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A Bond film without Daniel Craig isn't relevant. He's the best thing to happen to the series in the last 20 years, and the prods know it.
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The mood right now :D

FilmBuzz is hearing noise that Sam Worthington might be the next Bond instead of Daniel Craig? I sure hope not.

jessiessalad @BaleheadTiff I like him, but I want Daniel Craig for at least one more. Oh, that body!!

RewAllen @BulkSlash You're right, he has no screen presence. Daniel Craig is the man. Why would they even consider doing that?

RewAllen @BulkSlash Let me be very clear: if Daniel Craig loses the role of James Bond to Sam Worthington, I never see a Bond film ever again. Ever.
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..

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http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/822923-a ... ll-survive

The 24-year-old actress played Bond girl Strawberry Fields opposite current 007 Daniel Craig in Quantum Of Solace in 2008.
Gemma Arterton thinks the James Bond franchise will survive

Gemma said: "It shows the state of the film industry at the moment, especially the British film industry. Fingers crossed - it's James Bond so it has to continue and it will. It's just a minor blip."

EON Productions have blamed the financial difficulties of MGM studios, which is reported to have a 3.7 billion-dollar (£2.4 billion) debt.

J Blakeson, who directs Gemma in their latest film The Disappearance Of Alice Creed, feels British film is thriving.

He said: "James Bond is funded by an American studio anyway. Obviously it's very good for the technicians, it's made by British people. But most of the money that gets made from James Bond films doesn't stay in Britain so it doesn't fuel our industry very much.

"I think there's a real good wave of up and coming filmmakers at the moment, it's quite exciting."
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for the most part to us in the US Bond IS the British film industry other than Merchant Ivory films ...
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Laredo wrote:for the most part to us in the US Bond IS the British film industry other than Merchant Ivory films ...
and Love Actually. :wink:
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Hardly newsworthy but I must admit, that particular scene has that effect on me too...

http://jakeho.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/ ... n-stirred/

Chetry: Craig Crazy. American Morning’s Venus Kiran Chetry may enjoy getting her male acolytes all hot and bothered on occasion but yesterday it was Kiran who became the flustered votary of her Adonis. When AM returned almost mid-show to the theme of James Bond, Kiran drew “her gun” like an Angel (Charlie’s) before reading the headlines. She began, “Welcome back! I guess you can guess what we’re talking about this morning.”*

Then, as producers ran the footage of Craig rising from the surf in his bathing scivvies in Casino Royale, Kiran continued, “007 may have a hard time surviving his latest adventure. The twenty-third James Bond film has been postponed indef [ending mid-word]. Appearing suddenly to be overcome by the vapors” Kiran exclaimed, “Hold on, I can’t speak!” Abashedly, she laughed, “Lord have mercy! Sorry!”

After regaining her composure and finishing the story, her co-anchor John Roberts nonchalantly queried, “So, who was the best Bond?” John proclaimed that it was Sean Connery. Not swayed in the least, Kiran defiantly declared, “I picked Daniel Craig. I’m sorry. It was that scene we showed.”

Agreeably, John replied, “I also like Daniel Craig: I think he’s a very good Bond. I really do.” Raising her eyes lustily, Kiran enthusiastically concurred, “Me, too!” Realizing that he might want to distinguish his comments, John replied, “I like him for different reasons than you do.”

Turning to John, Kiran riantly responded, “Next time we’ll do your favorite Bond girls. How about that? We’ll keep it fair.” Gallantly, John answered, “Nah! I got one girl [Kyra Phillips] that’s my favorite.” Kiran simply laughed.

Kiran: the next bodacious Bond girl? Don’t laugh. She certainly made a luscious Lara Croft!

American Morning – 04/21/10 (@7:19 a.m. ET)
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A huge thank you to all of the lovely ladies(GG,SG,Cal,etc)who provides us with all kinds of interesting articles and news tidbits here and in the Newsroom in general.Much appreciated! :D
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All very welcome :D
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..

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Whilst channel-surfing last night, I stopped upon an irreverent comedy chat show called 'Opinionated' hosted by Northern comic Frank Skinner. I saw last weeks "episode" and thought it was quite amusing so I stopped to watch whilst waiting for Jonathan Ross to start. They discuss the news topics of the week and, apart from the global flight ban, the subject of the announcement about Bond 23 came up. Skinner asked his audience for a show of hands for people who would be upset if there would never be another Bond movie. The reaction was decidedly hesitant. And when some d***head in the audience started blathering on about how he thought it would be a GOOD idea for the Bond franchise to end, I had to press the mute button lest they started to 'diss' Daniel! :roll: SOME of us are still less than happy about it thank you very much. SOME of us are still searching for any scrap of evidence to the contrary that this debacle is genuinely real. What if the forum members started a petition of some kind and presented it to Barbara Broccoli? Would that have any effect and who is going to volunteer to take it up with our Babs, who must surely still be seething along with the rest of us??! :wink:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8642353.stm

Despite recent news that the next James Bond film has been suspended "indefinitely", stars of the series including George Lazenby, Richard Kiel, Honor Blackman, Britt Ekland have been meeting fans at a festival in London.

At the London Film Museum, there is no question that at the box office there is one movie star whose light shines brighter than most: James Bond.

A 007 film brings in the cash: Casino Royale, Daniel Craig's first outing as the spy, made more than £350 million worldwide.

So movie buffs at the Bond Fan's Festival were asking why a money crisis has led to work on the latest film being suspended indefinitely.

As MGM battle to find a buyer to settle its huge £2.4bn debt, it may appear that the James Bond train has come to a halt.

It has not. As I found out it is still trundling on, powered by its successes over the past five decades.

In one of the panelled rooms within County Hall, tables are set out along the edge of the room. Above each one is a movie character from a scene played out over the past 48 years.

Just as you walk past, you realise the person clasping the pen and sitting behind the table is actually the star. There'll be another Bond film, don't worry '.

A little older yes, but the actual Bond star, almost willing you on, waiting for the moment the penny drops.

The hard part is recognising them out of character - Jesper Christensen aka Mr White (not what I imagined), Sylvana Henriques aka Blofeld's Angel of Death (looking pretty good 40 years on but obviously older).

The one person you can not mistake is Richard Kiel - Jaws. Legend. He has the biggest queue of all.

Even without his metal teeth, fans pay to have their photos taken with him. They pay more for a signed photo. Jaws offered to bite me on the neck - for free. I said no.

So does one of Bond's most famous adversaries think the end is nigh for the famous franchise? The answer is negative - Kiel says financial issues and delays are nothing new.

"They had a gap before... Just before Goldeneye," he says.

"Somebody bought MGM. So it'll be made. There'll be another Bond film, don't worry."



Phew. Because there are an awful lot of fans here who appear to live and breathe Bond.

"I think James Bond is probably what every boy wants to be and every middle-aged man wants to be as well," said Davison.

"It's probably the most successful... well, it is the most successful franchise in history. It's been going for nearly 50 years.

"I love it. My son loves it. And I hope it goes on for generations to come."

At the Fan Festival there is no escaping the lure of Bond and its enduring appeal - no wonder 007 was about to embark on his 23rd film.

Industry experts say it will be made, the only question is when.

For the hungry fans, it cannot come soon enough.
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James Bond can beat any villain - including MGM

Some people eat turkey every Christmas, even though they find it bland, dry and boring, because it is the traditional thing to do. Others keep going back to the same holiday resort because once or twice they had a really good time there, even though in recent years the tone of the place has declined, the best restaurants seem to have closed and the beach is more crowded.

My equivalent of this is to go, with a sense of religious devotion, to each new James Bond film when it is released. I haven't seen what I considered to be a really good one since the departure of the celebrated Scottish Nationalist Sir Sean Connery from the top of the cast list. There have been some that had their moments – I rather liked Pierce Brosnan driving a BMW by remote control at high speed round a multi-storey car park in Tomorrow Never Dies – but more and more have been real turkeys. And the last two, with Daniel Craig rather believable as a Bond for the 21st century (if that is not a contradiction in terms), were otherwise slightly weird, and radiated a strange sense of emptiness.


Bond has a licence to kill, but the films have always been a licence to print money. It is all the more remarkable, therefore, that production of the 23rd Bond film has been suspended because of the parlous financial state of MGM, the business that now owns the rights to the franchise. The lion now squeaks rather than roars, it appears, and will only do that if there is cash up front.

It has been a long decline for this 86-year-old Hollywood studio. Its official motto, wreathing Leo the Lion, is "Art for art's sake"; its unofficial one was "More stars than are in the heavens", which was more or less true in the glory days of MGM, from about 1930 to 1950. Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Judy Garland and Joan Crawford were among those under contract. MGM made The Wizard of Oz and distributed Gone with the Wind. It also had Laurel and Hardy on its books. As it fell out with or lost several of its big names in the 1940s, it kept on top by producing some of the best-known musicals of the era – Singin' in the Rain, An American in Paris, Show Boat and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers among them.

However, the golden age ended in a series of deals, mergers, takeovers and other attempts at leveraging that never quite worked out. One of these was the purchase, in 1981, of United Artists, and with it the Bond franchise. What has gone wrong with MGM is perhaps illustrated by its inability now to make a film that might actually make it some money. Perhaps at some point there will have to be a fire sale, in which its share of the Bond films might be the only thing that would give the firm's innumerable creditors something to look forward to.

Still, it is hard to imagine even the bankruptcy of MGM killing off James Bond on celluloid, something the world's leading villains have completely failed to do in nearly 50 years: he and his adventures are always going to be a most marketable asset for anyone strapped for cash. But perhaps the pause in normal service is an ideal moment for those who might shape the next Bond film to ponder on what it ought to be.

What I felt was missing from the last two Bond films – Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace – were jokes. Craig, as I have said, was believable as an MI6 agent; but that raised the question of how believable James Bond is supposed to be. He is a complete fantasy figure, and that is his appeal. In the real world, people do not jump out of aircraft at 30,000 feet, have a fight on the way down, and survive. They do not consume strong drink (and, in the old days, cigarettes) with the abandon that Bond does without ending up on a mortuary slab fairly early on. They do not drive performance cars round multi-storey car parks, while being shot at, using their mobile telephones to keep the thing on course. They don't jump from one building to another and inevitably land safely. Also, when most villains tell someone that they are going to be killed, they normally get killed pretty sharpish, and not after a theatrical delay that allows them to overpower their captors and make an escape.

Most telling of all, there is not top international totty waiting for them at every pause, with whom an astonishing degree of intimacy is immediately and profoundly established, with the best lobster, foie gras and finest vintage of Pol Roger to hand. It is the sheer incredibility of Bond that hauls suckers like me back to the cinema every time a new film comes out, and prises open our wallets in the cause of MGM's surviving for a few more months before the bailiffs come in. And I fear the last couple of films were not incredible enough, nor Craig sufficiently charismatic: not, I concede, that it is easy to exude charisma when an agent of a foreign power is smacking one's testicles with a knotted rope.

One of the most baleful features of much modern cinema is the ubiquity of special effects, and their use as a substitute for interesting plot, characters and dialogue. One of the things that has made Bond films stand out in the era of special effects is that they are so spectacular – especially the stunts – and they were often complemented by, rather than being the replacement for, jokes, good dialogue and a just-about-comprehensible plot.

Even before special effects as we know them today, in the Connery films, character was pretty weak. Apart from Bond himself, and the odd woman who was allowed to become more than one-dimensional (notably Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore), and of course the usual pantomime villain (chosen, one always thought, for his ability to convey the correct sinister inflection on the phrase "Meeeeestair Bondt"), everyone else was fleeting and cardboard. That hardly mattered; the film was not about them. But the original levels of invention and originality have not been maintained.

Perhaps it is hard to do so when the same old material has to be recycled in order to keep going: Ian Fleming, whose lifestyle was in some toxic respects similar to that of his creation, died aged 56, when the series was in its infancy. A lot of bricks have had to be made with very little straw since then. Stunts, gadgets, the parade of women and fabulous cars, and the defiance of certain death do, though, go a long way to cheering up those in search of absurd escapism. So may Bond be back, and may he show us next time that turkey can, if cooked properly, be surprisingly good.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film ... g-MGM.html
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So much for foreign buy outs..............I thought Daniel had signed a contract for several bond movies........the guy in Avatar his mannerisms were so much like Pierce Brosnan.....I know James Bond character is like a diamond we see different facets of his character which is why it has been successful in different actors playing the role DC I'm sure will continue to play James Bond until the end of contractural obligations........but......I love DC in his other roles i.e. Some Voices, Layer Cake..Infamous (Bravo Bravo)....this is where his real talents lies.......and I miss the meatiness he gives the roles........with james he simmers.......and simmers ........I wish he would come down from the stratosphere and give us his best...........
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Germangirl wrote:FilmBuzz is hearing noise that Sam Worthington might be the next Bond instead of Daniel Craig?
Even my mum ( :shock: ) said that she'd heard that Sam Worthington is the new Bond!!!! I've only just got her used to who Daniel is ...

No, I think we should rest assured that Dan will give us another Bond outing - I feel quite positive about that
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Miss-Meow wrote:
Germangirl wrote:FilmBuzz is hearing noise that Sam Worthington might be the next Bond instead of Daniel Craig?
Even my mum ( :shock: ) said that she'd heard that Sam Worthington is the new Bond!!!! I've only just got her used to who Daniel is ...

No, I think we should rest assured that Dan will give us another Bond outing - I feel quite positive about that
From what I reasd, I think we can - and Sam W. will definitelys NOT be the next Bond, because nobody roots for him - NOBODY! They think he is bland and cannot act.
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..

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