Bond 25 - "No Time to Die" (2021) (1 Viewer)

[Jake Lipson]

All good points. If they can do it, more power to them. But making it a sprint like that might be part of why Craig finds it so exhausting.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

It's amazing to think that when this is released in 2019, Daniel Craig will have been "James Bond" for 13 years, but only appeared in five films. Roger Moore appeared in seven films which were released in the span of 12 years (1973-1985). Sean Connery appeared in five Bond films over a five year span (1962-1967).

Prior to Craig, the longest gap between Bond films was six years (1989-1995, between Licence To Kill and GoldenEye), but the longest gap between Bond films without changing actors was only three years (Between The Man With The Golden Gun in 1974 and The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977). With Craig, he's now matched that gap once (between Skyfall in 2012 and Spectre in 2015), and exceeded it twice (four years between Quantum Of Solace in 2008 and Skyfall in 2012, and now Spectre in 2015 and Bond 25 in 2019).

I'm a little disappointed that not only has each Craig film been lesser than the one it follows up in my eyes, but that it's an ever increasing wait. It wouldn't be as big a deal to have a lesser Bond film coming out if it came frequently, but to wait four years for Skyfall (which is so beautifully shot that you don't notice how it doesn't actually make any sense) and three years for Spectre (which is a pretty weak film), it's frustrating to wait so long for diminishing returns. I think Craig is one of the very best actors to ever play Bond, but he's been let down by his writers.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

No, your mind is fine. I typed "2018" in my above post, reflexively, since that is this year and I'm used to keying it for dates. But what I actually meant was 2019; you just replied and caught it before I could edit my earlier post to fix it. So, yes, the release date has always been set for 2019, and that was my typo. Sorry.

No problem...I occasionally think I have gone completely insane so I was just having one of those moments.

I think they actually worked on the the final cut of Skyfall and Spectre right up until about a week before they screened them for their respective premiers so my guess is this film will also be a work in progress right up until the final minute again.

 

[Osato]

Cool news. Looking forward to the Bond films on UHD next year!

 

[Osato]

It's amazing to think that when this is released in 2019, Daniel Craig will have been "James Bond" for 13 years, but only appeared in five films. Roger Moore appeared in seven films which were released in the span of 12 years (1973-1985). Sean Connery appeared in five Bond films over a five year span (1962-1967).

Prior to Craig, the longest gap between Bond films was six years (1989-1995, between Licence To Kill and GoldenEye), but the longest gap between Bond films without changing actors was only three years (Between The Man With The Golden Gun in 1974 and The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977). With Craig, he's now matched that gap once (between Skyfall in 2012 and Spectre in 2015), and exceeded it twice (four years between Quantum Of Solace in 2008 and Skyfall in 2012, and now Spectre in 2015 and Bond 25 in 2019).

I'm a little disappointed that not only has each Craig film been lesser than the one it follows up in my eyes, but that it's an ever increasing wait. It wouldn't be as big a deal to have a lesser Bond film coming out if it came frequently, but to wait four years for Skyfall (which is so beautifully shot that you don't notice how it doesn't actually make any sense) and three years for Spectre (which is a pretty weak film), it's frustrating to wait so long for diminishing returns. I think Craig is one of the very best actors to ever play Bond, but he's been let down by his writers.

In addition to the 50 year old Daniel Craig, it will be curious to see what the budget is like for Bond 25.
I know SPECTRE was way overbudget and a lot of cuts were made in terms of location filming too.

$$$$$$???? I wonder if another distribution partner will need to be included to help fund the film. Sony put up a lot of $ on the last few films. Annapurna doesn't have very deep pockets..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapurna_Pictures

 

[Worth]

Prior to Craig, the longest gap between Bond films was six years (1989-1995, between Licence To Kill and GoldenEye), but the longest gap between Bond films without changing actors was only three years (Between The Man With The Golden Gun in 1974 and The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977)...

It wasn't even three years. Golden Gun came out in Christmas of '74 and Spy in the summer of '77.

 

[JimmyO]

I am really hoping that this is Daniel Craigs very best Bond film. I won't be the least bit surprised if not, however. I have never gotten a good feeling that the Bond scripts were particularly well written for his Bond style.

I loved Casino Royale - and I felt Eva Green was an excellent partner for Craig in that film. Their chemistry worked. I couldn't for the life of me even tell you the actress or character that rolled with Bond in Solace (lead contender for worst Bond film title ever IMHO), and I never saw Spectre as the reviews and word of mouth were not good at all. I am sure I will see it some day.

Royale was the truest Craig Bond for me. He clashes with M, breaks the rules to get what he needs using actual spy techniques, it all worked. I didn't even miss the whole Q angle of introducing an obscure gadget that does one very specific weird thing that will get him out of a jam. Although I guess the defibrillator might count as fitting that bill. Nevermind!

Heck of a good deal that Bond has that magnetic watch in Live and Let die, eh?

 

[Jake Lipson]

I feel like the odd numbered films in Craig's tenure have been better than the even numbered ones. Casino, Solace was below average, Skyfall was my favorite and Spectre was average. So, hopefully they will follow their inadvertent pastern and rebound again with this one.

 

[Osato]

Just a reminder: 235 days have passed since #Bond25's release date was announced. Still no distributor.


https://mobile.twitter.com/TheSpyCommand/status/974734245309616128

 

[Osato]

Interesting court decision. Make sure you file your claim if you bought one of the 007 dvd or blu ray sets!!

https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/20...7-box-set-case/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

 

[Spy Commander]

Re: Bond DVD settlement. At one point last year, the judge made a ruling and inserted a number of 007 puns throughout. Here's the URL for that ruling.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3913262-Bond-Order.html

 

[Osato]

Re: Bond DVD settlement. At one point last year, the judge made a ruling and inserted a number of 007 puns throughout. Here's the URL for that ruling.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3913262-Bond-Order.html

Funny!
Welcome Spy Commander!!!!

 

[Spy Commander]

Funny!
Welcome Spy Commander!!!!

Thanks very much.

 

[Spy Commander]

I promise not to promote posts on a regular basis. However, I just posted this (Bond 25 questions (Danny Boyle edition Part IV) which briefly references the distribution issue at the very end).

http://bit.ly/2FHAKfD

 

[Osato]

Ouch! No way that a new partner studio for Bond 25 will make this kind of a deal... right??

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheSpyCommand/status/975478720424304642

 

[Worth]

I really wish MGM would just die already. Bond is pretty much the only thing that's kept it afloat for almost 40 years now, and its swallowing up United Artists is probably the worst thing that happened to the series.

 

[Osato]

I really wish MGM would just die already. Bond is pretty much the only thing that's kept it afloat for almost 40 years now, and its swallowing up United Artists is probably the worst thing that happened to the series.

It would be great if mgm would just sell their Bond shares off to another studio.

 

[Spy Commander]

It came out late Monday night that MGM's board of directors forced the CEO, Gary Barber, out. A potential complication.

http://deadline.com/2018/03/mgm-ceo-gary-barber-exiting-company-1202346588/

 

[Spy Commander]

So today (March 28), MGM reported fourth-quarter financials and had an investor call. Two question, first was about Bond 25 distributor. MGM basically declined to answer.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Of course they did.