and now Rachel have all confirmed *verbally* that he is returning and so we should take it as a given until told otherwise.
    Not only have BB and MGM confirmed it verbally, they have confirmed it in writing as well. It's right here on EON's site: "Daniel Craig is returning to play 007 in Bond 25." https://www.eon.co.uk/daniel-craig-return-james-bond/

    It doesn't get more official than this.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited April 2018 Posts: 15,686

    Daniel Craig is returning to play 007 in Bond 25. The actor confirmed he would play James Bond for the fifth time to host Stephen Colbert on The Late Show last night.

    I asked for an EON statement from EON themselves, not from Daniel Craig. Give me a press release where the Craig confirmation comes from EON, Babs or MGW without re-using Craig's answer in the Colbert interview.
    Have you gone completely mad?

    I'll put it in simple english one last time: give me an official press release from EON that does not re-use Craig's statement on the Stephen Colbert interview. In other words, that link you've posted twice is not good enough, so find another press release as proof.
    bondjames wrote: »
    However, since then Babs, Craig, and now Rachel have all confirmed *verbally* that he is returning and so we should take it as a given until told otherwise.
    Not only have BB and MGM confirmed it verbally, they have confirmed it in writing as well. It's right here on EON's site: "Daniel Craig is returning to play 007 in Bond 25." https://www.eon.co.uk/daniel-craig-return-james-bond/

    It doesn't get more official than this.

    I said: give me an official press release from EON that does not re-use Craig's statement on the Stephen Colbert interview.

    Your new link still only re-use the Craig statement.

    'The actor confirmed he would play James Bond for the fifth time to host Stephen Colbert on The Late Show last night.

    I want a link to an official press release without that statement from Craig.
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I anticipate that we'll hear something soon. Also, Danny Boyle's new film starts filming this week.

    Daniel Craig was spotted in New York yesterday and he looks great

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    I haven't posted in a couple days and already I feel I've missed something important. Why is there debate here on whether Craig is returning or not?

    BTW, that is a great shot of him. He's in top form, and IMO looks like he could be beginning his Bond career rather than prepping for a swan song. He looks miles better in that photo than in either SKYFALL or SPECTRE. Great haircut as well. The lapels on the jacket remind me of LTK era Tim.

    He's having a baby.

    That may be more painful for him than the CASINO ROYALE torture. I think he can take it, though.
  • edited April 2018 Posts: 4,619

    Daniel Craig is returning to play 007 in Bond 25. The actor confirmed he would play James Bond for the fifth time to host Stephen Colbert on The Late Show last night.

    I asked for an EON statement from EON themselves, not from Daniel Craig. Give me a press release where the Craig confirmation comes from EON, Babs or MGW without re-using Craig's answer in the Colbert interview.
    Have you gone completely mad?

    I'll put it in simple english one last time: give me an official press release from EON that does not re-use Craig's statement on the Stephen Colbert interview. In other words, that link you've posted twice is not good enough, so find another press release as proof.
    Wait. Are you saying it's not official enough for you because it's referring to Craig's announcement on Colbert? I'm afraid it's time to start cutting your pills in half, son.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited April 2018 Posts: 15,686

    Daniel Craig is returning to play 007 in Bond 25. The actor confirmed he would play James Bond for the fifth time to host Stephen Colbert on The Late Show last night.

    I asked for an EON statement from EON themselves, not from Daniel Craig. Give me a press release where the Craig confirmation comes from EON, Babs or MGW without re-using Craig's answer in the Colbert interview.
    Have you gone completely mad?

    I'll put it in simple english one last time: give me an official press release from EON that does not re-use Craig's statement on the Stephen Colbert interview. In other words, that link you've posted twice is not good enough, so find another press release as proof.
    Wait. Are you saying it's not official enough for you because it's referring to Craig's announcement on Colbert? I'm afraid it's time to start cutting your pills in half, son.

    Just answer the question: Give me a statement that does not re-use that statement from Craig. And if you haven't understood yet that I am not disputing the fact that Craig is returning and I'm only being an annoying pedantic person like you are, then quit with calling me a 'son', because you are the only one who seems too brain dead to understand the point of the debate.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited April 2018 Posts: 23,883
    The reason why we haven't received another statement yet is because there is nothing more to say *officially* at this time.

    Once they have a distributor and an affirmed director and writer then we will probably get a larger and more comprehensive announcement, rather than the piecemeal (and already partially contradicted) releases we got last year.
  • Red_SnowRed_Snow Australia
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    007Blofeld wrote: »

    Didn't he fuel the rumours that he was in the running for 'Doctor Strange'?
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Guys, it's a moot point. The important information is that this has happened before, to the previous two guys who played the role. If there is a delay because of business stuff, it's possible that Craig decides to move on of his own accord. No need to rip each other to shreds debating whether Craig has officially signed on for Bond 25 or not. We'll find out soon enough when the movie is either made, or it isn't.
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    Benedict as a villain interesting
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Isn't Cumberbatch still Strange? His contract is not up. If he is a Marvel employee I can't see him being cast in a Bond film.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Isn't Cumberbatch still Strange? His contract is not up. If he is a Marvel employee I can't see him being cast in a Bond film.

    Any reason for that? Don't know much about contract issues.
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    What I want for B25 right now:
    - Smaller budget, less big scale action set pieces
    - Personal problems are set aside
    - Bond has to psychologically assess his villain
    - Bond uses his wits to defeat the villain and outplays him.

    Bond should go back to his thriller routes.
    I'd add that I want the film to feel like its primary purpose is to entertain, rather than to serve thematic ideas.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    What I want for B25 right now:
    - Smaller budget, less big scale action set pieces
    - Personal problems are set aside
    - Bond has to psychologically assess his villain
    - Bond uses his wits to defeat the villain and outplays him.

    Bond should go back to his thriller routes.
    I'd add that I want the film to feel like its primary purpose is to entertain, rather than to serve thematic ideas.
    Hear hear!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    Isn't Cumberbatch still Strange? His contract is not up. If he is a Marvel employee I can't see him being cast in a Bond film.

    Any reason for that? Don't know much about contract issues.
    No specific reason other than I can't see EON going for a Marvel contract employee while he is on contract. Once it's over, then perhaps. There are a lot of actors out there who aren't locked in at the moment. They seem to cast folks who aren't concurrently in blockbuster entries at the same time. Moreover, I'm not sure if the Marvel contract itself prohibits it. It might.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/bond_21_brosnan_rumours_timeline.php3

    'Trade paper Variety confirm the Bond 21 release date as November 18th 2005'

    bond21_variety_releasedate.jpg

    https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/bond_21_oct03.php3?t=&s=articles&id=0278

    'Variety, whose track record during the Brosnan-era of Bond films has proven accurate so far, claim Bond 21 will start principal photography in January 2005.

    No director has been named, but a holiday 2005 release date has already been carved out, and a treatment and outline have been worked up by Die Another Day writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.
    '

    The similarities are scary
    My point is Brosnan was, in fact, confirmed to do a 5th film, otherwise why was a November 2005 release announced in February 2004, less than a year before filming would start?
    Wrong. Brosnan was NEVER confirmed by EON to do a 5th Bond film. If you believe he was, post a link to EON's press release.

    You are in denial

    Daniel Craig is returning to play 007 in Bond 25. The actor confirmed he would play James Bond for the fifth time to host Stephen Colbert on The Late Show last night.

    I asked for an EON statement from EON themselves, not from Daniel Craig. Give me a press release where the Craig confirmation comes from EON, Babs or MGW without re-using Craig's answer in the Colbert interview.
    Have you gone completely mad?

    You are worse than a child.
  • edited April 2018 Posts: 1,162

    Daniel Craig is returning to play 007 in Bond 25. The actor confirmed he would play James Bond for the fifth time to host Stephen Colbert on The Late Show last night.

    I asked for an EON statement from EON themselves, not from Daniel Craig. Give me a press release where the Craig confirmation comes from EON, Babs or MGW without re-using Craig's answer in the Colbert interview.
    Have you gone completely mad?

    Why don’t you just point out the faults in his reasoning instead of always just insulting those whose opinion differ from yours ( and rightfully so I might add) ?
  • Posts: 1,162

    Daniel Craig is returning to play 007 in Bond 25. The actor confirmed he would play James Bond for the fifth time to host Stephen Colbert on The Late Show last night.

    I asked for an EON statement from EON themselves, not from Daniel Craig. Give me a press release where the Craig confirmation comes from EON, Babs or MGW without re-using Craig's answer in the Colbert interview.
    Have you gone completely mad?

    I'll put it in simple english one last time: give me an official press release from EON that does not re-use Craig's statement on the Stephen Colbert interview. In other words, that link you've posted twice is not good enough, so find another press release as proof.
    Wait. Are you saying it's not official enough for you because it's referring to Craig's announcement on Colbert? I'm afraid it's time to start cutting your pills in half, son.

    Your inability to apply (or just comprehend) logical processes is embarrassing indeed, but I would never would call you on that if you weren’t so fond of insulting other people.
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    No actor is technically 100% going to be the Bond of the next Bond film until the film is made. That being said, Craig is currently locked in, and that’s all we have to really go on at the moment. Anything else is speculation. But anything is possible.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    If MGM wants to sell up and bail out of Bond 25 duties, that would cause a disruption and possibly delay things. Knowing that Craig has a young one on the way, I doubt he wants to spend most of 2020 stuck on a set instead of enjoying quality time with his family. He has already described how hard it is to be away from them, and that was before this baby. It will be a grueling time if he wants to continue, but we can only respect the decision either way.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited April 2018 Posts: 23,883
    If MGM wants to sell up and bail out of Bond 25 duties, that would cause a disruption and possibly delay things. Knowing that Craig has a young one on the way, I doubt he wants to spend most of 2020 stuck on a set instead of enjoying quality time with his family. He has already described how hard it is to be away from them, and that was before this baby. It will be a grueling time if he wants to continue, but we can only respect the decision either way.
    Those are valid points. A Bond shooting schedule is one thing. Then there is the promotion that goes on afterwards which takes quite a bit of time as the film rolls out to markets.

    Didn't he buy a place in New York recently? He's been spending quite a bit of time there lately, as though it's going to be home base for something post-Bond. Purity perhaps?
  • Posts: 9,730
    If Craig were to leave it would just give Tom Hardy an extra year or so as bond and likely an extra film doing 4 instead of three
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Risico007 wrote: »
    If Craig were to leave it would just give Tom Hardy an extra year or so as bond and likely an extra film doing 4 instead of three

    It won't go to Hardy. He'd be roughly 43 by the time they finally got him cast, got the distribution deal out of the way, and acquired a whole new director/screenwriter for the gig. They'll likely go with someone younger to start, especially if they can't get back to releasing these every other year.
  • edited April 2018 Posts: 12,242
    30s/40s are the best age for Bond IMO. So it’s preferable to start if the actor is in their 30s if one wants them to stick around a while.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    But for a Nolan trilogy you wouldn't need an actor for a decade.
  • edited April 2018 Posts: 11,425
    I think we can assume Eon, MGM etc want Craig to do another but you can never rule out something going wrong.

    hadn't DC been spending lots of time in NY for a while? he likes the city obviously. easy to pop back to the UK. not too far from L.A. (not that L.A. is his cup of tea) and NY is awesome.

    and isn't the actual film industry in NY now almost as big as it is in L.A.? as much actual filming goes on on the east coast now as West coast I think. plus NY has Broadway
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    But for a Nolan trilogy you wouldn't need an actor for a decade.

    Which assumes that not only would Nolan direct B26, but that he'd do a trilogy.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    But for a Nolan trilogy you wouldn't need an actor for a decade.

    Which assumes that not only would Nolan direct B26, but that he'd do a trilogy.

    He did with Batman. I think people would expect it.
  • edited April 2018 Posts: 4,619
    And if you haven't understood yet that I am not disputing the fact that Craig is returning
    What you still haven't understood, son, is that what we are debating is not whether you are disputing the fact that Craig is returning or not. What we are debating is that the current situation is very different from the situation in 2004-2005. Brosnan was never officially confimed to do a 5th Bond film, but Craig is officially confirmed to do a 5th one.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    But for a Nolan trilogy you wouldn't need an actor for a decade.

    Which assumes that not only would Nolan direct B26, but that he'd do a trilogy.

    He did with Batman. I think people would expect it.
    I've mentioned this before, but the Dark Knight Trilogy was never intended as such. It came about piecemeal. I heard this from Zimmer when I saw him in concert last year. Part of his anecdotes between songs was how he started working with Nolan.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 7,969
    bondjames wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    But for a Nolan trilogy you wouldn't need an actor for a decade.

    Which assumes that not only would Nolan direct B26, but that he'd do a trilogy.

    He did with Batman. I think people would expect it.
    I've mentioned this before, but the Dark Knight Trilogy was never intended as such. It came about piecemeal. I heard this from Zimmer when I saw him in concert last year. Part of his anecdotes between songs was how he started working with Nolan.

    That might be so, but it doesn't change the fact that if Nolan got a hold of Bond, people would expect a trilogy after Batman. I don't think he would be allowed full creative control unless he was signed on for more than one.
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