The James Bond Film Discussion Thread (With Bonus Lazenby!)

[The Wormhole]

Tomorrow Never Dies is better than Goldeneye

I might not claim it's better than Goldeneye, but it's still a pretty damn good movie all the same. Strictly IMO, of course, YMMV, [Insert Some Other Acronym].

 

[Starkers]

I might not claim it's better than Goldeneye, but it's still a pretty damn good movie all the same. Strictly IMO, of course, YMMV, [Insert Some Other Acronym].

I wouldn't disagree with that, and I'd suggest LTK and TND are in a different bracket to The Man With the Golden Gun and Quantum of Solace as well, but I don't think there's a cast iron argument to be made that either is better than the film that preceded them (though I'm sure someone will make an argument.)

We all have expectations about what Amazon will put out there, but for me at least if they gave us a Tomorrow Never Dies I wouldn't be super unhappy.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Some rumours, rather than solid news here. Interestingly, if true, it seems that the priority is to get a script and director, then think about casting the actor to fill the tux and carry the PPK.

Denis Villeneuve and Edgar Wright among 5 directors pitching for next James Bond

Denis Villeneuve, Edgar Wright, and Edward Berger are among the directors reportedly pitching for the next James Bond. Read more at Empire.

www.empireonline.com

Interesting list.

 

[Captaindemotion]

*Jim Bowen in Bullseye voice* Take a look at what you could’ve won:

Tony Gilroy Reveals That He & Steven Soderbergh Had A '60s-Set James Bond Pitch They Took To Barbara Broccoli

Tony Gilroy reveals he and Steven Soderbergh had once cooked up a pitch for a black and white James Bond film set in the 1960s.

theplaylist.net

 

[Starkers]

Wow!

That is the possible upside to the Amazon deal, and may even allow for us to get more Bond content without burning anyone out. Maybe there's a "prime" Bond film every 3/4 years starting Aaron Taylor-Johnson (or whoever) but between them we get random one off stuff like this! I'm sure there are a lot of actors who wouldn't want to commit to playing 007 for ten or fifteen years but would jump at the chance to play him once.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Wow!

That is the possible upside to the Amazon deal, and may even allow for us to get more Bond content without burning anyone out. Maybe there's a "prime" Bond film every 3/4 years starting Aaron Taylor-Johnson (or whoever) but between them we get random one off stuff like this! I'm sure there are a lot of actors who wouldn't want to commit to playing 007 for ten or fifteen years but would jump at the chance to play him once.

Yup, I’ve been saying for years that I’d love to see this - I often use the various Sherlock Holmes adaptations as a comparator

 

[Starkers]

I do wonder if Holmes, or even Batman might be the way the franchise now goes, with no actor staying in the part longer than maybe three films?

 

[Captaindemotion]

I do wonder if Holmes, or even Batman might be the way the franchise now goes, with no actor staying in the part longer than maybe three films?

Though there’s also the Jackman/RDJ/Sebastian Stan models.

 

[$3DollarBillYall]

Fun fact: I believe that Flemings's original Casino Royale along with Live & Let Die enter public domain in circa 2035....looking forward to some very faithful novel adaptations from fans, in both film, and video game, form.

 

[oktay]

There are people on social media who think that Amazon will be successful in theaters in 2026 by looking at the movies it will release in 'theaters' except for James Bond and Creed. Maybe a few of the movies it will release in 2026 will be successful. But most of them will fail at the box office. There are people who think that Apple's 200 million dollar F1 movie will be successful at the box office. The guy is a movie critic and doesn't have any website. He tells me 'some of us make predictions and some of us talk to them.' I said 'are you talking to Amazon and Apple in your dreams?' and finally blocked him.

If Apple's F1 movie is successful, which I think is difficult but not impossible, Amazon's movies will be successful too.