Next Bond after Craig: Rumours, etc

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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Spectre just had a lot of small problems, like the cinematographer making it look like someone took a piss on all the snow in Austria. Snow shouldn't be yellow!
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  • walther p99walther p99 NJPosts: 3,416MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    Spectre just had a lot of small problems, like the cinematographer making it look like someone took a piss on all the snow in Austria. Snow shouldn't be yellow!
    I think we both agreed that we would enjoy the film more without the urine tint, it detracts so much from the cinematography and makes no sense outside of the Mexico city and hot climate scenes.
  • JagJag Posts: 1,167MI6 Agent
    I remember a winter in Poland many years ago with yellow snow. It was then explained by some sort of storms over the Sahara, which lifted the sand and carried it over to Eastern Europe. It was unusual, but made a nice difference and distraction from the usual, horrible snow.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    You always find yellow snow, on the most exciting runs. :)
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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    Spectre just had a lot of small problems, like the cinematographer making it look like someone took a piss on all the snow in Austria. Snow shouldn't be yellow!
    I think we both agreed that we would enjoy the film more without the urine tint, it detracts so much from the cinematography and makes no sense outside of the Mexico city and hot climate scenes.

    Mexico City isn't as hot as you'd expect. But for the outside Moroccan scenes it actually makes a lot of sense. I'd expect London and Austria to have a blue tint.
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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    You always find yellow snow, on the most exciting runs. :)

    I'd piss my pants too on those :#
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  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,736MI6 Agent
    This no real Bond 25 news has driven us to discussions about yellow snow. EON, have you no sympathy for your loyal hardcore Bond fans? Throw us a bone already :s
  • JagJag Posts: 1,167MI6 Agent
    HowardB wrote:
    This no real Bond 25 news has driven us to discussions about yellow snow. EON, have you no sympathy for your loyal hardcore Bond fans? Throw us a bone already :s


    We may be stuck in this situation for many years now...
  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,736MI6 Agent
    Jag wrote:
    HowardB wrote:
    This no real Bond 25 news has driven us to discussions about yellow snow. EON, have you no sympathy for your loyal hardcore Bond fans? Throw us a bone already :s


    We may be stuck in this situation for many years now...

    Nah...my gut tells me we get some sort of official news before summer.
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    HowardB wrote:
    Jag wrote:
    HowardB wrote:
    This no real Bond 25 news has driven us to discussions about yellow snow. EON, have you no sympathy for your loyal hardcore Bond fans? Throw us a bone already :s


    We may be stuck in this situation for many years now...

    Nah...my gut tells me we get some sort of official news before summer.

    They really are killing us with no official news at all. 8-)
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  • Revolver66Revolver66 Melbourne, AustraliaPosts: 470MI6 Agent
    edited February 2017
    I might be barking completely up the wrong tree here, but I think that part of the lack of news or information is perhaps as a result of Spectre and the many leaks that occurred throughout pre-production, filming and then post. I mean there was so much secret information broadcasted onto the net, and it ultimately showed Sony and EON to be very leaky ships indeed. It also killed some of the momentum that Spectre may have otherwise had. Perhaps this news blackout about Craig and Bond 25 is due to the fact that EON have plugged the leaks and are taking extra precaution to ensure that nothing gets out before they want it to. Taking this approach, it may very well be that Craig is a lock, and that a screenplay is well and truly in the works. Mind you I could be totally wrong :)) :))
  • JagJag Posts: 1,167MI6 Agent
    HowardB wrote:
    Jag wrote:
    HowardB wrote:
    This no real Bond 25 news has driven us to discussions about yellow snow. EON, have you no sympathy for your loyal hardcore Bond fans? Throw us a bone already :s


    We may be stuck in this situation for many years now...

    Nah...my gut tells me we get some sort of official news before summer.


    Summer 2018, I presume??? :))
    Because summer 2017 will be over in less than 2 weeks... :(
  • writingsonthewallwritingsonthewall SpainPosts: 417MI6 Agent
    Jag wrote:
    HowardB wrote:
    Jag wrote:


    We may be stuck in this situation for many years now...

    Nah...my gut tells me we get some sort of official news before summer.


    Summer 2018, I presume??? :))
    Because summer 2017 will be over in less than 2 weeks... :(

    What do you mean????? Spring's a month away yet!!!! Or do you refer to the southern hemisphere summer? Anyway, I'd also expect news before (British) summer at the very least.
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  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    Jag wrote:
    HowardB wrote:

    Nah...my gut tells me we get some sort of official news before summer.


    Summer 2018, I presume??? :))
    Because summer 2017 will be over in less than 2 weeks... :(

    What do you mean????? Spring's a month away yet!!!! Or do you refer to the southern hemisphere summer? Anyway, I'd also expect news before (British) summer at the very least.

    British summer? 8-) ....What's that?!
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I missed it last year, as I popped inside for a cup of tea. :#
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    I't understandable if Sony wants to avoid all the leaks they had about SPECTRE. But by this time they must know who's working on the script, and ideally they would have a director attached to the project. Why not publish that info?
  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,736MI6 Agent
    The Sony leaks put EON, Sony, and most harmfully, the production in a bad light. The reality is those emails were business as usual for most big Hollywood productions. The money people bitching about cost overruns, the folks on the creative side defending the production...lots of personal attacks and pettiness not meant for public consumption. When this stuff gets out, the media jumps on it and films that that aren't even completed much less actually seen by anyone get slagged. I agree that EON, MGM, et al want no parts of that again.
  • Revolver66Revolver66 Melbourne, AustraliaPosts: 470MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    I't understandable if Sony wants to avoid all the leaks they had about SPECTRE. But by this time they must know who's working on the script, and ideally they would have a director attached to the project. Why not publish that info?

    Isn't John Logan the writer for Bond 25?
  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,736MI6 Agent
    Revolver66 wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    I't understandable if Sony wants to avoid all the leaks they had about SPECTRE. But by this time they must know who's working on the script, and ideally they would have a director attached to the project. Why not publish that info?

    Isn't John Logan the writer for Bond 25?

    I don't think we have any idea who is writing Bond 25 unless I have missed something.
  • Revolver66Revolver66 Melbourne, AustraliaPosts: 470MI6 Agent
    I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that Logan was contracted for Bond 25. However things could have changed
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    Logan is probably involved, but has a Bond movie ever been written by only one screenwriter?
    Besides, why not make it public?
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Logan is probably involved, but has a Bond movie ever been written by only one screenwriter?
    Besides, why not make it public?

    Sure. A number of Bond films have only one credited screenwriter, but not since TND. Tom Mankiewicz, I believe, is LALD's only screenwriter.
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  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,736MI6 Agent
    Apparently they have had their share of uncredited writers over the years also. I always thought it was a huge missed opportunity that EON never used John Milius. Milius and Bond (well not Roger Moore Bond) would have been a perfect match. It's unfortunate that he has had so many serious health issues in the last decade or so, he could have really been a fantastic addition to the Craig Bonds, which would have been right up his alley.
  • Gala BrandGala Brand Posts: 1,172MI6 Agent
    Revolver66 wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    I't understandable if Sony wants to avoid all the leaks they had about SPECTRE. But by this time they must know who's working on the script, and ideally they would have a director attached to the project. Why not publish that info?

    Isn't John Logan the writer for Bond 25?

    I got the impression he was dropped for Bond 25 because of the script he and Mendes turned in on Spectre.

    Can't remember where I read that.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Gala Brand wrote:
    Revolver66 wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    I't understandable if Sony wants to avoid all the leaks they had about SPECTRE. But by this time they must know who's working on the script, and ideally they would have a director attached to the project. Why not publish that info?

    Isn't John Logan the writer for Bond 25?

    I got the impression he was dropped for Bond 25 because of the script he and Mendes turned in on Spectre.

    Can't remember where I read that.

    They wouldn't be dropped because of Spectre since Purvis & Wade were came back after Die Another Day. Then they butchered Casino Royale, and they've still been welcomed back. Spectre's script did steal from Austin Powers, but it's still not the worst.
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  • HalfMonk HalfHitmanHalfMonk HalfHitman USAPosts: 2,324MI6 Agent
    Was it Amy Pascal or Barbara who called Logan a "fraud" in those leaked emails? I'm pretty sure he's gone.
  • Revolver66Revolver66 Melbourne, AustraliaPosts: 470MI6 Agent
    Was it Amy Pascal or Barbara who called Logan a "fraud" in those leaked emails? I'm pretty sure he's gone.

    A fraud? That's interesting. Pretty strong language from the producers. Can you elaborate on this?
  • Gala BrandGala Brand Posts: 1,172MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    Gala Brand wrote:
    Revolver66 wrote:

    Isn't John Logan the writer for Bond 25?

    I got the impression he was dropped for Bond 25 because of the script he and Mendes turned in on Spectre.

    Can't remember where I read that.

    They wouldn't be dropped because of Spectre since Purvis & Wade were came back after Die Another Day. Then they butchered Casino Royale, and they've still been welcomed back. Spectre's script did steal from Austin Powers, but it's still not the worst.

    My impression is that it wasn't that the script was bad as much as concepts such as making M a traitor undermined the franchise (at least in the view of the people that mattered).

    EON/MGM will tolerate mediocrity but they won't tolerate anything that they think threatens the money machine.
  • HalfMonk HalfHitmanHalfMonk HalfHitman USAPosts: 2,324MI6 Agent
    Revolver66 wrote:
    Was it Amy Pascal or Barbara who called Logan a "fraud" in those leaked emails? I'm pretty sure he's gone.

    A fraud? That's interesting. Pretty strong language from the producers. Can you elaborate on this?

    Not too much - I don't think we're allowed to post or link to the Sony hacked emails on these forums, but it was one exec's reaction to John Logan's "Blofeld as African warlord" draft, I think.
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