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  • TripAces wrote: » I know that this is all rumor at this point, BUT...I said it a while back. I can't see Craig giving a thumbs up to McKenzie or Demange on a huge production that would be his final Bond film. I just can't see it. This doesn't mean…
  • bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » antovolk wrote: » DV has consistently said during BR2049 press that he's about to start working on getting Dune written. Will be interesting to see if Cr…
  • bondjames wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » antovolk wrote: » DV has consistently said during BR2049 press that he's about to start working on getting Dune written. Will be interesting to see if Craig convinces him to come on board...would be a…
  • antovolk wrote: » DV has consistently said during BR2049 press that he's about to start working on getting Dune written. Will be interesting to see if Craig convinces him to come on board...would be amazing. TripAces wrote: » Creasy47 wrote…
  • bondjames wrote: » This seems more plausible than Demange given Craig is on board. As I said before, I couldn't understand the Craig/Demange combo coming after Craig/Mendes. This seems more possible. Having said that, if this is true, what i…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » I was under the impression Demange already got the job. Honestly, as much as I would like to see him direct Bond 25, I would be even happier with Villeneuve, so I'm really hoping Dune will get delayed. Also, wondering whe…
  • Gustav_Graves wrote: » This man, Mr Craig, really only wants the best of the best hehe ;-). Let's not forget Craig is co-producer, Barbara and Michael basically listen to him and like his proposals and choices. So I wouldn't be surprised if Denis …
  • Superintendent wrote: » CR soundtrack is the best since TLD. Newman's Bond scores do have some decent tracks, but overall I think they lack something. I wouldn't mind a new composer, but I'm skeptical whether they'll be able to achieve the Bond…
  • Arnold's score for CR is, IMO, excellent and his best work on Bond. I'd prefer Arnold to return than Newman, but I have to say I find some of Newman's themes in SF and SP to be pretty good. I just think Arnold truly loves Bond and isn't afraid to em…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » CatchingBullets wrote: » Until someone has written a professional film, cast it professionally, prepped it, produced it, shot it, edited it and packaged it, it is possibly prudent to lay off the "it cannot be hard" no…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » RC7 wrote: » I note you've slyly retreated to this now being purely about 'script development' and no longer about half the forums ability to do a better job of producing than Barbara, so maybe you aren't quite as bel…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » @ColonelSun We are talking about producing a script. When it comes to producing the script, the size of the producton is pretty irrelevant. Would producing a decent script in 1.5 YEARS have been any easier had Spectre bee…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » @ColonelSun Asking again: can you please post a link to your imdb page? Or send it in a personal message? And I do believe you that writing a screenplay is very difficult. What's not difficult is hiring other people to wr…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » @ColonelSun You still don't get it. Throwing crazy ideas around during script development is not inherently a bad thing. What IS a bad thing is not having the basics of the screenplay in place before starting to make spec…
  • patb wrote: » Someone right at the top of the pyramid must act as "the gate keeper" to filter out bad ideas. Other stuff comes later like dialogue, locations, actions, kighting etc etc etc. But someone has to know what works within the Bond ser…
  • noSolaceleft wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » PanchitoPistoles wrote: » @patb You are absolutely right, but unfortunately the situation was EVEN WORSE. They did not start with the adopted brother idea, they started with "hey let's use Blofeld …
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » @patb You are absolutely right, but unfortunately the situation was EVEN WORSE. They did not start with the adopted brother idea, they started with "hey let's use Blofeld except we have no idea what to do with him". First…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » PanchitoPistoles wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Hilarious! It's all so simple. Having a decent 120-140 page long Bond script in your hands after 1.5 years is really that simple, escpecia…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Hilarious! It's all so simple. Having a decent 120-140 page long Bond script in your hands after 1.5 years is really that simple, escpecially if you are not the one who has to write it. Give m…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » A guide to how BB could have avoided the mess that was the production of Spectre: Step 1: hire a competent writer the day after your latest Bond film premieres and tell him/her that he/she has 6 months to write the scr…
  • barryt007 wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » barryt007 wrote: » PanchitoPistoles wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » PanchitoPistoles wrote: » Dennison wrote: » Barbara Broccoli is awesome, You clearly haven't read the leaked Spect…
  • barryt007 wrote: » PanchitoPistoles wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » PanchitoPistoles wrote: » Dennison wrote: » Barbara Broccoli is awesome, You clearly haven't read the leaked Spectre-related Sony e-mails. BB is surprisingly inc…
  • BB grew up with Bond and she then worked her way up from a production assistant (runner) and then 3rd AD to Associate Producer and finally Producer. She not only worked closely with her father but also with the marvellous and hugely experienced Tom …
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » Dennison wrote: » Barbara Broccoli is awesome, You clearly haven't read the leaked Spectre-related Sony e-mails. BB is surprisingly incompetent, it's a miracle that CR and SF are as great as they are. What…
  • Dennison wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » NicNac wrote: » PanchitoPistoles wrote: » peter wrote: » Since we all know so much about making films, especially a globally-accepted franchise as Bond, perhaps we should start our own film com…
  • NicNac wrote: » PanchitoPistoles wrote: » peter wrote: » Since we all know so much about making films, especially a globally-accepted franchise as Bond, perhaps we should start our own film companies and get cracking, eh? It's obvious…
  • barryt007 wrote: » And since when did CraigBond suddenly marry,when according to him in CR,he only goes for married women,as he said to Vesper in the car. Well, if he's married, then he's still going for a married woman - just she's his o…
  • RC7 wrote: » These 'inside stories' are just cribbed from fan hypotheses on social media and forums. Calm down, people. Let's not start another round of, 'This is the worst thing to happen since AIDS'. Yep, we have no way of knowing how muc…
  • Well, what I will say is, if there's any truth in this story, the rumoured choice of director, who has made a name for himself for hard gritty action and drama, would make sense. I can also see Eon and P&W digging into Fleming material from OHMS…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Nolan, for example, made trips across the channel in a small boat to Dunkirk before he wrote the screenplay. COME ON! That wasn't location scouting. He made that trip many years ago, before he…