Bond 23 Delayed

fatchowmein
fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
edited April 2010 in Music & Movies
I was so looking forward to the next movie.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/movies/21arts-PRODUCTIONSU_BRF.html
Production Suspended on Next Bond Film

You can call him Bond — James Bond — but don’t bother calling him at the office, because Agent 007 is being suspended from duty. The producers of the James Bond film franchise, which since 1962 has yielded 22 movies adapted from or inspired by Ian Fleming’s stories, said they were halting work on a 23rd Bond film while they awaited the possible auction of MGM, the studio that releases the movies. In a statement reported by Reuters, the producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said, “Due to the continuing uncertainty surrounding the future of MGM and the failure to close a sale of the studio, we have suspended development on Bond 23 indefinitely.” The last two movies in the franchise, “Casino Royale” (2006) and “Quantum of Solace” (2008), which starred Daniel Craig, right, as Bond, sold a total of nearly $1.2 billion in tickets worldwide.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited April 2010
    Publicity stunt? Maybe?
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited April 2010
    Sam Worthington to be the next Bond if Craig doesn't return?
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2010
    I LOVED Casino Royale but Quantum of Solace started to get a little more like the older movies with the cheese and unreal stunts. I liked how gritty the first one was and I'm not expecting Bond to be 100% normal, or that everything should be within the limits of reality but ....c'mon. You know what I mean?

    I think Sam Worthington would be good but I would miss Craig.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,205
    edited April 2010
    dorokusai wrote: »
    I LOVED Casino Royale but Quantum of Solace started to get a little more like the older movies with the cheese and unreal stunts. ...
    I loved Casino Royale as well, and thought it was one of the best in recent years. I hated Quantum of Solace, and thought it was one of the worst in recent years, perhaps even the worst ever (but I can't remember that much stuff), and it had nothing to do with the cheese or unreal stunts for me: it was just boring and meaningless. I was glad when it was over, and I don't think I've ever said that about a Bond movie before.

    Since they have delayed this new movie, I hope it's for the right reasons (apparently MGM is for sale or something), and that they don't mess it up again.
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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited April 2010
    I loved Casino Royale at the theatre but wasn't crazy about Quantum. Now, on BR at home, I love throwing Quantum on the TV but Casino bores me.
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  • Zitro
    Zitro Posts: 864
    edited April 2010
    Casino Royale was great, Quantum of Solace wasn't so great, but I still miss Pierce Brosnan as 007.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2010
    Are you kidding? He was awful.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited April 2010
    Gentlemen, gentlemen....everyone knows who Bond is? Sean Connery...the franchise, the original. To his credit, Craig was NOT the disaster I expected him to be and brought something a bit different to the screen.

    But Pierce Brosnan...I gotta go with Doro on that pick! Whose idea was that??

    cnh
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited April 2010
    Ok Mike you got me there. I am only going by the childhood memories, and for me the character will 'always' evoke Connery...who went on to show us that he had more diverse talents when he left the Bond series.

    There were A LOT of BAD BONDS IMO....Dalton was one, Brosnan another, and we could add a few more to this list.

    cnh
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  • Zitro
    Zitro Posts: 864
    edited April 2010
    dorokusai wrote: »
    Are you kidding? He was awful.

    He was the bond when I was growing up, so I guess I'm biased. Connery is my overall favorite, and it seems most agree with that notion.
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited April 2010
    Just my opinion, but when watching all the early bonds, Sean Connery seems to have held up best over time. I watched bond as a kid on TV and remember the 70s and 80s bonds as a pretty good time. But now they just seem so dated and full of campy humor. Almost parodies rather than taking a more serious tone.
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited April 2010
    I do enjoy the Craig movies. It will be pretty sad if bond goes on a long hiatus again, just when Craig was getting a chance to better 'own' the character.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited April 2010
    cheddar wrote: »
    Just my opinion, but when watching all the early bonds, Sean Connery seems to have held up best over time. I watched bond as a kid on TV and remember the 70s and 80s bonds as a pretty good time. But now they just seem so dated and full of campy humor. Almost parodies rather than taking a more serious tone.

    Yeah... Moonraker wasn't campy at all.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,205
    edited April 2010
    I thought Craig reminded me the most of Connery's style in Casino Royale. The **** of Quantum S. was not his fault IMO, but more because of very bad writing/directing or whatever ... something did not work at all for me in that movie, but I don't think his suitability for the role (or otherwise) was primarily to blame.

    I thought Roger Moore suited the role very well too, in a similar style to all those old British "The Saint" shows where he played Simon Templar, and let's not forget Moore and Tony Curtis as The Persuaders! Great stuff if you like British retro-shows. I think there was a Mac vs. PC style argument at one time between Moore supporters and Connery supporters. I liked them both.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saint_(TV_series)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persuaders!

    Bond is like Star Trek: it's almost impossible to ever have too much of it. I'll watch a new movie of either just to see for myself whether I like it or not, regardless of reviews.
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