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peter wrote: » Last_Rat_Standing wrote: » peter wrote: » Well, what if they did put the series to rest for a decade? Then what? Do you think that, after this hypothetical decade lay off, that once they release the film, the cinemas won’t b…
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Bentley007 wrote: » https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/03/ian-fleming-killing-james-bond/677175/ This was an interesting article on Flemings desire to kill off Bond. It provides some context to the death of Bond in No Time To Die…
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Feyador wrote: » Second generation wealth .... Compare Barbara with her father, the business he created, the background he was from. Hard work and devotion to its success became a self perpetuating family enterprise of which he was the padrone.…
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bondywondy wrote: » From film website Deadline regarding Apple losing 200 million dollars on flop spy film Argylle (opened to 18 million dollars. To put that in context, No Time To Die opened to 56 million dollars). Perhaps, much like Netflix’…
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Venutius wrote: » True, for most big films, straight to streaming doesn't make sense. But like bondywondy says, if Amazon makes $1.4 billion every day, even $450 million for a Bond movie would be little more than chump change to them. Bezos is lit…
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bondywondy wrote: » I think it's possible by 2030 the vast majority of films will go straight to streaming. I don't think there will be enough of a consumer base to keep cinema going as a mass appeal activity. It may not end completely but my pre…
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peter wrote: » bondywondy wrote: » I checked out the current profit stats for Amazon. It's mind boggling. How much revenue does Amazon make a day? Amazon's average daily sales revenue: $1.4 billion If that figure is accurate and …
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007ClassicBondFan wrote: » Feyador wrote: » They figuratively, not just literally, blew up the default Bond character. That was the meaning of the Craig run, with elements present since at least GE. It’s been an increasingly uneasy critique…
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peter wrote: » Colonel_Venus wrote: » peter wrote: » I’d have to believe they’ve spoken to P and W. EoN may’ve discussed a general vision of introducing the new era, The thought of them going straight back to P & W is giving me a …
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Herr_Stockmann wrote: » echo wrote: » The movies are financially dependent on product placement, so a period piece is out. In addition to this very pragmatic argument, I would argue that Bond books or movies always reflected their time: F…
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DarthDimi wrote: » For hundreds of pages now, we have been dissecting Bond candidates under a microscope. It's been very interesting, I must say. But what if the Internet had been around in, say, 1962, 1969, 1973, and so on? ;-) "We found a guy…
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Colonel_Venus wrote: » Some of the comments in this thread make me think that some of you are first and foremost EON fans, instead of Bond fans. Look around the environment. Look at every other big, long-lasting Western film franchise. They…
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peter wrote: » Scaramanga1974 wrote: » I think it's time for BB and MGW to step aside. Fresh blood needed. Why? Look at what they’ve accomplished over two eras. They’ve grown the fan base over thirty years. In that same time sp…
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Colonel_Venus wrote: » Written by Richard Eden for the Daily Mail: "Is this further evidence Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan is to take the helm of the next much-anticipated James Bond film? I spotted him doing a late bit of Christmas…
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Jordo007 wrote: » I'd love an unknown, some talented underrated European actor, so you don't know what to expect from them It'd be a fun twist if they had a big, flashy American name positioned as the villain in marketing — but in actuality…
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Colonel_Venus wrote: » Herr_Stockmann wrote: » it comes from the Daily Mail so no chance this rumour is true. ?? The Daily Mail posted countless Bond rumours in the Craig era that turned out to be true. And a lot that were fake t…
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Who cares about the budget? It's not my money. "No Time to Die" had a unique set of circumstances — lots of returning cast and aborted Boyle film — that artificially inflated it. New actor means it'll be lowered because less pay for the big guy, …
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peter wrote: » They’ve always been successful @DEKE_RIVERS , although, by the end of the 80s, Cubby’s product was on shaky ground. But they’ve never lost money, they’ve always made profit, and amazingly they’re always able to reinvent. B…
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007HallY wrote: » If that’s true then Tenet would have been more successful, even with Covid. MI not doing well was based on a few things. The studios didn’t predict the extent to which ‘Barbenheimer’ would take off and their film got sidelined…
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Denbigh wrote: » BMB007 wrote: » Denbigh wrote: » I don’t even know if these titles work but I’m just spitballing: New Dawn No Good Deed If Only For Tomorrow The only ones I actually like fully are Role Of Honour (from the continua…
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Good luck to him in directing! I hope he can get his film made.
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Denbigh wrote: » I don’t even know if these titles work but I’m just spitballing: New Dawn No Good Deed If Only For Tomorrow The only ones I actually like fully are Role Of Honour (from the continuation novel) and Once Upon A Spy. "…
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MajorDSmythe wrote: » BMB007 wrote: » fjdinardo wrote: » Bernie99 wrote: » fjdinardo wrote: » been 2 years since NTTD came out and still nothing on Bond 26 And 4 years of finishing shooting NTTD... But it's ok, Barbara, Mic…
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fjdinardo wrote: » Bernie99 wrote: » fjdinardo wrote: » been 2 years since NTTD came out and still nothing on Bond 26 And 4 years of finishing shooting NTTD... But it's ok, Barbara, Michael and Gregg need a break, because the devel…
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peter wrote: » Sorry, @Colonel_Venus … he hasn’t delivered a good thriller since 2008. Tenet was brutal, both in story and in pacing. Oppenheimer was a three hour bio-historical pic. But a straight up action-thriller? I don’t think his cr…
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Barbara Broccoli is in this thread. Every time she sees someone whine, she takes on another project that's not B26 just to bother the whiners.
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » For me The Brofeld angle poisons the well with respect to Blofeld past, present, and future. I can't watch an old film without thinking a future Bond will discover Blofeld is his adopted brother. Yes, I kn…
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peter wrote: » talos7 wrote: » I just can’t fathom, or believe, that NOTHING Is being done. I agree with @peter in feeling that they have nothing to announce. When building a house, a great deal of work goes on before construction begins. …
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Denbigh wrote: » DarthDimi wrote: » TWINE has bigger problems than Denise. One of my biggest issues with TWINE is the cinematography, which I think applies to all of Brosnan's films, but this leads me onto a more discussion appropriate id…
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delfloria wrote: » Welcome to a whole new world. One that is not as fun as the one I grew up in. Maybe if Bond doesn't change, he can show them the way. A new UCLA study of teens and young adults ages 13-24 has found a significant portion of th…
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