When Will Bond 26 Be Released?
DavidJones
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Of course, this will just be speculation, but when do you think Bond 26 will be released?
Assuming Craig won't be in it - I really can't imagine he will be - there will be a search for a new actor, a new distributor and maybe a new direction too.
The last search for a new Bond took almost a year and a half (February 2004 - May 2005, approx), while it seems to take about five years for Eon to make a film these days.
What do you guys reckon?
Assuming Craig won't be in it - I really can't imagine he will be - there will be a search for a new actor, a new distributor and maybe a new direction too.
The last search for a new Bond took almost a year and a half (February 2004 - May 2005, approx), while it seems to take about five years for Eon to make a film these days.
What do you guys reckon?
Comments
Each recent decade has dwindled in film quantity:
1980's- 5 films (6 counting NSNA)
1990's- 3 films
2000's -3 films
2010's- 2 films
My prediction:
2020's - 1 film
2030's - 0 films
The earliest I think we'll see B26,
2042 to coincide with the series' 80th anniversary.
I'm sarcastically exaggerating, but I wish I were joking.
It wouldn't surprise me if it takes a decade to get B26 in cinemas. As profitable as Bond is, releasing a new film every 2-3 years is clearly no longer a priority for Barbara and Michael the way a set schedule was for Cubby.
Since LTK 30 years ago the series' productivity has been reduced to half. If reduction actually continued at that pace, the next 30 years would only result in 4 films.
Unless I'm mistaken the new distribution deal was only for NTTD. Afterwards it could take just as long to go through that process again. Then recasting and deciding upon an approach for the series' future. With all of that on their plate, my guess is we're going to be getting a very long hiatus after NTTD.
Who knows? Maybe MGM/ Universal will set a release date for the next Bond sooner than later?My hope is that MGM/Universal have at least an outline or plan for future films.
Barbara Broccoli doesn't appear to have the enthusiasm or perhaps even the work ethic required for an on-going series. Her father had more tenacity in his eighties than she had in her forties. I'm not saying it's all her fault - the situation with distribution rights is clearly a headache, though perhaps not as much of one as the lengthy negotiations seem to suggest - but it will be interesting to see how swift the turnover will be when Greg Wilson or someone inevitably succeeds her.
The series has had some considerable gaps (1989-95 etc) and still returned with astonishing success, and that could well be a serious problem in the long-term. It has shown Eon that Bond can maintain its status regardless of how much time elapses between films.
Well, I think it's clear that Gregg Wilson will succeed his father Michael G. Wilson. It's less clear who will succeed Barbara.
Yes, that will no doubt be the case.
"The spectre of defeat..."
Barbara Broccolli said something along the lines of: "James Bond is a British man and will remain a man and British. But "British" can mean a lot of things these days".