Sure, there are similarities between Simon and James, but Kingsman is very much a riff on Bond, which I think it slightly different
The James Bond Film Discussion Thread (With Bonus Lazenby!)
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I think it probably helped Moore. Audiences had seen him as The Saint and knew what sort of an acting style he would bring to the role of Bond.
Audiences didn't know Lazenby, so they didn't know how he was going to portray the character of Bond after Connery.
Nowadays, we're used to roles being recast in films and television, back then, the only time a role would be recast was usually on a soap opera.
I’m not sure that’s quite right - there were already numerous takes on The Saint (him again), Tarzan and others. Though I suppose those were usually unrelated adaptations of the characters, rather than a specific series in the way the Bond movies were, even if continuity wasn’t a massive issue for them in the 1960s.
Double post: we have a writer
Just saw this news on io9. I wonder if he'll have to tone his usual style as seen in Peaky Blinders and Taboo (I guess this means we'll never get a series two...)? This also reminds me that I still need to watch The Veil.
Edited to add: The rumors about Cillian Murphy as the new James Bond begins...now (regardless of age, interest, right fit, etc.).
Likewise Tom Hardy as a villain...and gods, I need that one to become true.
Edited to add: The rumors about Cillian Murphy as the new James Bond begins...now (regardless of age, interest, right fit, etc.).
Likewise Tom Hardy as a villain...and gods, I need that one to become true.
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serenity now... serenity now....!!!
Let's also hope it brings Jack O'Connell into the mix (again probably as a villain/henchman)
I could never quite get into Taboo, watched it all but was never sure if I liked it or not.
Thing about Knight is that while he writes tough, gritty stuff, he's not averse to humour, SAS Rogue Heroes in particular has dark humour running right the way through.
And hey, at least it isn't Purvis and Wade AGAIN!
And here’s what Knight himself has said so far:
variety.com
New James Bond Writer Steven Knight Says Franchise’s Next Chapter Will Be ‘Better and Stronger and Bolder’: ‘I Can’t Wait to Get Started’
New James Bond writer Steven Knight teased that the franchise's next chapter will be "better and stronger and bolder."
variety.com
Not much of a reveal...and it's weird that Variety cutoff the beginning of Knight's description which began with "different and..."
Assuming the rumors are accurate, I'm sure Cillian Murphy would be great as Bond. But he would be the oldest actor starting as Bond, so, realistically, how many films would he be good for? For comparison, Roger Moore was pushing credibility toward the end of his run.
Are we ever going to get a true "Bond Begins/Year One" type of thing that really shows the early genesis of the character? Even in Casino Royale, with Bond as a brand-new 00, Craig was nearly forty and the character was already an experienced and cynical field agent. I'd like to see a younger Bond just getting into MI6 for the first time after whatever naval mission got him promoted to Commander, or however that works.
Kor
Are we ever going to get a true "Bond Begins/Year One" type of thing that really shows the early genesis of the character? Even in Casino Royale, with Bond as a brand-new 00, Craig was nearly forty and the character was already an experienced and cynical field agent. I'd like to see a younger Bond just getting into MI6 for the first time after whatever naval mission got him promoted to Commander, or however that works.
Kor
Look at it this way, assuming it does meet its 2028 release date, then you'll have been right when you told me it would be released before 2030 last year. Congratulations.2028!
Or were you actually that hopeful it would get a 2026 release?
Reads more like the opening narration to The Six Million Dollar Man.
"On this one we've decided to phone it in and play it safe."
One can say they played it safe with The Living Daylights as a more or less "safe" adventure for Timothy Dalton's first Bond movie (Cold War jousting, a Soviet officer defecting to the West, drugs and how they fund the arms trade) but things really got dark and a lot more narratively bold in the next entry with Licence to Kill. So any idea that Dalton would just be a much younger and more dynamic James Bond doing the same Connery- and Moore-style escapades into the worlds of Cold War politics and power-hungry megalomaniacs in crisp Nehru or Mao jackets soon vanished.
Some very random thoughts:
Unless there’s a huge u-turn on the age ranges that were being discussed even before Amazon bought out Eon, I don’t see Cillian Murphy or Tom Hardy as Bond but given that the last 3 films featured Oscar winners as the main baddie, Cillian has to surely be a contender for that role.
Interesting that we’re looking at a 3 year wait or so but there is no talk (yet) of standalone movies, prequels, spinoffs or a 007 expanded universe. Instead, we have an a-list director and accomplished writer, for whom Amazon are apparently content to wait. Frustrating in one way but good that they’re willing to do it properly, rather than just get something, anything, into the studio. “Will people remember that it was on time or that it was good?”, as GRRM asks? Though given the wait, I think it’s not inconceivable that they will announce some kind placeholder Bond stuff.
While not a spy or espionage thriller, I remember really enjoying Eastern Promises, which Knight wrote and would like to see something equally twisty-turny and raw for his Bond movie.
Unless there’s a huge u-turn on the age ranges that were being discussed even before Amazon bought out Eon, I don’t see Cillian Murphy or Tom Hardy as Bond but given that the last 3 films featured Oscar winners as the main baddie, Cillian has to surely be a contender for that role.
Interesting that we’re looking at a 3 year wait or so but there is no talk (yet) of standalone movies, prequels, spinoffs or a 007 expanded universe. Instead, we have an a-list director and accomplished writer, for whom Amazon are apparently content to wait. Frustrating in one way but good that they’re willing to do it properly, rather than just get something, anything, into the studio. “Will people remember that it was on time or that it was good?”, as GRRM asks? Though given the wait, I think it’s not inconceivable that they will announce some kind placeholder Bond stuff.
While not a spy or espionage thriller, I remember really enjoying Eastern Promises, which Knight wrote and would like to see something equally twisty-turny and raw for his Bond movie.
No even I'd given up hope of 26! I still maybe thought they'd throw a lot of money at it and we might sneak 27. This was before Villeneuve was hired though, given Dune 3 there was always going to be a wait.
I'm just conscious that depending when in 2028 it comes out I'll probably be 58. Starting to worry about how many new Bond films I'll have left
What I do hope is that once the pieces are in place the next film will come out quicker, hopefully by 2031. Whereas Eon seemed reluctant to be thinking about the next film while the current one is in cinemas I can see Amazon being way more pragmatic in their planning. Knight (or someone else) might be working on Bond #27 before Bond #26 even hits theaters.
Maybe there will even be a return to “ James Bond will return in [title of next movie]” in the end credits.
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