Forster turns down 'Bond 23' offer

[Omega]

CinemaBlend claims Tony Gilroy is the top target. He was responsible for;

Dolores Claiborne (1995) (writer)
The Devil's Advocate (1997) (writer)
Armageddon (1998) (writer)
Proof of Life (2000) (writer/executive producer)
The Bourne Identity (2002) (screenwriter)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) (screenwriter)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) (screenwriter)
Michael Clayton (2007) (writer/director)
Duplicity (2009) (writer/director)
State of Play (2009) (writer)

Doesn't he have the next Bourne adventure to write?

[James]

Doesn't he have the next Bourne adventure to write?

That I don't know but I'd be suprised if they persuaded him to direct whatever pile of old shite Eon will presently be cooking up.

[katied]

Doesn't he have the next Bourne adventure to write?

That I don't know but I'd be suprised if they persuaded him to direct whatever pile of old shite Eon will presently be cooking up.

Too right about it being s***!

[mcbride007]

From what I have read, he did not enjoy working on Bond.

[Omega]

You mean Forster right? No, he didn't sound as if he enjoyed his time there.

[ID]

You mean Forster right? No, he didn't sound as if he enjoyed his time there.

I think he enjoyed the chance to make a different type of film but was eventually frustrated by the lack of time available to edit the picture. James Bond films have strict release dates well in advance so you can't really push something back. I found it interesting that Michael G Wilson seemed to say in an interview that 'Another Way To Die' was presented to them very late in the day and there was no other option but to use it. I think he considered knocking up a tune on his banjo and doing it himself but common sense won the day.

[katied]

You mean Forster right? No, he didn't sound as if he enjoyed his time there.

At this point EON are desperate, and trying to woo Forster back doesn't surprise me.

[Omega]

You mean Forster right? No, he didn't sound as if he enjoyed his time there.

I think he enjoyed the chance to make a different type of film but was eventually frustrated by the lack of time available to edit the picture. James Bond films have strict release dates well in advance so you can't really push something back. I found it interesting that Michael G Wilson seemed to say in an interview that 'Another Way To Die' was presented to them very late in the day and there was no other option but to use it. I think he considered knocking up a tune on his banjo and doing it himself but common sense won the day.

WGM admitted they will use complete s**t and sell it as gold when they are pressed for time.

[ID]

I like Michael G Wilson and he's played a big part in many of my favourite Bond films. He's a nice man who has done sterling work for the series but I do feel he is losing interest of late and there is a definite subtext to some of his recent interviews. He is knocking on a bit I suppose but I wish him luck for the future.

[katied]

I like Michael G Wilson and he's played a big part in many of my favourite Bond films. He's a nice man who has done sterling work for the series but I do feel he is losing interest of late and there is a definite subtext to some of his recent interviews. He is knocking on a bit I suppose but I wish him luck for the future.

He could have much more of a stake in the films apart from putting his 2 cents in every so often but he doesn't.

Hiring Forster back(especially if it were to be more of the same ) is a bad idea.

[ID]

CinemaBlend claims Tony Gilroy is the top target. He was responsible for;

Dolores Claiborne (1995) (writer)
The Devil's Advocate (1997) (writer)
Armageddon (1998) (writer)
Proof of Life (2000) (writer/executive producer)
The Bourne Identity (2002) (screenwriter)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) (screenwriter)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) (screenwriter)
Michael Clayton (2007) (writer/director)
Duplicity (2009) (writer/director)
State of Play (2009) (writer)

That's a solid CV but he'd strike me as a rather dry choice if he was even interested. I'd like to see someone inject a little fun back into the franchise.

[carl stromberg]

I like Michael G Wilson and he's played a big part in many of my favourite Bond films. He's a nice man who has done sterling work for the series but I do feel he is losing interest of late and there is a definite subtext to some of his recent interviews. He is knocking on a bit I suppose but I wish him luck for the future.

Nice to see you back ID! I agree about Michael G Wilson; he had a a hand in some of the classic Bond films. He does like to take it a bit easier nowadays.

[katied]

The Bond franchise needs someone that is going to get things back on track and the only way that is going to happen is getting rid of the Broccowilsons(not likely to happen)and to get someone who's the opposite of Forster to direct.

[ID]

I like Michael G Wilson and he's played a big part in many of my favourite Bond films. He's a nice man who has done sterling work for the series but I do feel he is losing interest of late and there is a definite subtext to some of his recent interviews. He is knocking on a bit I suppose but I wish him luck for the future.

Nice to see you back ID! I agree about Michael G Wilson; he had a a hand in some of the classic Bond films. He does like to take it a bit easier nowadays.

Thank you Carl. This thread is like being in a Will Hay film.

[John Drake]

I like Michael G Wilson and he's played a big part in many of my favourite Bond films. He's a nice man who has done sterling work for the series but I do feel he is losing interest of late and there is a definite subtext to some of his recent interviews. He is knocking on a bit I suppose but I wish him luck for the future.

Nice to see you back ID! I agree about Michael G Wilson; he had a a hand in some of the classic Bond films. He does like to take it a bit easier nowadays.

There is a little Daniel Craig biography (can't remember who wrote it) with a black cover that I skimmed through in a bookshop the other day and it says that Wilson wanted Hugh Jackman to replace Brosnan and was 'cold' towards the idea of DC doing it at first.

[Kristatos]

There is a little Daniel Craig biography (can't remember who wrote it) with a black cover that I skimmed through in a bookshop the other day and it says that Wilson wanted Hugh Jackman to replace Brosnan and was 'cold' towards the idea of DC doing it at first.

Well, he may have better taste in Bonds, but the reboot was his idea, I believe, so I find it hard to take sides in a Babs v. Mike battle.

[katied]

There is a little Daniel Craig biography (can't remember who wrote it) with a black cover that I skimmed through in a bookshop the other day and it says that Wilson wanted Hugh Jackman to replace Brosnan and was 'cold' towards the idea of DC doing it at first.

Well, he may have better taste in Bonds, but the reboot was his idea, I believe, so I find it hard to take sides in a Babs v. Mike battle.

Michael G. Wilson had the right idea with Jackman but the final say isn't up to him. It'd be nice if he asserted himself and became-to use a zooology term-the alpha male in their relationship.

[carl stromberg]

There is a little Daniel Craig biography (can't remember who wrote it) with a black cover that I skimmed through in a bookshop the other day and it says that Wilson wanted Hugh Jackman to replace Brosnan and was 'cold' towards the idea of DC doing it at first.

Well, he may have better taste in Bonds, but the reboot was his idea, I believe, so I find it hard to take sides in a Babs v. Mike battle.

Didn't Wilson pitch his reboot idea to Cubby, who then rejected it?

[katied]

Didn't Wilson pitch his reboot idea to Cubby, who then rejected it?

Smart man, Cubby

[Mazer Rackham]

There is a little Daniel Craig biography (can't remember who wrote it) with a black cover that I skimmed through in a bookshop the other day and it says that Wilson wanted Hugh Jackman to replace Brosnan and was 'cold' towards the idea of DC doing it at first.

I met MGW once. A Long time ago. Long before the Craig fiasco. He was very decent to all of us and put a very good face on the whole enterprise.
Behind his back, in other corridors, he and his half sister are considered idiots by others in the film industry. I've even heard jokes about Barbara being the Mailman's offspring nothing to with Cubby. I think this was started because of the huge disconnect from what people knew of Cubby and what they saw in Barbara.
MGW is considered by many a nepotism hire who botched much of the Bond ethoses with his hackneyed ideas and writing. But he is probably more right than wrong when talking about classic Bond and much closer to Cubby than his daughter is in his business sense. And he was dead set against Craig as Bond, overruled by his sister who made it very clear he was only the hired help and not family. Not from the right side of the family anyway.

If something were to happen to Barbara we probably would see a completely different face to Bond in short order.