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Boyle was never a good fit for Bond. If only the producers had set a stronger course after the SP debacle.
DC’s influence needed to be curtailed years ago. He’s been a fine Bond, but what the franchise needs now is clean air. The Craig narrative feels leaden.
An anassuming director with action chops, a thrilling spy mission, a young actor free of Craig’s jaded weariness. Is that too much to ask?
I will always contend that the best Bonds were crafted by no-nonsense action guys with strong editing backgrounds.
Yes... casting goes on throughout filming as well, and not just for filler roles; Eva Greene was cast AFTER shooting had started.
If he comes back my expectation will be seriously downgraded. I think Dan is unlikely to work with him again on a Bond film at least, so hoping that he doesn't get the call.
They seem pretty sure it's the idea that has caused the exit, although for site many of you seem to like it seems very unlikely that a script that was signed off by BB, MGW & DC is all of sudden the reason Boyle has parted and these 2 are about as clueless as others on the internet.
But we won't know, probably for awhile yet.
What exactly happened between Craig and Mendes during SP? The JBR guys allude to this but I'd love to know more.
I think losing Boyle is a real blow though. He's a likeable director, passionate in his projects and good in interviews. He always seems to deliver decent films (Trainspotting 2 is better than it has any right to be). And Boyle is a Bond fan - so walking away from this opportunity of a life time that he'll never get again seems something he wouldn't take lightly.
Dark times as this was going to be Craig leaving 'on a high' and instead it's Boyle leaving on a low and no clear path forward. There's every chance that EON may continue with Hodge's script. They did sign off on Hodge's script but perhaps they reached a fork in the road with how it was executed?
Anyone else think they've had time to kick back and watch the plaudits and cash thrown at 'MI: Fallout' and thought...we might want something like that?
I imagine it will get revealed at some point but I believe they fell out during shooting, I certainly didn't get the love fest vibe they gave while promoting Skyfall.
Both Dan & Sam were delighted with that I never got that from Dan at all.
ugh
If I’m honest it’s almost certainly that Boyle wanted little action and the producers, after seeing fallout especially, wanted more action.
Classic case of bond films copying other films.
Boyle said no because it’s suppsoed to be a low key character piece. And so they booted him.
Now from here there are a few options..
They get purvis and wade to add action scenes to Boyle’s draft and then they get some hack director and make it. It’s May get delayed.
Or they go back to the original script
Or they start fresh
Very sad times to be a bond fan if I’m honest.
Bravura action sequences interspersed with lifestyle porn is what the Craig canon so badly needs.
Enough with the angsty claptrap.
Hear hear. Bond is 50 and he's acting like he's 15.
Bond is a ghost in Bond 26!
Genius idea. Can't wait for Idris Elba as James Bond Ghost. :P
Whilst mentioned in the SPECTRE promotion I could have sworn the falling out between them was for Skyfall instead as both Craig and Mendes had said there was some initial difficulties in them finding a way to work together despite their friendship.
With regards to this news, it is saddening. After seeing Fallout last night I appreciated that Bond 25 would be unlikely to top it as an action movie but would at least have Boyle's contribution as the film's USP.
I'm not yet inclined to think the artistic differences will be over the script but more so a difference of opinion with Boyle's own methodology in film making. I appreciate a lot here feel that EON are a spent creative force but they still clearly know best about the logistics of actually putting a Bond film together.
The script was always the problem with SPECTRE - a lot of blame is placed on Mendes but I have never imagined that Mendes would have been likely to be happy with what he had to shoot with.
There's too much riding on this with the new deal for EON not to have a contingency plan and there must be a couple of attainable directors they already had in mind even if the eventual appointee may forever be saddled with the label of 'second choice' if the film proves a dud.
Problem just arose that Eon only now caught on that it was a parody and Boyle didn't want to make that at all. He showed them his real script. They said ... but... but ... you said "let's shock 'em!" and we said okay ...
Alas, we can come up with 1,001 tales for reasons "why" while we wait. ;)
yes
*runsforthedoor*
At this stage I don’t think BB, MGW and DC didn’t like the script. They would’ve known way earlier if they didn’t like it.
100% on board
I'm guessing the film will be delayed another year, the Hodge script abandoned, and Craig will eventually walk.