Well, I can't say I didn't have a bad feeling about this one. James Bond's 23rd adventure, slated for release in 2012, and starring Daniel Craig once more as 007, has been postponed and put on hold till a future time that has not been specified. The Bond producers were obviously struggling with potential financing with no real solid word about who will buy-out MGM studios, and with Bond being MGM's flagship franchise, that obviously was the deterioration of this one. It's a shame if you ask me, with Sam Mendes directing (American Beauty, Road to Perdition), I had high hopes for this one. The rumors for Bond girls was everywhere from Olivia Wilde to Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire). Perhaps it's a good thing, when I've been hearing about ordered rewrites of the script, and not to mention Quantum of Solace kind of suffered from a weak script anyways, so maybe this was for the best. Here's hoping the Bond train gets going again, cause it would be a shame for this to be 007's end after 22 films, but I doubt that, though it could be it for Daniel Craig's involvement, depending upon how long this hiatus lasts.
I wonder what this means for the production of "The Hobbit" that was supposed to get under way later this year. MGM owns the rights to it. How about this: make a cheap bond film and use the profit to help reboot the studio? Make it for 50 million instead of 100 million. It's Bond, the name sells itself. People will go see it regardless, "Die Another Day" proved that. How hard could that be? It will definitely coupe at least 100 million at the box office. What's to lose?
ReplyDelete"The Hobbit" will happen, regardless as to what happens with MGM, I'm pretty sure of that, we just might have to wait a touch longer, but Bond is a bigger question mark. That's a great idea to make it for less, but that's assuming MGM even has $50 mill. Regardless, I think if they reduced the budget, they'd probably have to focus more so on story like the original Connery-films, and kind of make it like a "North by Northwest" thriller, rather than over-the-top action. Very intriguing.
ReplyDeletealways wondered what bond would be like with a plot... now that i think of it, i'm kinda scared.
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