The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[James]

In anticipation of the Winter Olympics returning to Cortina d'Ampezzo this year, I rewatched For Your Eyes Only this weekend. I actually like to revisit it every year around this time but 2026 is especially noteworthy. In addition to being the 45th anniversary of the film's release, it's also the 70th anniversary of the last time Cortina hosted the Winter games.

(Also, special shout-out to our very own Kristatos! This guy began the 1980s by betraying both an archaeologist and James Bond and then ended the decade by pulling the exact same feat!)

I quite enjoy some of Bill Conti's score but it's a shame John Barry couldn't do the music for the film.

[James]

PADDY POWER LATEST ODDS. Callum Turner is still the leading the pack with the bookies. I have no idea who Anthony Boyle is when he's at home.

Callum Turner 4/9

Aaron Taylor-Johnson 5/1

Jacob Elordi 6/1

Leo Suter 8/1

Anthony Boyle 8/1

Jack Lowden 12/1

[James]

This does sound plausible, but it conflicts with previous reports that the new Bond won't be announced until the summer.

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Yeah, I take all this media speculation with a bag of salt. We won't know until an official announcement - or a leak of an impending official announcement. It's fun though. Only the other week the papers had Callum Turner telling strangers in the pub he was the new Bond. And before that they said Aaron Taylor-Johnson had shot his gun barrel. I have a theory (just a theory) that Taylor-Johnson was Barbara's man and that went kaput when Amazon took over. I can't find the link but someone on another forum had a very recent clip of Jacob Elordi being asked about the James Bond rumours. Elordi, very adroitly and in polite fashion, basically avoided the question and simply praised Denis Villeneuve. I don't know if this means anything but he's being coy for now.

[Kristatos]

I suspect that these stories are being planted by the actors' agents, the equivalent of the "for your consideration" ads in the trades during the run-up to Oscar season.

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