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Post by Ace on Jul 29, 2004 9:49:19 GMT -5
Who said I like them? Well I do like Jude and Ewan and don't tell Yuliya but there was even a time I liked Hugh. As the plot thickens: MGM mum on Brosnan returning as Bond Actor told magazine that spy role was behind himUpdated: 3:52 p.m. ET July 29, 2004 LOS ANGELES - Mum’s the word, 007. Film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc Thursday kept its lips pursed as tight as any secret agent with a license to kill on whether Pierce Brosnan would play James Bond in the next superspy movie set for release in November 2005. The Irish-born actor has portrayed the fictional hero of the multi-billion dollar film franchise four times since 1995’s ”GoldenEye,” but this week he said he has holstered his gun for good. “That’s it,” he told Entertainment Weekly magazine in a story published on Tuesday on its Web site. “I’ve said all I’ve got to say on the world of James Bond.” “Bond is another lifetime,” the 51 year-old actor said, adding: “Behind me.” But in the world of covert espionage (i.e.: Bond movies and Hollywood deals), things are rarely what they appear. MGM, which along with EON Productions owns the Bond movie rights and distributes the films, has not yet counted Brosnan out. MGM President Chris McGurk told reporters and Wall Street analysts the company and EON are still developing the 21st Bond film in the 42 year-old series. A script was complete, a director was being hired and then they would see about Bond. “At that point, we’re going to address the casting issues. It’s the same process we went through with ’Die Another Day,”’ which was the most recent Bond movie, McGurk said. Brosnan completed his contract to portray the British superspy, codenamed 007, with the 2002 film that co-starred Halle Berry, and up until the Entertainment Weekly interview, he had often told reporters he was open to another turn as Bond. McGurk said MGM still targets Nov. 2005 as the release date for the unnamed new Bond movie, and that the producers were ahead of schedule compared with “Die Another Day.” With film production nearing, Hollywood insiders speculate Brosnan may be starting negotiations in the press. His media representative referred calls to MGM, which declined to comment beyond McGurk’s statement. Since 1962’s original Bond flick, “Dr. No” starring Sean Connery, five actors have played the spy first made popular in Ian Fleming’s novels with Connery, Roger Moore and Brosnan being the most successful. The other two Bonds were Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby. “Die Another Day,” was the biggest Bond box office hit racking up a total of around $425 million in worldwide ticket sales, and in 2003’s second quarter MGM took in another $140 million from the film’s DVD and home video sales. ================================== Er the other report quoted McGurk as saying there was no completed script or director on board. This just happenned today, can't anyone get their stories straight? Ace
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Post by Yuliya on Jul 29, 2004 9:56:44 GMT -5
Well, that's the only way they could ahead of schedule compared to DAD (it wasn't late, was it?) Does this McGurk guy own a time machine or something? Maybe he's pressed a wrong button - it's the only explanation how they could hire a director so secretly that nobody knows who that is. Unless his "a script was complete, a director was being hired and then they would see about Bond" was "when a script was complete... they would see about Bond." They couldn't possible misquote, could they...? They already spliced PB's words in a very strange way, so that's the limit per article, right?
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Post by curious george on Jul 29, 2004 10:03:29 GMT -5
Yes, I thought that was very interesting, and you folks know I don't follow this nearly as closely as many of you do. From not having anything to being way ahead of schedule? cg
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Post by Ace on Jul 29, 2004 10:16:14 GMT -5
Tamahori was announced as director in July of 2001 so that's not too far behind but they had a little something like a lead actor then as well as a shooting script if not a finished one, script are never finished there are always re-writes. But you have to have enough of a script for set building and location scouting etc. They didn't hire the rest of the cast until Nov/Dec but that's not unusual and really doesn't matter much.
Ace
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Post by Ace on Jul 29, 2004 15:12:24 GMT -5
From Scotsman.com 7-29-04
Has Brosnan seen his final secret mission?
KAREN MCVEIGH
THE new James Bond film, due to start shooting in January, has been beset with "creative difficulties" between the makers and its star for months.
But now, its producers have another headache on their hands because it looks as if they will be forced to go ahead without Pierce Brosnan - whose licence to make money in the last Bond film, Die Another Day, reached a record-breaking $400 million world-wide.
The Irishman claimed in March that work on the film had hit "paralysis" and that producers were "too scared" to move on, leading to a rash of rumours over his future.
At the time, he was careful to hedge his bets, saying that he would love to do a fifth Bond, but if Die Another Day was his last, "so be it".
However, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Brosnan gave his clearest indication yet that he was hanging up his Walther PPK for good. He said: "Bond is another lifetime behind me."
He added: "I’ve said all I’ve got to say on the world of James Bond ... We went out on a high, and I look back affectionately at that time and doing those four films. But I’ve said all I gotta say on it."
Brosnan first appeared in Bond as 1995’s Goldeneye. Since then, he has starred in Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day.
Yesterday, no-one at the production company Eon was available for comment, leading to speculation that this may be a clever ploy on Brosnan’s behalf to negotiate with the film’s makers. If so, it would not be the first time.
"In the past, they have all used that ploy, including Roger Moore and Sean Connery," said David Black, who runs the James Bond International Fan Club from an office in York. "It’s no secret that Pierce wants a bit more directorial input."
With no word from 007 producers of the future direction of the films, speculation has concentrated on whether Brosnan, at 51, is getting too old to play the increasingly all-action hero.
He is not enamoured by the way the Bond films are going, and has criticised producers for sacrificing character-driven plots for gimmicky, high-octane spectacle, saying: "It’s frustrating, really, because they feel they have to top themselves in a genre which is just spectacle and huge bang for your buck."
He criticised the last film, Die Another Day, which he said was going well until the producers went down the old special-effects route, which was "formulaic and safe".
He has even reportedly spoken to Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino about making a film of Casino Royale - the only Ian Fleming novel which Eon don’t own.
Connery and the original Bond producer, Albert "Cubby" Broccoli, who died in 1996, had a famous ten-year feud. At one point Connery - the original Bond who began with Dr No in 1962 - quit but was later hired back for a bigger fee.
While Eon productions make the film, MGM put up the money behind it, a situation which has historically led to tensions and power struggles.
There was a six-year gap between Timothy Dalton’s last Bond film, Licence to Kill, and Brosnan’s first, Goldeneye.
But even by Bond standards, production on the 21st film has been a protracted affair, with conflicting signals about start dates, script readiness and Brosnan’s involvement coming from both the actor’s camp and the company behind the 007 series.
Brosnan was only ever contracted for four films as the suave secret agent, but the resounding success of his final film would make any producer think again.
Earlier this year, as negotiations ground to a halt, he said that he was keen to do another and that the producers "know where to find me."
The actor said: "I certainly would love to do a fifth Bond and then bow out, but if this last one is to be my last, then so be it. My contract is up. They can do it or not."
Following Brosnan’s statement, there has been frenzied media speculation over his replacement.
The bookmakers William Hill make Clive Owen the 11/4 favourite to become the world’s favourite spy, followed by Hugh Jackman at 3/1. They then offer 7/2 Colin Farrell, 5/1 Orlando Bloom, 7/1 Jude Law, 8/1 Christian Bale, Gerard Butler and Ewan McGregor, 12/1 Greg Wise and Jeremy Northam, 14/1 Russell Crowe and 100/1 Robbie Williams.
Putting the right face in a role to die for
PIERCE Brosnan’s decision to quit as Bond hardly had time to hit the airwaves before the race to replace him began.
Indeed, the contest started a while ago, with agents dropping hints to journalists, hoping that their actor’s name would be mentioned in the same sentence as James Bond.
But it will be, as ever, a tricky choice.
Ian Fleming’s character was born out of the wreckage of the Second World War. In the books, Bond is a hard, no-nonsense public-school archetype, exuding the arrogance that came both from Fleming’s ego and from the author’s blinkered, empirical, view of the world.
As Judi Dench puts it to Brosnan in Goldeneye - "You are a sexist, misogynist dinosaur."
He was that, and more. Fleming’s Bond was ruthless, as a womaniser and a killer. He was also xenophobic if not downright racist - by today’s standards if not by the standards of the 1950s and 1960s. He was also well-read, charming, and embodied all the social graces and bearing expected of someone brought up through Eton, Fettes and the Royal Navy.
The difficulty for the makers of the Bond films is bringing that 1950s stereotype up to date.
Many actors have been named in connection with the role and if the film-makers want to rekindle the spark that Sir Sean Connery and Brosnan brought to it they will have to find someone special.
Clive Owen seems to be at the top of many speculative lists, but this is probably enough to rule him out of the running. In his favour is his age. At 39, he has the gravitas necessary and has the right sort of swashbuckling pedigree - The Bourne Identity and King Arthur - to fit into the role well.
Welshman Ioann Gruffudd is only 30 and looks even younger. He excelled as Horatio Hornblower, but Bond is a very different role - a man to Hornblower’s cabin-boy.
Two Australians, Hugh Jackman and Heath Ledger, appear to have more chance of following their fellow antipodean George Lazenby into the role.
Ledger may be too young and boyish, which leaves the brooding 35-year-old Jackman as a potential heir to one of the most lucrative and career-defining roles in film history.
Other actors in contention are Colin Firth, Colin Farrell and Damian Lewis. But whoever it is, he will have to bring something new to the role as well as carrying the legacy of Fleming’s creation from the past.
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Post by sparklingblue on Jul 31, 2004 1:08:39 GMT -5
"Breaking news" from my local paper: Pierce Brosnan has not yet said goodbye to 007. Even though the 51-year-old very recently announced that James Bond was behind him, he has now suggested that he'd still be interested in a mission in her Majesty's secret service. "Of course I would like to do a fifth James Bond movie and then bow out," he told "BZ", a Berlin newspaper. Plans for a fifth Bond had already been discussed and Brosnan was "very surprised that it should all be over".(translation into English by SparklingBlue)link to the German AP article
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Post by Ace on Jul 31, 2004 5:50:26 GMT -5
Yes but what do they mean by "now suggested". Is that quote actially "new" as in the last two days, or something they pulled from an interview that was just published that he probably did weeks or months ago in conjunction with Laws of Attraction publiicty? because that's the exact same thing he said before in multiple interviews before this last week.
Ace
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Post by sparklingblue on Jul 31, 2004 10:15:12 GMT -5
The trouble is, I don't know when they did that interview. They probably just want to increase the sales of their paper by spreading rumours and chopping up old interviews. I don't live in Berlin and don't know this paper (any Berliners here to help out?). I thought I'd post it for completion's sake.
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Post by Ace on Jul 31, 2004 10:43:15 GMT -5
It's hard to tell when any of these things were said or even in what context since all these articles seemed to be chopped and editorialized to within an inch of their life so they can all ahave the needed "spin". Very frustrating. Ace
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Post by sparklingblue on Jul 31, 2004 11:57:25 GMT -5
Exactly! First PB is an "opaque" situation, and now we all are.
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Post by Piper on Jul 31, 2004 16:06:29 GMT -5
Aussie star Bana chosen as next James Bond.
A friend told me this today.... don't know if it's true or not.
::shrugs::
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Post by Ace on Jul 31, 2004 16:32:28 GMT -5
Just rumors right now courtesy of the U.K. The News of The World garbage tabloid and nameless sources they quote.
Ace
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Post by Piper on Jul 31, 2004 16:45:38 GMT -5
Um I dunno seems like it's for real.
Eric Bana in the news
Eric Bana News
Bana, Eric Bana The Age, Australia - 26 minutes ago Australian actor Eric Bana, star of films The Hulk and Troy, is the surprise new choice to take over as James Bond, a report said today.
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Post by Ace on Jul 31, 2004 16:51:31 GMT -5
And they ALL quote the same story from News of The World that quotes unnamed inside sources who say they're negotiating.
These same "news" outlets and I use that term very loosely, reported last week Orland Bloom was making young James Bond films owned by Miramax. *cough* Last month it was Clive Owen and the month before that was Hugh Jackman (also prematurely declared Bond by the Australian Press that's leading the pack for Austalain Bana)
Ace
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Post by Piper on Jul 31, 2004 16:57:18 GMT -5
Hmmm InterestingI was thinking that maybe PB knew about Eric Bana being chosen and that's why he annouced he's done. Guess we'll find out soon enough.
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Post by Ace on Jul 31, 2004 17:06:04 GMT -5
Frankly, I know Bana got some good notices for his supporting role in Troy, but as the Hulk he was a charismaless block of wood that helped kill a franchise before it was born. And even this report has him supossedly as "demanding".
Sooo... suposedly they're letting go of their Multi-Billion $ Bond because they don't like his demands about script and director and hiring Eric Bana to do the same. Why?
I read a month ago Bana saying he didn't want to be Bond, he wouldn't be Bond. I also just read that the Bond website Mi6.com contacted his agent about this very recently when the rumors started and they were given a definite NO. Usually agents and stars are little more cagey and diplomatic if they're actually negotiating.
Ace
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Post by xenos on Jul 31, 2004 22:59:54 GMT -5
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Post by Ace on Aug 1, 2004 4:28:50 GMT -5
Lord please don't compare the ears.... that's probably the best shot of Bana's ears I've ever seen, they usually stick out the side of his head a lot more, like a cartoon. ;D
I think he's attractive but I he doesn't have British 'Bond' looks, they're much more Eastern European.
Ace
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Post by Yuliya on Aug 1, 2004 4:39:36 GMT -5
I hate to post this but... www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13176510,00.html IS ERIC THE NEXT BOND?Aussie star Eric Bana has reportedly been lined up to be the next James Bond. Pierce Brosnan looks to have made his last outing as 007, the actor claiming Bond producers have not been in touch with him. Now the News of the World is reporting that Bana, 35, has beaten Jude Law, Ewan McGregor and Orlando Bloom to the role. Provisionally titled The Man with the Red Tattoo, the 21st Bond film will feature 007 battling to save the world from a deadly virus. Bana, a former stand-up comic, shot to fame in the Australian film Chopper, in which he played notorious real-life criminal Mark Brandon Read. Since then he has starred in Hollywood hits Hulk, Black Hawk Down and Troy. An insider told the paper: "They want to modernise Bond and turn him into a youthful, suave and modern hero to compete with the likes of Spider-Man and Keanu in The Matrix." Bana would be the second Australian to take the role, following in the footsteps of George Lazenby. ***** But it still comes from mysterious insiders who only trust their knowledge to News of the World[/i]. And if the title of the next Bond movie is really The Man with (One?) Red Tattoo, they don't deserve PB anyway.
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Post by Ace on Aug 1, 2004 4:40:50 GMT -5
Here's the original article from the U.K>'s answer to the U.S. Enquirer. (be sure to check out the laughably bad paste job of Bana's head on PB's body!): www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/story_pages/showbiz/showbiz4.shtmlEXCLUSIVE: We reveal new Bond His name is Bana..Eric Bana By Nadia Cohen IT'S incredible! Hulk star Eric Bana is to supermutate into James Bond, leaving a string of 007 wannabes green with envy. Aussie Eric, 35, who shot to fame as the buttonpopping monster, is to take over from Pierce Brosnan as the suave spy with a licence to kill. He beat British actors Jude Law, Orlando Bloom and Ewan McGregor and fellow Aussie Heath Ledger to the coveted role. Shooting Eric is still in negotiations with movie bosses, but producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson are confident he'll be the star of the 21st Bond movie. Thought to be titled The Man With The Red Tattoo, it sees 007 on a mission to save the world from a killer virus. Filming could start as early as September. An insider said: "Eric is the guy they want but he has a reputation for being demanding. They want to modernise Bond and turn him into a youthful, suave and modern hero to compete with the likes of Spiderman and Keanu in The Matrix." Brosnan, 50, announced he was quitting the role this week after starring in four Bond movies. Our source said: "Rumour is he fell out with the producers after demanding more money." Brosnan complained back in March that he hadn't been asked to play 007 in the 21st film. He said: "They know where to find me if they want me. I'd love to do another bit. If not, I won't be out of work. The producers asked me back when we finished the last Bond film. "I think now there is a sense of paralysis and they're not quite sure how to proceed. "But I'll always be James Bond because that is a role you live with for life." Melbourne-born Eric shot to fame in Chopper, Black Hawk Down and Troy, but it was his role in The Hulk that catapulted him to superstardom. Fantastic Even though he was a relatively new face as far as Hollywood was concerned, director Ang Lee never had anyone else in mind to play Bruce Banner. He says: "I always wanted Eric. I'd seen him in Chopper and thought he was a great actor. He was fantastic in Black Hawk Down and was always my choice." Eric is married to TV publicist Rebecca Gleeson and the couple have two children, five-year-old son Klaus and two-year-old daughter Sophia. Their daddy is about to become the man with a golden future... DO you have a story? Call us any day on 0207 782 1001 or email us by clicking here. ========================= Filming start in September? Man with the Red Tattoo? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D The link at the bottom no doubt shows how they go this "exclusive" Ace
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