Paul Haggis is BACK!

zencat

Yes, it's true. Haggis is coming back for another, um, "dialogue polish."

They also offered him the directors chair, but he turned it down.

Haggis has Bond's number -- again

Happy days. {[]

Hardyboy

Absolutely great news, Zen. Thanks for the heads up!

blueman

Cool. B-)

Loeffelholz

Glad to hear it; of course I have no idea what P&W have cooked up this time round, but knowing that Paul Haggis will be sweeping up behind them again is reassuring...

This will go a long way, I think, toward lending some genuine connectivity between CR and #22.

blueman

And towards getting a decent director.

Qwerty

Fantastic news!

Tee Hee

Although I wasn't as 'blown away' by CR's script as some here, Haggis's return is still encouraging to me.

Predator

That's great news ... looking forward to see what they can draft for B22

Dan Same

As many people probably know, I dislike Haggis as a writer, and I hate him even more so as a director (so I'm delighted that he's not directing. ) However I am fully aware that with CR having made half a billion $ in worldwide box office, received several nominations for writing awards and garnered enormous (but not complete :v) critical acclaim, the producers would be fools not to rehire him. So, yes I'm unhappy, but at least the producers have good reason to make me upset.

Sir Miles

I'm really glad that Haggis is back onboard to 'polish' the script for Bond22 - lets hope he has got something decent to 'polish' in the first place.

Klaus Hergescheimer

Good news.

darenhat

I really curious to see how the next script plays out. Haggis is primarily a dramatic writer and I credit him (and Fleming) with all the things that I found good in CR. For a 'Bond' film, however, the film seemed a little light on action to me. Without the constraints of some the original novel's source material, I think it will be interesting to see how Haggis puts it together.

Andy A 007

Considerably great news! I would have prefered, however, that Hagis write the script from the beginning rather than just polish. Nevertheless, its great to have him back on board.

spectre7

According to someone I know who is in the know, little of the Haggis version of the CR script actually made it to the screen. Most of what made that script a success was already put in place by P&W.

scaramanga1

Well I must say I am happy Haggis is back on the menu!Parsnip and Wade are not consistently good enough on their own and this way the recipe will be more fulfilling.

blueman

spectre7 wrote:

According to someone I know who is in the know, little of the Haggis version of the CR script actually made it to the screen. Most of what made that script a success was already put in place by P&W.

That's very interesting. Not much was left out, as I understand it, so that would mean Haggis's rewrite--and subsequent work, he was brought back to do a second rewrite, as I understand it--amounted to next to nothing. Hard to believe they'd ask him back if that were truly the case, but I don't have a friend who's in the know, so what do I know?

I can believe P&W came up with the basic structure, which was brilliant IMHO, but I'd guess Haggis helped with the transitions, which were brilliant IMHO ( ) and cleaned up a lot of the dialogue. Team effort. Sometimes, it's not just the idea, but how it's presented. I kinda think Haggis had a lot to do with the latter...

jboy

No offence, but I highly doubt the producers would fork out the price tag for Haggis the second time around if this were true...

General_Ourumov

zencat wrote:

Yes, it's true. Haggis is coming back for another, um, "dialogue polish."

They also offered him the directors chair, but he turned it down.

Haggis has Bond's number -- again

Happy days. {[]

I'm a wee bit slow in hearing this news, but it's good nonetheless. I thought he did an admirable job on CR.