007: James Bond Films

[Vinsanity]

I don't agree with that, at all. Hiring an actor at the perfect age means he's starting to get too old two movies in. Look at Daniel Craig: He was looking too old when Skyfall came out.

I wrote that like 3 years ago

[Bored at 3:00AM]

Big Bond fan here. Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but Matt Gourley & Matt Mira’s James Bonding podcast is amazing for fans who love the highs and lows of the franchise in equal measures.

[BruceWayneJr.]

Big Bond fan here. Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but Matt Gourley & Matt Mira’s James Bonding podcast is amazing for fans who love the highs and lows of the franchise in equal measures.

It's lots of fun (and their little mistakes drive me crazy)! Gourley's a national treasure.

[ChrisIII]

With all the hype around Elba I think age might be a problem there too, as he's almost 50 himself.

However, Moore and Brosnan were cast in their mid 40s as well, although I think Brosnan perhaps aged a bit more gracefully in the role than Moore did (and left earlier too).

[ChrisIII]

I don't agree with that, at all. Hiring an actor at the perfect age means he's starting to get too old two movies in. Look at Daniel Craig: He was looking too old when Skyfall came out.

Kind of worked for the film though, as part of it's plot was Bond kind of being tired and worn out.

[Séb]

Jamacia's kind of cool because it's pretty much where Bond was born-in both cases.

At least some of the novels were written at Fleming's Goldeneye house in Jamaica, and the first book adapted as a film was Dr.No, of course also set in Jamacia and filmed there. Live and Let Die was also filmed there; although it doubled as a fictional island (In the book, -The second Bond novel-it actually is Jamacia, and Bond first meets Quarrel and Strangways in that book, so the novel version of Dr.No is, in a way, a sequel of sorts to the LALD book).


I wonder if we might get "Craigverse" versions of Strangways and Quarrel?

Exactly what came to mind. The Craig films have always had some sort of homage to past Bond films/history so it's great to see a return to where it all began.

Even though they're presently filming, the script is still undergoing rewrites. Daniel Craig has requested Phoebe Waller Bridge redraft it.

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a2...-daniel-craig/

Nothing but good things can come from this.

[ChrisIII]

There's going to be a big reveal tomorrow...probably the title, villain, other Bond girl etc.

[Séb]

Can't wait for the reveals. The announcement will be at 1:10pm UK time (8:10am EST / 5:10am PST) and live streamed on the official twitter and youtube accounts.

[Séb]

https://twitter.com/007/status/1121026657253494784

"Live Reveal from an iconic 007 location."

Definitely Jamaica, Craig and crew arrived two days ago.

[ChrisIII]

And they've just posted a picture of a beach, which I'm pretty sure is the iconic Crab Key location where Honey Ryder first arrived on the beach.

[ChrisIII]

OK here's some details.

-Felix is back.
-Ana De Armas and Lashana Lynch are the new girls.
-Rami Malek confirmed.

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

I don't agree with that, at all. Hiring an actor at the perfect age means he's starting to get too old two movies in. Look at Daniel Craig: He was looking too old when Skyfall came out.

Craig also had a huge gap between nearly all his films that was abnormally long. He’s probably going to have held the role in the main coniuity longer than anybody despite his 5th film not being released yet

[ChrisIII]

I think part of the reason for Skyfall being delayed was that MGM was having problems around the time of 2010. Entertainment Weekly even had a "Goodbye, Mr Bond" article around 2010 or so since it was unclear where it was headed.

[mogwen]

Looks like Léa Seydoux is back too as Madeleine Swan.
I didn't like her character, but that's just that I cannot see her as a good girl!
And nobody has beaten Vesper for me yet!

[Punisher007]

Cool. I knew that Ramie Malek was up for the villain role, but Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas, and Billy Magnussen being here are cool surprises. Hopefully this film will make up for the disappointment that was Spectre, and Craig can end his tenure on a more positive note. Ok guesses for characters:

Rami-Main villain obviously.

Billy-Henchmen/secondary villain.

Ana de Armas-Femme Fatale/morally shady person.

Lashana-Main Bond Woman/spy/government person/etc.

Also Jeffrey Wright returning as Felix, awesome. I've missed him.