SkyFall news and related tweets

Germangirl · Post by **Germangirl** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:52 pm

Sylvia's girl wrote:
Germangirl wrote:http://movies.ign.com/articles/112/1126354p1.html

If you read this a bit optimistically, things are moving and we can still hope for a start next year
Err..David G Wilson?...Michael surely!
You would think they could get the name right!

The name is right. David is Michaels son

More detailed news, which sound even better. Just ONE months for the bankruptsy

A little more info from LA Times

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/enterta ... uptcy.html

Quote:
MGM's secured lenders as of Oct. 4 must vote on the play by Oct. 22. If it is approved, the studio will immediately file a pre-packaged Chapter 11. The bankruptcy process is expected to last about 30 days, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The beginning of the solicitation of votes on Thursday means that MGM is no longer open to other offers. Companies that previously made acquisition or merger offers and have remained interested, including Warner Bros. and Lions Gate, may not make another bid unless the Spyglass plan is rejected by the debt holders.

Once MGM emerges from bankruptcy, it is expected to ramp up production after several years of very little activity. It will release about six films per year, including new James Bond Pictures and two films based on "The Hobbit" that it will co-finance with Warner Bros.

Germangirl · Post by **Germangirl** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:53 pm

BTW Sylivia, shouldn't we be in bed? I know, I should - somehow I place you in Europe..

Jana66 · Post by **Jana66** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:27 am

I hope, my memories are correct, I thought the name of Mr David G. Wilson was among the QoS credits. And he surely will be on board with Bond 23...and further ones.

Sylvia's girl · Post by **Sylvia's girl** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 12:39 pm

Germangirl wrote:BTW Sylivia, shouldn't we be in bed? I know, I should - somehow I place you in Europe..

I'm rarely in bed before midnight unless I get an offer I can't refuse!

Germangirl · Post by **Germangirl** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:17 pm

From someone over at CBN

When I attended Raymond Benson's book launch party for Choice of Weapons, Doug Redenius, who is the vice president of the Ian Fleming foundation, was there and he said that he keeps in touch with Mendes through e-mail. He said that in the E-mails, Mendes would say things such as "You have no Idea how excited I am to be apart of this film, words cannot describe it." or something along those lines. Just thought I'd throw that out there. So, yes, I'd say that Mendes is pretty excited.

SmittenDramaKitten · Post by **SmittenDramaKitten** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:44 pm

And we are excited to have Sam directing a Bond Movie... he is the Director's Director. A seriously talented guy...

I don't pretend to understand all these financial shenanigans that MGM have been and are going through, despite reading all your well informed posts.

All I care about is that they get it sorted and we see Daniel as 007 again very soon!!

Germangirl · Post by **Germangirl** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:17 am

And what about Bond?
Posted on October 9, 2010 by John

Some of my best memories about movies come from all the times my parents let me stay up and watch James Bond movies on ABC. This was the Roger Moore era, of course, and sometimes they were silly, but I loved them anyway. Pretty girls! Gadgets! A car that drove underwater! Little boys love those kinds of things, even when they're less than a week away from turning 35.

Though more than one Connery fan has given me hell for saying it, my favorite Bond actor is the current guy — Daniel Craig. He's a master of suave, British cool, but he also exudes a rugged, old-school Hollywood tough guy vibe. (For example, he reminds me a lot of Steve McQueen.)

What really sets Craig apart from the others, however, is how truly dangerous his Bond is. This guy will kill you first and kill you the worst, all without losing a moment's sleep about it.

Casino Royale was excellent (review here), and I liked Quantum of Solace even better. It's the leanest and meanest of all the Bond movies, and it tragically, defiantly, and rather beautifully sets up the character to become a 007 more capable and lethal than any of the ones so many of us grew up with.

So why have nearly two years passed since Quantum of Solace without a new Bond film in production or even scheduled to be?

Sam Mendes has long been linked to direct the next one, and Daniel Craig is more than ready. But the money woes of MGM Studios have thrown wrench after financially challenged wrench into everyone else's creative gears.

And that's a shame, because we've got the best Bond we've ever had, and we're wasting him.

But maybe there's light at the end of the tunnel. Back in August, the Wall Street Journal reported that Spyglass Entertainment could possibly come to the rescue, and now that MGM has filed for bankruptcy, the Bond producers are already looking to the future — IGN just spoke to Eon Productions' David G. Wilson, who notes that Mendes is still involved and production could begin next year.

That's certainly much better news than what the producers were saying in April, when MGM's seemingly insurmountable incompetencies forced them to declare the franchise "indefinitely" on hold.

(For an archive of all of IGN's excellent Bond coverage, click here.)

It breaks my heart to see money issues always getting in the way of the good stories I'm so eager to be told, but it's an unfortunate aspect of the business.

Regardless of who ends up writing the checks, I hope we get some solid news on the next installment soon.

In the meantime, the greedy bean counters at MGM who caused this mess are welcome to go drown in a quantum of sorry.

http://www.johnbierly.com/3759

tbossmc2000 · Post by **tbossmc2000** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:27 pm

CRAIG URGES BOND BOSSES TO SORT THEMSELVES OUT.... to read on click on the
link below

URL to article:
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/st ... ut_1172474

khenton · Post by **khenton** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:48 pm

Are the photos with that article new? K

$abbatha · Post by **$abbatha** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:19 pm

Nope,the pics are quite older...if your read the legend under its you will see that were taken in NY in March.

Sylvia's girl · Post by **Sylvia's girl** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:20 pm

khenton wrote:Are the photos with that article new? K

No Khenton, they were taken quite a few monthe ago, April I think!

Post by **Dunda** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:24 pm

khenton wrote:Are the photos with that article new? K

no, 3rd April 2010 New York http://www.dedicatedtodaniel.com/galler ... ?album=560

$abbatha · Post by **$abbatha** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:37 pm

Sylvia's girl wrote:
khenton wrote:Are the photos with that article new? K
No Khenton, they were taken quite a few monthe ago, April I think!

Yep..you're right April ^^"

tbossmc2000 · Post by **tbossmc2000** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:35 pm

khenton wrote:Are the photos with that article new? K

They were the pics of Sat's, Emma and Daniel in NY last fall before Dream House started.

bumblebee · Post by **bumblebee** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:52 pm

Get Your Shiz Together, MGM! Daniel Craig Wants To Be Bond ...

It’s the role of his career! He isn’t giving up on it!

Daniel Craig is imploring MGM to find a solution to their financial problems so that he can slip into a tuxedo and start pistol…

http://perezhilton.com/2010-10-12-danie ... cking-film

(old but written as only Perez Hilton knows how)