Bond 23 - "Skyfall" *spoilers from post 595*

godtabh

baz909 wrote: »

brought Simon Pegg into Mission Impossible 3 as a similar Q character ...

OT but I just saw on his twitter account he is doing MI 4

FortuneChip

krudler wrote: »

lol Michael Sheen,who is a great choice.

I read Martin and was like wtf?!

Yeah, I knew full well it was Michael... but that doesn't stop my tpying from drifting into Fantasy Land! Glenn Close is 250/1 for the same role. I'm not sure I even get the humour? It just sounds scary!

Michael Sheen is quality, but I don't see him as Blofeld! (Personally I'd rather Blofeld didn't appear in the next movie at all, especially if the idea is to round up the Quantum story)

irishh_bob

krudler wrote: »

some of the Bond movies are indeed classics, From Russia With Love, Spy Who Loved Me, Goldfinger, but for every great one theres 3 terrible ones, Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever etc The series became a parody of itself way before stuff like Austin Powers did a better job of lampooning it.

i meant stop dissing the bond, isms , the cliches , their what make it what it is

my least favourite bond is never say never again ( which i know is not a real bond btw )

least favourite official bond is diamonds are forever and the man with the golden gun , a view to a kill is pretty awfull aswell but the ending saves it imo

iMax

-Kenny- wrote: »

Great News !

I seriously hope they bring back John Cleese as Q .. Just isnt the same without him giving out to Bond over gadjets

His character was "R". And, No.

mle1324

iMax wrote: »

His character was "R". And, No.

Not too pushed on seeing Q back in the new style of films but I do think that MoneyPenny deserves her place back in the films.

-Kenny-

iMax wrote: »

His character was "R". And, No.

His Character was R in The World is not enough, He replaced the Desmond Llewelyn,s Q in Die Another Day, you can even hear Pierce Brosnan call him "Q" in that flick .

I just loved the clever gadgets in the films , OK granted the watch he was given that was always "conveniently" the exact gadget he needed to get out of a sticky situation was indeed a bit much but comon who didnt love the exploding pen in GoldenEye etc..

Corkfeen

They should bring Martin Campbell back to direct. He's responsible for 2 of the best bonds in years(Goldeneye and Casino Royale.).:D

ziedth

I didn't much care for QOS compared to CR but I'd still be looking forward to this.

Sad Professor

Mendes is still attached so hopefully he'll do a good job. Then again who'd have thought that Forster, a talented director known for making slow-paced character-driven films, could have made the most over-edited, incoherent film in the history of the franchise. I always thought Campbell was a hack, but like Corkfeen said, Casino Royale was easily the best entry in the series since GoldenEye.

I'm slowly coming around to the belief that hack-type directors are best suited to the franchise. Because the auteur-types just don't seem to know what they are doing. You need someone who has experience directing action scenes, not just on the set but in the editing room. The second-unit directing on Quantum was excellent. The problem is Forster and his editors made a balls of the action sequences in post-production.

If Mendes has any sense he'll hire Stuart Baird again. I was re-watching Casino Royale the other night and the editing is excellent. It is fast and intense during the action scenes, but in between Baird and Campbell let the film breath. Contrast this with QoS where there's probably not a single shot in the whole film that lasts longer than 1.5 seconds.

Ridley

ziedth wrote: »

I didn't much care for QOS compared to CR but I'd still be looking forward to this.

It should be fine if Purvis and Wade follow their pattern of writing good then sucky Bond films (World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace).

What I'd like to see at some in the new series is a Daniel Craig'd Scaramanga/Trevelyan type antagonist who is just as good as Bond. Although that Trevelyan from the new GoldenEye game can take a long walk off a short antenna array... again.

niallon

Title is apparently Red Sky At Night and Rachel Weisz is set to play the head of Quantum...interesting, apart from the shambles of a title!!

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Rumor-Bond-23-Titled-Red-Sky-At-Night-Rachel-Weisz-Wanted-For-Villain-22746.html


***EDIT: Appears this turned out to be nothing but a rumour generated by The Sun! Still though...Weisz sounded good!***

JP Liz V1

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a301078/javier-bardem-offered-role-in-bond-23.html

Javier Bardem has reportedly been offered a role in the highly anticipated Bond 23 film.
According to Deadline, there are no details about the nature of Bardem's character, but it is believed that the actor is likely to play a villain.
Bardem, who recently received an Oscar nomination for his work in Biutiful, has yet to accept the offer for Bond 23. He has also received an offer to star in the adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower, another role that he has yet to accept.
Little is known about the upcoming James Bond movie, although it has been confirmed that Daniel Craig will reprise his role as the British 007 agent and that Sam Mendes (American Beauty) will direct.
Bond 23 is scheduled to open in cinemas on November 9, 2012.

JP Liz V1

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a307471/anthony-hopkins-to-play-bond-villain.html

Sir Anthony Hopkins is reportedly close to signing up to star in the latest James Bond movie.

According to The Sun, the Oscar-winning Silence Of The Lambs actor is in discussions about playing 007's nemesis in the spy series' 23rd instalment. Insiders have likened the part to recurring villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld from the early Bond pictures.

"The only stumbling block seems to be the number of films he is signing up for," a source said. "There is a chance the character they want him to play could become a regular feature, like Blofeld back in the day."

Hopkins recently appeared in horror movie The Rite and can next be seen as Odin in Marvel adaptation Thor.

Daniel Craig and Judi Dench will return for the untitled Bond adventure, while Javier Bardem and Ralph Fiennes are allegedly circling roles in director Sam Mendes's film.

humanji

It'll be one hell of a cast if they add Bardem and Fiennes. Can't wait for this. I loves me a bit of Bond, I does!

stevenmu

Looking forward to this. I really didn't enjoy QoS on first watch, or the second watch, but then someone on here mentioned that it should be watched back to back with Casino Royale and actually really enjoyed it.

And now I'm looking forward to the arc to be finished.

JP Liz V1

Marion Cotillard and Rachel Weisz (Daniel's new lady in real life) have been rumoured for the female role

JP Liz V1

http://www.digitalspy.ie/movies/news/a322788/bond-23-uk-release-date-announced.html

The James Bond film series' 23rd instalment will be released on October 26, 2012.
Sony Pictures UK confirmed the UK cinema release date on its official Twitter account on Thursday.
Bond 23 - the working title for the project - had already been announced as debuting in the US on November 9, 2012.
Plans for Bond 23 were reportedly put on hold last year as MGM faced a financial crisis, but were revived once the company emerged from bankruptcy in November 2010.
Judi Dench disclosed earlier this year that she is to reprise her role as M for the upcoming movie, but stayed tight-lipped on the film's storyline, saying: "I can't tell you anything at all!"
Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes is to helm the film and Daniel Craig will return as 007, while Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli will produce.
Sir Anthony Hopkins and Javier Bardem have both been linked to roles in Bond 23.

JP Liz V1

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/06/06/naomie-harris-bond-23/

Naomie Harris is being considered to star as a Bond girl

JP Liz V1

Source

Rhys Ifans joins

Trevor451

I really hope this won't be as bad as Quantum of Solace . Casino Royal was brilliant though

humanji

I've just read that the new Bond movie will be caleld "Skyfall". They've already set up two websites: SkyfallTheFilm.com and JamesBond-Skyfall.com (which don't load for me, so they may not even have set them up yet. Or I may just be incompetent, which seems more likely).

Danial Craig and Judi Dench are still in it, with Javiar Bardem rumoured to be the badguy (who I'm hoping is named Count Otto Von Skyfall or something cartoonish as they had in the old films), and Naomie Harris is rumoured to be Ms Moneypenny.

So, is everyone excited about this? Or is everyone else jaded by the formulaic plots, shallow characters and innuendos that make me love Bond movies?

JP Liz V1

It gets a name "Skyfall" Source and Adele is to be doing the theme tune

irishh_bob

humanji wrote: »

I've just read that the new Bond movie will be caleld "Skyfall". They've already set up two websites: SkyfallTheFilm.com and JamesBond-Skyfall.com (which don't load for me, so they may not even have set them up yet. Or I may just be incompetent, which seems more likely).

Danial Craig and Judi Dench are still in it, with Javiar Bardem rumoured to be the badguy (who I'm hoping is named Count Otto Von Skyfall or something cartoonish as they had in the old films), and Naomie Harris is rumoured to be Ms Moneypenny.

So, is everyone excited about this? Or is everyone else jaded by the formulaic plots, shallow characters and innuendos that make me love Bond movies?

i like naomi watts but not sure she is bond material

not a great title either

Sad Professor

It is Naomie Harris, not Naomi Watts.

JP Liz V1

Source

Javier Bardem confirms he is next Bond villain

pixelburp

"Skyfall", hmmm. The name sounds like one of those Bond videogame adaptations they've been trying to make over the last few years. In fact I believe one of the last ones was called "Nightfire", ha.

foxyboxer

Nevermind who's playing who. I want to know what watch he'll be wearing

-Kenny-

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

It gets a name "Skyfall" Source and Adele is to be doing the theme tune

Ahhh BOOOOOOOOOOOO

syklops

foxyboxer wrote: »

Nevermind who's playing who. I want to know what watch he'll be wearing

An Omega Seamaster as usual I would imagine.

Mickeroo wrote:

I'd be delighted to see them finish what they started with Craig,

Don't really get the craig haters tbh, and I think QoS was pretty decent, you just have to take it as Casino Royale part 2, it literally starts minutes after casino royale finished, watch them back to back and it's much better.

Casino Royale is the best bond movie ever, making bond into a bad ass cold blooded killer was a stroke of genius and is more like the character Ian Fleming had in mind in the first place.

I agree they should keep Craig, but even as Casino Royale part 2, which wasnt properly explained to movie goers, QoS is still a bit of a mess at the end.

I would actually be more inclined to keep Craig and Dench, and just start a new story. Leave quantum in the Bolivian desert. Ive watched it a few times and I still dont quite know how they end up in Bolivia.

As for someone like Nolan 'rebooting' the franchise, I gotta say, its already been rebooted, its been rebooted well. All it needs is a strong story. It had one in CR, but it felt like that tacked QoS onto the end of CR, meaning CR shares some of the criticism of QoS, which is a bit unfair, and was a daft thing for the producers to do.

humanji

foxyboxer wrote: »

Nevermind who's playing who. I want to know what watch he'll be wearing

A pink Swatch.