This probably means that there will be no Bond film in 2019, that it will be delayed until 2020
Never in the history of the franchise did they have a situation where they got a director at the last minute before filming began. They always had someone lined up way in advance.
Posts: 4246 | Location: NY | Registered: August 03, 2010
Didn't Idris Elba make some sort of cryptic tweet about possibly playing Bond last week? Can't see what that has to do with Boyle though.
I think they'll pick up a director in time for the planned filming schedule. Boyle seems too independent minded for Bond, which has always been tightly controlled by the producers. As long as they have Craig and a script, someone can direct it.
How about Ron Howard? He seems to be the go-to guy for creative differences. Just kidding.
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Someone suggested bringing back Martin Campbell, who did Casino Royale and GoldenEye, even though he is now 75 years old. He recently did that film with Pierce Brosnan and Jackie Chan, The Foreigner, which wasn't a big hit in the U.S., but it did well worldwide.
Posts: 4246 | Location: NY | Registered: August 03, 2010
Very telling that Daniel Craig was named specifically in the announcement with the producers that they had binned off Danny Boyle. Never have the producers allowed the Bond actor to exercise so much creative control. I recently read they allowed him to pick each Bond girl co-star since Casino Royale.
Still, not a big Boyle fan anyway.
Odd that it has happened at all though. The producers (Barbara Broccoli & Michael G. Wilson) make the Bond films they want to make. That is well known. The director is always just a 'gun for hire' no matter how much of an auteur the director believes themselves to be. *cough* Sam Mendes *cough*
Why hire a directer who wouldn't do as he was told, and why work for these producers if you want creative freedom?
Probably more years to wait now for Bond 25.
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They just announced that Bond 25 will be released in February 2020--the first time ever a Bond film has been released in that month; it's always been the summer, fall or December
And the new director is Cary Fukunaga
Posts: 4827 | Location: Bayonne, NJ, USA | Registered: May 06, 2001
Guess I am not surprised by all of this. This is one Bond release that you don't want to suck. I think Spectre was my least favorite of the recent films. As much as I love Christoph Waltz I think he bombed as a JB villain.
I am glad that Craig will at least finish his time as James on number 25. It helps with my random outbreaks of OCD.
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