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  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » matt_u wrote: » The question is: how many TV directors made an impressing big budget directorial debut on the big screen? Joss Whedon, Alan Taylor, Edgar Wright, Mimi Leder, Robert …
  • matt_u wrote: » The question is: how many TV directors made an impressing big budget directorial debut on the big screen? We're speaking about making a Bond movie. A big budget film with a super tight schedule that carries mammoth pressure. I d…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » You spout off, but it's based on what? SJ Clarkson is, and has been for ages now, a top international TV director. The TV and Film Industry, very established producers, have been impressed with her…
  • You spout off, but it's based on what? SJ Clarkson is, and has been for ages now, a top international TV director. The TV and Film Industry, very established producers, have been impressed with her work, hence she has many high end TV credits to her…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » @doubleoego Feige wants competent directors, who are not too competent. Meaning they will never hire somone like Sam Mendes or Danny Boyle to direct one of their films. They want directors who follows directions. At the e…
  • bondjames wrote: » PanchitoPistoles wrote: » doubleoego wrote: » PanchitoPistoles wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » There is a push for fresh talent now, it's happening all over the place, so Eon won't have to worry about that at all, i…
  • Pierce2Daniel wrote: » I like the sound of an up-and-coming director. Fussy prestige directors aren't really my cup of tea. They are mostly suggested by people with limited cinematic appetites who feel that every big-budget film should be direc…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » They are zeroing in on mostly fresh up-and-coming directors From Sam Mendes and Danny Boyle to an unknown director. The press tour next autumn will be brutal. I hope EON is prepared. No…
  • Thunderballs wrote: » bondsum wrote: » I’ve just woken up to read @peter’s comments. I’m extremely sad to see you go, but not surprised in the least. It seems to me that some posters here have been given a free reign and an impunity to trash o…
  • CraterGuns wrote: » Resurrection wrote: » That's one of the reason I liked Dalton. Let directors/actors/producers/writer/ do their job ,one doesn't need to be multitalented or get meddled in each another department. Didn't Dalton and John…
  • peter wrote: » Correction: yes it was meant for Panchito's eyes. Colonel wiped his hands yet again, but to put things to bed, he gave me direct quotes to pass along. That's why I put his words in quotes. I had full permission from @C…
  • Not been here for ages, but I do dip in and see the posts every now and again. So I thought I'd pass on some knowledge which you can take or leave. Boyle jumped ship for a number of reasons. Yes, Eon wanted to bring on another writer, which is ve…
  • noSolaceleft wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » TheWizardOfIce wrote: » bondjames wrote: » Or more likely a new director just doesn't want to take on any of Mendes's baggage, which is what I assumed some time ago. Where I got it wrong was wh…
  • TheWizardOfIce wrote: » bondjames wrote: » Or more likely a new director just doesn't want to take on any of Mendes's baggage, which is what I assumed some time ago. Where I got it wrong was whether a new director would want Craig along either…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Re: Bond 25, I am beginning to suspect Waltz has been re-cast. I'm beginning to suspect Blofeld will never appear in a Bond film again. They spent a long time trying to get the Blofel…
  • TheWizardOfIce wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » I also agree that this news about Waltz indicates they are determined to improve on SP Yeah because it was all Waltz's fault. He wasn't great but he wasn't terrible either. But if EON think…
  • peter wrote: » @ColonelSun, what an experience that must’ve been! I’d love to chat with you some time (off these threads) about the projects you’re presently working on. I assume you’re in London?... Wayne mark Godfrey seems to be killing it— hav…
  • peter wrote: » @ColonelSun, what an experience that must’ve been! I’d love to chat with you some time (off these threads) about the projects you’re presently working on. I assume you’re in London?... Wayne mark Godfrey seems to be killing it— hav…
  • peter wrote: » I wouldn’t agree @noSolaceleft ; Cubby had plenty of talent as a producer. He and Harry kept the machine going, finding and hiring the talent to see their vision through, altering with the times (for better or worse, but being stagn…
  • peter wrote: » I just think it would be a very hard sale to convince audiences that actor X is still the Blofeld character from the previous film, but he's gone through extensive surgeries to change his appearance. Plus, when did he get these o…
  • shamanimal wrote: » They need to show the villain doing something shockingly bad, at the start of the film. It's not enough for the villain to say "it was all me, I'm a rotter!" And the villain needs a good plan for Bond to thwart. Not computer-r…
  • GetCarter wrote: » I don't think waltz's lack of physical threat was an issue at all. The filmmakers clearly saw Hinx as an adequate counterpoint and that was one of the few things they got right. Yes, agreed, in the context of SP it was…
  • Interestingly Dark Horizons report the news but suggest Waltz is being replaced as Blofeld. Here's the link: http://www.darkhorizons.com/waltzs-blofeld-wont-return-for-next-bond/ I'll present this scenario: As I mentioned before, I personally …
  • thelivingroyale wrote: » Birdleson wrote: » This idea that EON has some obligation to "finish what they started" for the sake of some neurotic need for symmetry or closure for the small percentage of viewers who were even semi-interested in t…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » @ColonelSun You are right, it is possible that Blofeld will be played by a different actor in B25, but I'm sure you agree that Blofeld's return seems far less likely today than it did yesterday. @ClarkDevlin Thanks! …
  • peter wrote: » no, neither am. He put in what felt like such a half-assed effort like he didn't give a damn. He had a contract. Said his lines (albeit what they gave him wasn't very exciting, but still, he's an actor-- fake enthusiasm, FAKE IT!!),…
  • bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Getafix wrote:…
  • bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Getafix wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Getafix wrote: »…
  • bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Getafix wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Getafix wrote: » I wouldnt be that surprised if Craigs 5th fi…
  • bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Getafix wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Getafix wrote: » I wouldnt be that surprised if Craigs 5th film never happens. I think he was forced to d…