Longines and Omega are owned by the same parent company: Swatch Group. I don't think a Longines contract would be an impediment to him becoming an Omega ambassador as James Bond.
FWIW, a well informed Omega source has said the long anticipated revamp of the Seamaster Professional 300m is coming in 2025 Q2. This includes new/different case sizes and a revised bracelet. The recent black wave no-date release is a transitional model using mostly current production parts. It is believed that the wave dial used on the 60th Anniversary Bond model and recent black no date release will be a feature of the new Seamaster.
Forgive my naivety but given it's a subject I'm not familiar with, I prefer asking. Is that supposed to mean we'll likely get concrete news about the film in 2025 Q2?
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Having just gotten out of GLADIATOR II (or, as per the titles, GLADIIATOR), I think the producers could do worse than Paul Mescal. But after this wait, I might be willing to take anyone...even either of the dudes who played the degenerate twin emperors.
There's a great parody article in the December issue of 'Viz' magazine:
"Listen Carefully With Mother, OO7!
"With the dust finally settling on Daniel Craig's explosive final appearance as James Bond in 'No Time To Die', the rumour mill is once again speculating on who is next in line to don OO7's iconic tuxedo.
"Traditionally, the part of the spy has been played by white male actors such as George Lazenby and Timothy Dalton, but even though series producer Barbara Broccoli hinted in a recent interview that Bond could be any ethnicity or race, she still believes that the character needs to be played by a human being.
"But what if the next James Bond was a TV puppet?
"It might sound outlandish, but with production costs for blockbusters increasing every year due to inflation, recasting the Bond franchise with puppets and scaled down model sets instead of expensive location shoots could be a great way of maximising profits for the film studio.
"And the move would also please those critics who feel that recent portrayals of Bond have been too serious, with wise-cracking children's favourites promising a welcome return to the golden era of Roger Moore's tongue-in-cheek, Boxing Day Bond.
"And no one knows more about puppet casting than 'Thunderbirds' creator Gerry Anderson. With a casting directory of kids' TV favourites of appropriate adult age to choose from, the late marionette impresario here brings us his cut-price OO7 movie casting suggestions... for our eyes only."
The article then makes no fewer than 13 illustrated casting suggestions, with accompanying detailed write-ups, including either Basil Brush (Mr Kiss Kiss "Boom! Boom!"), or the be-monocled ventriloquist's dummy Lord Charles, as Bond; 'Play School''s Jemima as Miss Moneypenny; 'Rainbow''s Zippy as Jaws; Pinky and Perky as Wint and Kidd; and 'The Sooty Show''s Soo and 'The Magic Roundabout''s Florence as feisty Bond girls for the modern era!!
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No, not at all.
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Paul Mescal would be ok… can’t say I’d be super excited about it either though.
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Longines and Omega are owned by the same parent company: Swatch Group. I don't think a Longines contract would be an impediment to him becoming an Omega ambassador as James Bond.
FWIW, a well informed Omega source has said the long anticipated revamp of the Seamaster Professional 300m is coming in 2025 Q2. This includes new/different case sizes and a revised bracelet. The recent black wave no-date release is a transitional model using mostly current production parts. It is believed that the wave dial used on the 60th Anniversary Bond model and recent black no date release will be a feature of the new Seamaster.
Forgive my naivety but given it's a subject I'm not familiar with, I prefer asking. Is that supposed to mean we'll likely get concrete news about the film in 2025 Q2?
Nope. Not at all.
I have no idea. I don't mean to imply the two are connected. Although they might be.
I do know that Omega's plan was to cease production of the NTTD Seamaster once the new movie was announced.
The next James Bond should never be a woman says Gemma Arterton.
I like her, 'a man wouldn't be cast as Mary Poppins,' or would that be Mike Poppins, POV.
I'm surprise she's surprised QoS 'follows her around'. I guess some people don't understand the cultural significance of the Bond movies.
Having just gotten out of GLADIATOR II (or, as per the titles, GLADIIATOR), I think the producers could do worse than Paul Mescal. But after this wait, I might be willing to take anyone...even either of the dudes who played the degenerate twin emperors.
There's a great parody article in the December issue of 'Viz' magazine:
"Listen Carefully With Mother, OO7!
"With the dust finally settling on Daniel Craig's explosive final appearance as James Bond in 'No Time To Die', the rumour mill is once again speculating on who is next in line to don OO7's iconic tuxedo.
"Traditionally, the part of the spy has been played by white male actors such as George Lazenby and Timothy Dalton, but even though series producer Barbara Broccoli hinted in a recent interview that Bond could be any ethnicity or race, she still believes that the character needs to be played by a human being.
"But what if the next James Bond was a TV puppet?
"It might sound outlandish, but with production costs for blockbusters increasing every year due to inflation, recasting the Bond franchise with puppets and scaled down model sets instead of expensive location shoots could be a great way of maximising profits for the film studio.
"And the move would also please those critics who feel that recent portrayals of Bond have been too serious, with wise-cracking children's favourites promising a welcome return to the golden era of Roger Moore's tongue-in-cheek, Boxing Day Bond.
"And no one knows more about puppet casting than 'Thunderbirds' creator Gerry Anderson. With a casting directory of kids' TV favourites of appropriate adult age to choose from, the late marionette impresario here brings us his cut-price OO7 movie casting suggestions... for our eyes only."
The article then makes no fewer than 13 illustrated casting suggestions, with accompanying detailed write-ups, including either Basil Brush (Mr Kiss Kiss "Boom! Boom!"), or the be-monocled ventriloquist's dummy Lord Charles, as Bond; 'Play School''s Jemima as Miss Moneypenny; 'Rainbow''s Zippy as Jaws; Pinky and Perky as Wint and Kidd; and 'The Sooty Show''s Soo and 'The Magic Roundabout''s Florence as feisty Bond girls for the modern era!!