Movies: next James Bond will be .... War behind the scenes of the Franchise? update post 1

[Unholy Diver]

Sounds like the next James Bond movie wont start production anytime soon. So Night Manager 2 would be done a dusted by the time Amazon and Eon get their act together. I agree he would not make a good Bond unless they were bring back the Brosnen/Moore humour again.

Have to admit, I got board and decided to look around on line to see just how much conflict there is between Eon and Amazon and man, some of the things on line makes it look like it might be long time before we see Bond again. For the last Bond movie there was a 24 month production cycle. Started April 2019 and ended with release on September 2021

Is that a typical timeframe or was that extended due to covid?

 

[Jumptheshark]

Is that a typical timeframe or was that extended due to covid?

The actually production cycle of the last Bond movie started in 2016 when Danny Boyle was involved and 2019 cycle started when he left the production over creative differences.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

Is that a typical timeframe or was that extended due to covid?

Like a lot of movies, the release was delayed multiple times due to Covid. It was originally supposed to come out in 2020. Not sure how much of the delay was because they were still working on it and how much was just waiting for theaters to reopen/business to return to some degree of normalcy.

But @Jumptheshark is right that Boyle had a few years on it prior to it shifting to Fukunaga. I think Craig needed a lot of convincing too. He was pretty vocal about being over the role.

Not shocked this is taking so long to get another one on track. There was a big break between Dalton and Brosnan too with a lot of "soul searching" about who and what Bond needed to be. Now you throw in a new partner like Amazon and that just mucks it up all the more.

 

[archangel2]

Like a lot of movies, the release was delayed multiple times due to Covid. It was originally supposed to come out in 2020. Not sure how much of the delay was because they were still working on it and how much was just waiting for theaters to reopen/business to return to some degree of normalcy.

But @Jumptheshark is right that Boyle had a few years on it prior to it shifting to Fukunaga. I think Craig needed a lot of convincing too. He was pretty vocal about being over the role.

Not shocked this is taking so long to get another one on track. There was a big break between Dalton and Brosnan too with a lot of "soul searching" about who and what Bond needed to be. Now you throw in a new partner like Amazon and that just mucks it up all the more.

"I would rather slit my wrists, than do another movie" Was his words during the Boyle time in the film. He hated the script. But also, there was a problem with how much Craig wanted. He ended up getting 25mill for the last bond movie and that a lot more than what the producers wanted to pay. He also was not going to do another movie unless he had control over a few things. He did not like how much of a bed hopper Bond was. Craig is reportedly happily married and did not want to play Bond the same way all others had done it.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

He also was not going to do another movie unless he had control over a few things

Yeah I always suspected the ending was strongly tied to him doing just one more film.

 

[Jumptheshark]

something to bide our time till we find out who will be the next one.
I think Sam Neil would have been a good Bond back in the day

but here are some test shoots/Auditions for Bond

 

[trojansoilers]

something to bide our time till we find out who will be the next one.
I think Sam Neil would have been a good Bond back in the day

but here are some test shoots/Auditions for Bond

Rupert Friend had the best audition from the video.
But holy crap, we could've had Homelander as James Bond??

 

[kihei]

I can see why they ultimately threw out the youth idea and went with Craig. Good call on their part. Maybe the long delay is in part caused by hoping to get that lucky again.