UHD James Bond films in Ultra HD blu Ray? (3 Viewers)

[Osato]

Makes sense that Craig returns for one more.

Should be interesting if this is true..

https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/sony-reportedly-offering-150m-for-daniel-craig-to-return-160904

 

[trevanian]

Geezus, that is a grotesque possibility.

Between Craig and Moore, we've already had a quarter-century of utterly wrongheaded misfires playing at being Bond (one missing the boat as a gentleman adventurer, the other seeming to offer us up CALLAN in a tux) ... enough already!

The writing has been horrid enough this century, but the misconceptualization of Bond is also largely due to Craig's absurd influence on the creative process. Cutting&pasting Fleming bits out-of-context into new films is hardly honoring the origins of the thing, they just give good if unneeded excuse to go back and reread the novels or rewatch FRWL - TB, OHMSS and TLD/LTK to see some sign of the real deal.

C'mon Eon - hire a kid, hire a grownup, but at least hire somebody who vaguely looks the part of being at least the 2nd best looking guy in the room instead of this boxer-looking mess who seems like he lost an acid fight and sports such a sour disposition you'd think he was auditioning for something sincerely real, like a GOOD LeCarre adaptation. Really miss Craig as character actor, utterly loathe this alleged star turn.

 

[Nelson Au]

I never liked Craig either. Barbara Broccoli obvious must have had a vision of a new Bond for the younger audience to try to capture a new audience, it seems to be working well enough to attract many older time fans. I don't know who Callan is, looked him up, Edward Woodward?

My sense is the producers must feel a need to move forward, they'd run out literary material to draw from. I think it's had its run. As much as I enjoy James Bond films, we have had a long good run. It might be time to hang it up.

Though I would have liked to have seen Brosnan do a period piece Bond as a different type of Bond film.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

This article doesn't necessarily make sense to me. I was under the impression that Sony's deal to co-finance and distribute Bond movies ended with the release of Spectre, and that MGM and the Broccolis were going to look for a different partner. So if Sony no longer is involved in producing Bond films, how can they be making an offer to Craig?

It seems maybe a little more likely to me that Sony is trying to make an offer with MGM to continue partnering on the films, and perhaps as part of that, said that they would be willing to pay X amount towards Craig's salary. I just don't think this is as straightforward as is being reported.

 

[Worth]

That article doesn't make sense to me, either. For one thing, no one would offer that amount of money to any actor for anything. They might give him a gross percentage which could conceivably add up to that, but not up front. Especially given that Spectre was so expensive that it was considered something of a disappointment, even though it made $850 million.

 

[Cranston37+]

This article doesn't necessarily make sense to me. I was under the impression that Sony's deal to co-finance and distribute Bond movies ended with the release of Spectre, and that MGM and the Broccolis were going to look for a different partner. So if Sony no longer is involved in producing Bond films, how can they be making an offer to Craig?

The article states that Sony is going to announce it has reupped it's agreement with EON, so IF that is true it would make sense.

Having said that, I still don't believe the article, either. I just get a sense that everyone from the public to Craig himself is ready to move on. I mean the man has had so many injuries/surgeries that they literally had to rewrite a section of the opening to accommodate the fact that he couldn't run. I just don't see them taking a $75mil chunk out of the profits of each film to secure him for more...

 

[Josh Steinberg]

In my opinion, what this series desperately needs more than anything else, more than a new Bond, more than a new director, more than a new producer or studio, is new writers. I may be in a very small minority here, but I absolutely loved Casino Royale, and then feel that each subsequent Craig movie has been not as good as what came before. (Yes, that means I like Quantum more than Skyfall.) I've had script issues of some sort or another with every Bond film since World Is Not Enough, and the thing those movies all have in common is that Neil Purvis and Robert Wade are credited as writers and/or co-writers on all of them.

 

[TravisR]

For one thing, no one would offer that amount of money to any actor for anything.

Yeah, if Humphrey Bogart came back from the dead, they wouldn't pay him $150 million to be in a movie. Craig's Bond movies have been popular but they aren't popular enough that they have to pay that kind of money instead of simply recasting the role (as has been done plenty of times before).

 

[Bob Cashill]

If you ask me, Connery should have left after GOLDFINGER. Moore should have skipped his first two entries, gone straight into THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, then left. Brosnan should have quit while he was ahead, after GOLDENEYE. Craig should've ended with SKYFALL.

But no one asked me, and things have proceeded quite differently. With Spider-man off to Disney, Sony lacks superhero franchise brawn, so I can see why it might still be interested in staying in the Bond business despite EON's rich deal and escalating series costs cutting into profits, and further interested in sticking with the same recognizable star. His next assignment is an Off Broadway production of OTHELLO at a tiny downtown theater, so maybe he'll need the higher wages after that.

I like the idea of a 50s-set Bond, from new writers, which is indeed the real issue, along with the producers, who are an immovable object. (They bottled lightning with Craig and can't quite figure out how to keep him sparking.) Maybe the revived Humphrey Bogart, something that would be worth a few bucks to see, could play Blofeld. But no one's asking us. We can only see what's given us, next time.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

With Spider-man off to Disney, Sony lacks superhero franchise brawn

Just to clarify, that's not quite how the Sony-Marvel deal is working. Sony will retain rights to use Spider-Man in solo movies, which will be financed and released by Sony, with Sony receiving all profits. Marvel gets the right to use Spider-Man in Marvel team-up movies which Marvel will finance and receive all profits for ("Captain America: Civil War" is the first appearance of Spider-Man under this arrangement). Sony gets the right to use other Marvel characters within their Spider-Man movies (for instance, Robert Downey Jr. will be appearing in "Spider-Man: Homecoming). Marvel will work with Sony to help Sony produce the solo Spider-Man movies. So this is actually a really great deal for Sony - they get the high level of quality associated with Marvel Studios productions as well as tie-ins to other Marvel films and the right to use other Marvel characters which had previously been off-limits to them. This will likely increase the box office potential of their Spider-Man movies, but they will be getting 100% of the money from it.

Spider-Man remains very much a Sony franchise.

 

[Bob Cashill]

The Disney infusion can only be a good thing, as Sony's last two Spider-men were dreadful. Was Disney bidding on Bond? It's about the only studio that can afford it.

 

[Osato]

The Disney infusion can only be a good thing, as Sony's last two Spider-men were dreadful. Was Disney bidding on Bond? It's about the only studio that can afford it.

The real question is who wants to pay for bond and just get a percentage. I believe sony's previous agreement was 20%?

Anyway The agreement must be signed before real news can start.
I believe that daniel is signed for one more. Which would make sense and be a good place for his swan song.
Of course if we run into a 1989-1995 thing daniel will depart for sure.

 

[Osato]

Another 4K bond screening.
No life jacket for George!!

This would've been a great event to go to!!

https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/event-ohmss-in-oslo-report?id=04148

 

[Mikey1969]

I would hate for Craig to come back just for the money. He seems to have lost interest in Bond with Spectre, just as the series itself seems to have lost its way with that film. Perhaps it's time for another hiatus and a recasting with a younger and eager actor, and for the crew to revitalize and recast a new path for the series.

 

[Osato]

I would hate for Craig to come back just for the money. He seems to have lost interest in Bond with Spectre, just as the series itself seems to have lost its way with that film. Perhaps it's time for another hiatus and a recasting with a younger and eager actor, and for the crew to revitalize and recast a new path for the series.

You might be right.
I think my interest is in seeing the next one made as it will hopefully bring the classic films to uhd blu Ray.
Of course I'm always excited about a new bond film.
As spectre's release date moved closer I felt my excitement leave that film in favor of the force awakens. It was strange as this had not happened to me with a bond film before. I always saw the new bond at least twice during theatrical run. Spectre was once and done. I have the blu Ray but haven't given the film a second watch.

 

[Osato]

Roger Moore is awesome! Happy 89!

http://jamesbondradio.com/sir-roger-moore-talks-bond-cubby-broccoli-timothy-dalton-podcast-108/

 

[Cranston37+]

The Bond series is streaming in 4K on Hulu!

http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/hulu-4k-ultra-hd-james-bond-films-originals-1201932303/

 

[Osato]

The Bond series is streaming in 4K on Hulu!

http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/hulu-4k-ultra-hd-james-bond-films-originals-1201932303/

ODd that several of them are missing?!!
No live and let die, tomorrow never dies and Daniels first 3.....

I'm sure uhd discs are coming with bond 25 in 2018.

 

[Cranston37+]

ODd that several of them are missing?!!
No live and let die, tomorrow never dies and Daniels first 3.....

I'm sure uhd discs are coming with bond 25 in 2018.

I'll take what I can get!

I wouldn't count on that 2018 date, though. That would give them 1 year to begin shooting and as of a month or so ago DC said both he and the producers are busy and haven't even broached the subject yet...

 

[Osato]

I'll take what I can get!

I wouldn't count on that 2018 date, though. That would give them 1 year to begin shooting and as of a month or so ago DC said both he and the producers are busy and haven't even broached the subject yet...

There's time for a 2018 release.
With Daniels advancing age going beyond 2018 would be difficult.
He's been Bond for 10 years which is historically a long time so a change will be coming.

Odd that just a handful of bond films are not included.

I am waiting on uhd until Bond is released on the uhd disc format.