[ Closed ] Craig is back: Discuss Bond 25 here (Page 3 of 322)

It's both news and not news. I mean, it's a long long way off, so can't see them announcing the title or anything else this year, because why? Why make a decision until you have to? I doubt the script is even in its initial draft yet, and a lot could change politically in the next year. No title either, as you'll just get a lot of similar sounding movies popping up in the next year. It's good in that it stops speculation and the usual who will be the next Bond boring stuff, that's all.

Odd to read by Purvis and Wade that Spectre closed things off and the next film will be different (I would have thought that Blofeld would be back), and that Trump is a real Bond villain, it's a bit divisive!

We'll have to agree to disagree on this one 

I've been critical of Craig for the wrist slashing comment and other things leading up to and following Spectre. But I don't believe for a second that he only came back for the money.

Good post Howard

Like most people I'm elated that Craig's returning. That said I don't think I will really begin to get excited until once we know who the director is and what the story will be. I remember not being that thrilled about Spectre and Mendes being brought back in 2014. Since SPECTRE was already used so many times in the past and Mendes already gave us SF. Now they have a fresh palate to give us something totally new and original, not regurgitate an organization and director from the past. Hopefully they have a more original idea and villain in mind this time so us die hard's wont know what to expect I.E. Blofeld.

As I said not so far. But with the staggering costs of QOS, SF and especially SP it gets more and more difficult to break even.
If they really pay Craig 100 million, then Bond 25 may even exceed SP's budget.

I am amazed on how people turn a blind eye to that obvious big risk EON has taken again and again. I am just critical of things and do not celebrate the rose-coloured-party most seem to have 

That being said, I want Bond 25 to hit the billion dollar mark even if it's a boring dreary affair like SF. I am so happy SF made so much money, because I WANT THIS FRANCHISE TO PROSPER and have films on a regular basis like up to 2008 (with gaps between actors being ok).

Actually SP sold more tickets than SF in many countries. In Switzerland SPECTRE outsold Star Wars TFA by 300,000 tickets! SP sold over a million tickets.

Without the bad exchange currency situation and Star Wars killing off SP in some countries it would have made almost as much in BO as SF. If SP had been as successful in the US as SF, it would have even surpassed SF overall.

Hopefully in 2019 the Dollar/EURO situation will not be even worse.

So just for the sake of variety, a new rumor for everyone to chomp on… From a relatively reliable source comes that Jeffrey Wright has been engaged for Bond 25. Of course we will have to see until the official announcement but to me this makes sense...

Last edited by The Bond Experience (17th Aug 2017 15:42)

That would be good news.
Remaining on my list would be Arnold returning (Michael Giacchino would also be ok by me) and Monica Bellucci.

This just gets better,  Jeff Wright has been on my Bond wishlist since qos,  I was a bit disappointed he wasn't in sf or sp.

Yeah Craig isn't Tom Cruise in that regard, he's not a hugely successful leading man in non-Bond films. But then again Cruise hasn't been doing so well outside of M:I films lately either.

Clearly, Eon feels he's worth whatever they're paying him, or they'd have moved on to #7