Classic Bond Forum

Sorry if this was posted before. In early December B25 (an entity that's part of Eon) made a UK regulatory filing showing the cost of No Time to Die ws approaching $290 million.

https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2020/1 ... -b25-says/

Mort Drucker, artist at Mad magazine who specialized in movie and TV parodies, has died at 91. This post is about his Bond and spy parodies https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/09/mort-drucker-ace-mad-artist-dies-at-91/ More detailed New York Times parody: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/arts...

The Eon official Twitter account posted a photo of Daniel Craig working out.

Bond 25's director says he wants to explore the character of Madeline Swann

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Here are some glass half-full, glass half-empty ways of looking at the latest delay. http://bit.ly/2STiDJC The gap between SPECTRE and Bond 25 is almost six months more than the gap between Quantum of Solace and Skyfall. The latter included MGM going bankrupt. The current hap has had nothing that ma...

Caveat emptor: The Mirror has a story saying Barbara Broccoli wants Bond 25 to have an "open-ended" conclusion modeled after the From Russia With Love novel. Part of the reason is to try to entice Daniel Craig back for Bond 26. https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/james-bond-team-find-continu...

For your consideration:

State of the James Bond film fanchise, summer 2018

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An educated guess about Bond 25: The volatile mix

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OK, well, someone was trolling classic Bond fans, even if this time it wasn't Barbara. For once it was a rumor I found somewhat convincing because it's a slightly exaggerated version of just the sort of things she does say about Bond. To be specific, December 2017 podcast with the Hollywood Reporte...

New Idris Elba as James Bond Rumor Is "All Made Up Stuff"

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The current Hawaii Five-0 series (2010 to present) will open its ninth season with a remake of the pilot from the original series (1968-80).

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Daniel Craig will reportedly receive a fat pay of 50 million pounds ($66 million USD) for his fifth and final outing as secret agent James Bond :!: That's probably 1/4 of the budget :!: I have not paid to see a Bond film in the theatre since 2002. What outlet reported that? Variety put out a figure...

Here's the weekend box office chart from Box Office Mojo. Figures subject to revision when actual figures come in on Monday.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/


At No. 24 is Kings, with Daniel Craig and Halle Berry at $173,000.

re: Bond 25 release date. Rachel Weisz is about four months pregnant. That means she got pregnant end of 2017/start of 2018. That means she should have the baby by end of September/beginning of October. Meanwhile, back at the ranch... --A new script was started after the first of the year. Maybe the...

Latest: The Hollywood Reporter says MGM is shopping itself around, using its control of the Bond franchise as a selling point. As a result, still no Bond 25 distribution (either U.S. or international). The story also has an almost throwaway line at the end saying Danny Boyle's deal is complete. But...

Latest: The Hollywood Reporter says MGM is shopping itself around, using its control of the Bond franchise as a selling point. As a result, still no Bond 25 distribution (either U.S. or international). The story also has an almost throwaway line at the end saying Danny Boyle's deal is complete. But,...

Settlement in the James Bond box set case. If you bought a set saying it had "all" of the 007 movies, you may be able to get digital copies of 1967 Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/if-you-have-purchased-a-james-bond-movie-set-on-dvd-or-blu-ray-you-may...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5480285/Danny-Boyle-set-charge-new-Bond-film.html James Bond star Daniel Craig is pulling out all the stops to ensure that Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle can complete a Richard Curtis Beatles movie musical in time to take charge of the new Bond film b...

The latest: http://deadline.com/2018/02/james-bond-danny-boyle-john-hodge-daniel-craig-bond-25-queen-elizabeth-ii-mgm-trainspotting-1202298157/ EXCLUSIVE: My pal Justin Kroll at Variety is on to something with his speculative report that Danny Boyle is high on MGM’s list to take the helm of James Bo...

Danny Boyle now being sought to direct Bond 25, according to Variety.

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Here's a list of all the BAFTAs Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool won: Edit: I put a load of carriage returns at the end in the hope of leaving a large blank space, but Tapatalk stripped them out, which spoiled the effect somewhat. On the other hand, the movie's U.S. box office went past the $500,0...