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  • Brimar wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Brimar wrote: » Just a friendly question and honestly not wanting to start a fight, but if Boyle/Hodge came in to polish P & W’s earlier script or treatment and add into that their “Golden id…
  • matt_u wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » You're correct. If Eon retained any elements of the Hodge draft, then he will be credited for it, and, depending on his deal, have a percentage of the Principle Photography payment which is common. If, howev…
  • Brimar wrote: » Just a friendly question and honestly not wanting to start a fight, but if Boyle/Hodge came in to polish P & W’s earlier script or treatment and add into that their “Golden idea” wouldn’t WGA rules mean that when Eon ma…
  • matt_u wrote: » vzok wrote: » Getafix wrote: » Some_Kind_Of_Hero wrote: » AlexanderWaverly wrote: » Hardly surprising, but....Bamigboye reporting Purvis and Wade are (again) working on Bond 25. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz…
  • JeremyBondon wrote: » I reckon Guy Ritchie should put Sherlock Holmes 3 on hold to serve mother England and rescue Bond from all the no name directors Guy Richie is a FAKE!!! Believe me. A BS merchant. Just look at the crap he has made.
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Bond would not have survived for over 50 years if Eon didn't understand the landscape. What if they used to understand the landscape, but do not understand it anymore? Food for thought... …
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » BB is incompetent? How on earth could that be true? And, as I have already tried to explain, going in a new direction for a new director is not downgrading. A top level TV director knows how to ste…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » Any First ADs / Production Managers looking at these claims that a mid-budget, very accomplished TV/Netflix director "wouldn't be able to handle" a feature film shooting schedule must be feeli…
  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » boldfinger 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…
  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » boldfinger 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, in fact it may prove to be a …
  • 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…