Release Date in the UK: 23rd October 2015

LastRatStandingLastRatStanding ScotlandPosts: 296MI6 Agent
According to the official 007 twitter and facebook pages, Bond 24 will be released on 23rd October 2015 and 6th November in the US. Sam Mendes will be back to direct with screenplay by John Logan, and of course Craig back as Bond.

Thoughts?

I'm pleasantly surprised!
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  • LastRatStandingLastRatStanding ScotlandPosts: 296MI6 Agent
    Now, they only eat rat.
  • scottmu65scottmu65 Carlisle, Cumbria, UKPosts: 402MI6 Agent
    I have lost all interest. Craig lpoked too old in Skyfall so who knows what he will look like in another 3 years. I think he should bow out. Also give someone else a chance to direct, or are they forever going to ride on the back of Skyfall?
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,416Chief of Staff
    scottmu65 wrote:
    I have lost all interest. Craig lpoked too old in Skyfall so who knows what he will look like in another 3 years. I think he should bow out. Also give someone else a chance to direct, or are they forever going to ride on the back of Skyfall?

    But Craig won't be three years older ?:)

    And it makes sense to bring them all back again...it certainly worked well for lots of people last time out...
    YNWA 97
  • RikRik Posts: 66MI6 Agent
    Excellent news!
  • RikRik Posts: 66MI6 Agent
    Some quick maths done and it's 836 Days until the release of Bond 24! :D
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,238MI6 Agent
    When I read it was coming out in October, I thought, wow, they must be starting filming now!

    Then I saw, it's not even next year, it's the year after!!

    Something tells me it's gonna be Craig's swansong somehow.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • zaphodzaphod Posts: 1,183MI6 Agent
    Can't say I'm thrilled. I hope they develop what was good about Skyfall and limit the navel gazing/backstory potential. Also concerned that the long gap won't work in DC's favour...lets face it he's not a fine wine and is not ageing well. The knackered/burnt out look worked in Skyfall, but I can't imagine that it will work twice. Skyfall would have been the perfect Swansong IMO. We are potentially in a similar position as with the ageing Roger, in as much as huge success drove continuing longer than was ideal. hope I'm wrong.

    Not massively interested so will probably lie low and check in here very occasionally as I don't anticipate that this view will be shared or welcomed by many as any 'dissent' from the majority view gets pretty short shrift around here.

    Bye for now.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,416Chief of Staff
    Something tells me it's gonna be Craig's swansong somehow.

    I wouldn't place any money on that....
    YNWA 97
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    It's a ridiculously long gap between films. Yes, I know it's not the 60s/70s any more, and film-making has changed and we can't expect a new Bond film every year or even two but as far as I know there aren't any legal problems this time and SF made record-breaking amounts of money; I'd think they'd be keen to repeat that. Craig entering "too old" territory after 3 films- hell, during his 3rd!- and a perfect springboard to new adventures at the end of SF potentially going to waste.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    edited July 2013
    maybe they realized how well they went with 3-4 year gaps recently.

    Box office numbers just fly up because everybody is starving for a new Bond after that time.

    It would make sense spending once the budget every 4 years and get a billion in return instead of putting a movie on the market every 2 years for a double budget in total with the same total visitor numbers in total for both movies ?:)
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  • 96mn1296mn12 Posts: 632MI6 Agent
    https://twitter.com/007/status/355355811842760705

    Interesting to see what the new film will look like. I only hope they dont do a sequel of skyfall.
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    zaphod wrote:
    Not massively interested so will probably lie low and check in here very occasionally as I don't anticipate that this view will be shared or welcomed by many as any 'dissent' from the majority view gets pretty short shrift around here.

    I'm sorry and a bit surprised you feel that way, Zap. I never got the impression that if one dissents from the majority view that you are somehow ostracized. Perhaps it depends on how you express that view, e.g. if you indicate that you believe anyone who doesn't feel the way you do is an idiot. I don't recall you ever coming across that way. I have stated many times that I think Roger Moore is an awful James Bond, and I think that opinion goes against the majority view. But I've never been made to feel unwelcomed because of my views. I hope you will reconsider.
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Rik wrote:
    Excellent news!

    +1
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  • hthomashthomas Philadelphia, PAPosts: 833MI6 Agent
    I like the idea of having them all back. It gives them a chance to build on what they ended with in Skyfall. This could be the film that gets back to the more typical old school Bond vibe. To me, if another director was to come in, you might not build off on what was left at the end of Skyfall. Just my thoughts.

    I am just glad we have a Bond film coming!
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    I have stated many times that I think Roger Moore is an awful James Bond, and I think that opinion goes against the majority view. But I've never been made to feel unwelcomed because of my views.

    maybe I should make my points a bit clearer ?? :)) :))
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Richard--WRichard--W USAPosts: 200MI6 Agent
    zaphod wrote:
    Can't say I'm thrilled. I hope they develop what was good about Skyfall and limit the navel gazing/backstory potential. Also concerned that the long gap won't work in DC's favour...lets face it he's not a fine wine and is not ageing well. The knackered/burnt out look worked in Skyfall, but I can't imagine that it will work twice. Skyfall would have been the perfect Swansong IMO. We are potentially in a similar position as with the ageing Roger, in as much as huge success drove continuing longer than was ideal. hope I'm wrong.

    Not massively interested so will probably lie low and check in here very occasionally as I don't anticipate that this view will be shared or welcomed by many as any 'dissent' from the majority view gets pretty short shrift around here.

    Indeed.

    I hope Bond 24 won't contain any more analogies comparing James Bond to a sewer rat and then showing him running through tunnels.

    Playwright John Logan and director Sam Mendes -- which probably means photographer Roger Deakins will return as well since he and Mendes work together -- are a dream-team. No doubt the brilliant Daniel Kleinman will do the titles again. But with Daniel Craig wearing the suit and Barbara Broccoli's agenda over-riding the story, a new Bond film is hardly worth looking forward to.
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  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,882Chief of Staff
    I'm now starting to think that three years between films in any franchise is the standard: see Batman, Spider-Man, etc., etc. There are a lot of reports how these big-budget films are likely to be the death of Hollywood; and certainly it takes more money and effort to get any film launched. I used to think it was funny to count the number of logos for studios and production companies would be at the beginning of any British film; but now it's become common in American films too--a lot of people have to absorb the cost. Gone are the days when a producer could just whip up the money and get the production designer to work on the studio set--these are now massive international productions that take a year or more just to get through the development stage.
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  • JTBondJTBond Posts: 112MI6 Agent
    Excellent news (other than the 2+ years wait).
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,416Chief of Staff
    zaphod wrote:
    Not massively interested so will probably lie low and check in here very occasionally as I don't anticipate that this view will be shared or welcomed by many as any 'dissent' from the majority view gets pretty short shrift around here.

    As others believe also, this isn't true...as long as you are constructive and are not rude on a personal level....which some do as they cannot formulate a coherent argument....
    YNWA 97
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    zaphod wrote:

    Not massively interested so will probably lie low and check in here very occasionally as I don't anticipate that this view will be shared or welcomed by many as any 'dissent' from the majority view gets pretty short shrift around here.

    Bye for now.

    Hey zaphod, you can't be serious!

    We need you here and there is space for EVERY opinion - even if someone claims that Dalton made 2 decent movies :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    I hope David Arnold gets to do the music, rather than Thomas Newman. Not putting any money on that, though.
  • 00-Agent00-Agent CaliforniaPosts: 453MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    It's a ridiculously long gap between films.

    That's exactly what I thought when I heard the release date. I was really hoping for only a 2 year gap.
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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent
    Good news about them finally getting it sorted, would have preferred somebody else then Mendes if im honest however the main thing is they can now start development. Enjoyed Skyfall but personally find its not that re-watchable for some reason.

    Believe Logan has already said that he has plenty of back story and depth of character stuff yet to come therefore I would expect the same again and not a Brosnan Style thrill that many are hoping for.

    I reckon Bond 25 will be Craigs last and I hope they finish the Quantum thing off but I feel it never will
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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent
    00-Agent wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    It's a ridiculously long gap between films.

    That's exactly what I thought when I heard the release date. I was really hoping for only a 2 year gap.

    Thats what they said would happen after Skyfall however I guess they were optimistic, looks like Craig was really knackered after this last one and I guess they chased Mendes hard to sign on (wonder what price he named to do another).
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  • lotuslotus englandPosts: 292MI6 Agent
    this is good news its a long time to wait and I think it will be dans last one
  • RikRik Posts: 66MI6 Agent
    lotus wrote:
    this is good news its a long time to wait and I think it will be dans last one

    I thought Daniel Craig had signed for a further two movies after Skyfall, which would take him to Bond 25?
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia, PAPosts: 753MI6 Agent
    This is excellent! I can't imagine Bond 25 getting released past 2017 if the two part film storyline is true. Heck they could pull off 2016 if they filmed back to back for continuity purposes. That would put Craig at age 48-49. Perfect time to walk off into the sunset.
  • jasper_lamar_crabbjasper_lamar_crabb Posts: 169MI6 Agent
    Another 3-year gap between Bond films isn't really good enough, and the idea that such longer gaps result in better films is ludicrous. As has been shown time and again, a great script can be written in a matter of weeks and a bad script can be worked on and reworked for years and still be bad. It's all down to the basic story.
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:
    zaphod wrote:

    Not massively interested so will probably lie low and check in here very occasionally as I don't anticipate that this view will be shared or welcomed by many as any 'dissent' from the majority view gets pretty short shrift around here.

    Bye for now.

    Hey zaphod, you can't be serious!

    We need you here and there is space for EVERY opinion - even if someone claims that Dalton made 2 decent movies :D

    .....and, alas, even if someone who compares Daniel Craig to a sewer rat! :D
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:
    I have stated many times that I think Roger Moore is an awful James Bond, and I think that opinion goes against the majority view. But I've never been made to feel unwelcomed because of my views.

    maybe I should make my points a bit clearer ?? :)) :))

    I think you're right, old boy. Clearly I'm not getting it, because I keep coming back! :))
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
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