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The James Bond Film Discussion Thread (With Bonus Lazenby!)
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Belated bit of 50th anniversary review business:
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Post-50th Anniversary Viewing All in the Family "Mike's Friend" Originally aired December 14, 1974 One of Mike's graduate school friends, Stuart, comes over one evening for a visit and Gloria begins to feel like an intellectual outcast. This leads her to believe that perhaps as Mike becomes...
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James Bond franchise owners seek more time to defend control of 007 spy’s name
With four years since the last James Bond installment, a legal challenge has been launched arguing intellectual property rights have lapsed
Bit of an odd one here. The defendant is called Wilson but doesn’t seem to be related to Barbara and Michael, at least, if he is, it’s not spelled out in the report.
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Man denies breaking restraining order to contact James Bond boss
Daniel Wilson denies 11 counts of breaching orders banning him from contacting Barbara Broccoli.
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Forgive if this has already been posted.
...as I read it, I thought of Edward Norton as an interesting choice, but after his reaction to and the outcome of Mashkov and Russian Mob at the end of the remake of "The Italian Job", maybe the plot should not have Russians?...
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...as I read it, I thought of Edward Norton as an interesting choice, but after his reaction to and the outcome of Mashkov and Russian Mob at the end of the remake of "The Italian Job", maybe the plot should not have Russians?...
https://www.the-independent.com/art...aron-taylor-johnson-omega-watch-b2757535.html
It’s James Norton, the star of Happy Valley and, perhaps more pertinently, McMafia, where he got to look handsome and dashing in a tux.
Michael's sons are Gregg and David, so the name is probably just a coincidence.Bit of an odd one here. The defendant is called Wilson but doesn’t seem to be related to Barbara and Michael, at least, if he is, it’s not spelled out in the report.
Man denies breaking restraining order to contact James Bond boss
Daniel Wilson denies 11 counts of breaching orders banning him from contacting Barbara Broccoli.
Possible future fodder for an Amazon spinoff, The Hook and the Eye, a Felix Leiter adventure by Raymond Benson.
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The Hook and the Eye - Ian Fleming
The Hook and the Eye, penned by 007 continuation author Raymond Benson, is the first novel focusing on Felix Leiter, James Bond’s trusted American ally.
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I still maintain that Bond just doesn't lend itself to an expanded universe, take this ^ what makes it Bondian other than the name Felix Leiter? It doesn't sound terrible but it also sounds like a hundred other noirish pulp novels.
Anyway I'm a grumpy old man and I don't want a Felix/Moneypenny/Q/M expanded universe, I just want an enjoyable Bond film ever 3 years, is that really so much to ask? (I appreciate it'll probably be nearer 3/4 years but a guy can dream).
Still shocking we've had just two Bond films in the last ten years! Especially when you consider that in the first 12 years of the century we had four! (and hey, two of them were top drawer as well). Yes there's the pandemic but let's be honest, NTTD's production was a clusterfuck long before Covid appeared.
In the 90s we had three films (but remember they were made between 95-99!)
In the 80s five films
In the 70s five films
In the 60s six films!
What are people's realistic expectations? I know we're never going to get back to five films a decade, not without some serious back to back filming, but surely three films a decade isn't unreasonable? That allows three years between films (even allows for a gap of four years between two of them).
Assuming people get their arses in gear I still think it's possible they could squeeze two films out before the end of 2029.
Anyway I'm a grumpy old man and I don't want a Felix/Moneypenny/Q/M expanded universe, I just want an enjoyable Bond film ever 3 years, is that really so much to ask? (I appreciate it'll probably be nearer 3/4 years but a guy can dream).
Still shocking we've had just two Bond films in the last ten years! Especially when you consider that in the first 12 years of the century we had four! (and hey, two of them were top drawer as well). Yes there's the pandemic but let's be honest, NTTD's production was a clusterfuck long before Covid appeared.
In the 90s we had three films (but remember they were made between 95-99!)
In the 80s five films
In the 70s five films
In the 60s six films!
What are people's realistic expectations? I know we're never going to get back to five films a decade, not without some serious back to back filming, but surely three films a decade isn't unreasonable? That allows three years between films (even allows for a gap of four years between two of them).
Assuming people get their arses in gear I still think it's possible they could squeeze two films out before the end of 2029.
It does seem a bit odd doing a FL spinoff but having him in the Pinkerton agency rather than the CIA. I do like the 1952 setting but would’ve been more interested in a Cold War type setting or background than a private eye one.Possible future fodder for an Amazon spinoff, The Hook and the Eye, a Felix Leiter adventure by Raymond Benson.
The Hook and the Eye - Ian Fleming
The Hook and the Eye, penned by 007 continuation author Raymond Benson, is the first novel focusing on Felix Leiter, James Bond’s trusted American ally.
It sounds like he becomes embroiled in espionage so I do wonder if at the end of it he winds up back in the CIA!
Three a decade probably would be the best case scenario. Assuming there's a well-oiled machine in place, I can't imagine a gap of less than three years between modern movies.
Ah…there’s the rub…
I can see them doing a Bond movie every 3 years or so with Bond adjacent material releasing on Amazon Prime in the in between years. But what approach should the adjacent material take? Connected but separate like Agents of SHIELD? Directly connected like Marvel's Disney Plus shows? It's own thing entirely like new adventures of Felix Leiter?
It is possible, there's only two years between the modern Jumanji films, there's been small gaps between some of the Fast and the Furious films and the Final Reckoning will come out only 2 years after Dead Reckoning, er...part 1 (and though there was talk of them being filmed back to back my understanding is they weren't).
I think it comes down to how much money you're willing to throw at it. Heck Amazon produced a second season of The Rings of Power two years after season 1, that's over 8 hours of content, by comparison a two hour film in the same amount of time doesn't seem as onerous.
I appreciate there's the whole press junket and you'd want to release at the cinema rather than just dumping on Amazon Prime, but still...
It would need planning, but there's no reason you can't have people prepping the second film whilst the first is still in the cinema, hell there's no reason you can't be prepping the second film before the first is even finished.
And yes I realise that might mean more generic films and yes, given the choice between waiting four years between Casino Royale and Skyfall levels of Bond films and two years but getting The Gray Man/Red One levels of Bond films I'll obviously take the former, but doesn't mean it isn't doable, and I suspect if Amazon release Shatterhand* in 2028 and it's a huge success, they'll want Property of a Lady to come out as soon as possible.
* Always thought it'd be a cool title for a Bond film.
I base the three years thing on the MCU, where there is usually a minimum of three years between movies of a particular series, and that seems to work out fine enough for them. Granted, there is an exception, the second Iron Man came out two years after the first. But given the pressures from the studio got so bad Jon Favreau refused to direct the third one, that's probably not a optimum example selling a two year gap.
Another thing to consider is that Bond as a continuing series, the people involved might prefer a three year break between movies. Though on the flipside, the studio would want less of a gap between movies in order to maintain a presence in the market. I think the only reason the MCU gets away with their release schedule is because they have multiple film series on the go, resulting in the brand maintaining an annual release. Still three years might be best to maintain regularity and stay fresh. Strictly IMO, of course.
To go off on a tangent, it really hurts me that The Gray Man movie is basically the poster child for generic mindless films. The novel series the movie is based on is awesome and it's unfortunate they didn't do a faithful adaptation of it, which would have been so much better. Again, strictly IMO of course.
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