The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[bjmdds]

Barbara Broccoli, who just relinquished control of the James Bond franchise to Amazon MGM after 11 films, warns that if the career producer doesn't have a path to survival, the biggest casualty will be the consumer:

“Career producers are the guardians of narrative integrity and emotional truth. When the producer’s hand is diminished, quality suffers, and the audience feels this loss.”------In another closed session at the DOHA film festival, Barbara Broccoli, who has several projects on the boil in the wake of ceding the rights with her brother Michael G. Wilson to their family’s James Bond franchise to Amazon MGM Studios earlier this year, will join Oscar-nominated producer Nicky Bentham in a masterclass on creative producing in a changing landscape.

[dirtybenny]

Says the woman who just sold away all her "narrative integrity and emotional truth" not to mention her family's legacy!

But seriously, what part of the Craig era was the "narrative integrity and emotional truth?" The foster brother connection between Bond and Blofeld? The passionless romance between the Craig Bond and all his female co-stars? The pointless long lost daughter? Or the useless suicide at the end of N,TTD?

[Kristatos]

Yes, and let's not ignore the fact that the reason for the Amazon buyout in the first place was her own inaction over Bond. She's like a mother whose kids have been taken into care due to neglect lecturing social services over the need to look after her babies.

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[dirtybenny]

She's like a mother whose kids have been taken into care due to neglect lecturing social services over the need to look after her babies.

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An extremely apt metaphor Kris!

[bjmdds]

Two days ago in London the reunion:

[kater23]

Not enough puking emojis for this one(more for Babzy than Pierce. He’s aged WELL.)

[bjmdds]

Barbara Broccoli’s Eon Productions has lined up its first post-James Bond project, a new version of Shakespeare’s Othello directed by and starring David Oyelowo. The film will shoot in Qatar in autumn 2026. Oyelowo will reprise the title role that he played on stage in New York in 2016, alongside Rachel Brosnahan, reprising the role of Desdemona, and Cynthia Erivo as Emilia. Broccoli also discussed the casting of Daniel Cr-egg as James Bond – the final Eon casting for the role. “When we came to recast the last time, we were going into a new century, so in my head I kept thinking, ‘What does a 21st century hero look like?’,” said Broccoli. “The headline was humanity, so trying to bring that into the series – that’s why casting Daniel Cr-egg was so key. He could really transform the character into someone who has more depth and emotion.”

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“When we came to recast the last time, we were going into a new century, so in my head I kept thinking, ‘What does a 21st century hero look like?’,” said Broccoli. “The headline was humanity, so trying to bring that into the series – that’s why casting Daniel Cr-egg was so key. He could really transform the character into someone who has more depth and emotion.”

Lazenby already did that in 1969. Moore did it too when the scene called for it. "You're sensitive, Mr. Bond?" "About certain things, yes."