November Man

[rosafermu]

Thanks eaz

[amilein]

Aug 19, 2014 2:41:41 GMT -5 eaz35173 said:

I posted about it in the "Interviews" thread, along with 2 different links. I have no clue how to "do" reddit. Do you, amilein? If so, perhaps you can teach us.

I dont have an account myself
So I cant tell you anything about posting things and stuff... I just have red some stuff that other people posted and I will definitely read the AMA

[rsection]

[eaz35173]

Just watched Fallon. Pierce announced that Relativity has ordered a sequel!!

[Ace]

Pierce Brosnan Plays GoldenEye 007 with Jimmy

[rosafermu]

Thanks Ace

[williknecht]

Aug 20, 2014 0:55:17 GMT -5 Ace said:

Pierce Brosnan Plays GoldenEye 007 with Jimmy

Those were the days. I have played the game till you drop. But in Germany the game was because of the depiction of violence not freely bought and you had to ask a seller a question.

BTW Pierce looks nice with the gray suit.

[williknecht]

Aug 19, 2014 15:10:35 GMT -5 amilein said:

Aug 19, 2014 2:41:41 GMT -5 eaz35173 said:

I posted about it in the "Interviews" thread, along with 2 different links. I have no clue how to "do" reddit. Do you, amilein? If so, perhaps you can teach us.

I dont have an account myself
So I cant tell you anything about posting things and stuff... I just have red some stuff that other people posted and I will definitely read the AMA

I've even created an account - let's see how and if this works

[williknecht]

The Reddit seems to be over. Lots of questions, unfortunately more times with the same question: "Have you ever played Goldeneye on N64 "?

Too bad, I personally had hoped for more.

[Ace]

[rosafermu]

hanks to everyone. Greetings

[rosafermu]

Aug 21, 2014 4:52:24 GMT -5 rosafermu said:

Thanks to everyone. Greetings

[eaz35173]

[eaz35173]

Another interview (I, personally, am getting tired of hearing "cultured badass") ....

[amilein]

Aug 21, 2014 14:04:05 GMT -5 eaz35173 said:

Another interview (I, personally, am getting tired of hearing "cultured badass") ....

Hahaha, true! But try coming up with a new answer every time when people ask you the same darn questions for 3 days in a row... ;-)

[eaz35173]

Aug 21, 2014 15:05:18 GMT -5 amilein said:

Aug 21, 2014 14:04:05 GMT -5 eaz35173 said:

Another interview (I, personally, am getting tired of hearing "cultured badass") ....

Hahaha, true! But try coming up with a new answer every time when people ask you the same darn questions for 3 days in a row... ;-)

Yeah, I know.  I can't imagine repeating the same thing interview after interview. And those of us on this forum watch MANY more of his interviews than the average person out there, so it's something I tend to notice more.  At least it's getting press!

[eaz35173]

[eaz35173]

New video/interview ... www.themalaymailonline.com/showbiz/article/pierce-brosnan-solves-world-problems-in-thw-november-man-video

[eaz35173]

Roger Donaldson interview ... www.statepress.com/2014/08/21/roger-donaldson-talks-november-man/

Although it’s been 12 years since Pierce Brosnan last appeared on screen as James Bond, his newest film is a more-than-welcome return to a genre the actor is already quite familiar with. The former “Remington Steele” star plays the titular character in director Roger Donaldson’s “The November Man.”

Brosnan plays Peter Devereaux, a former CIA operative who is forced back into the world of espionage and is pitted against is former pupil. Former Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko (“Quantum of Solace”), Luke Bracey (“G.I. Joe: Retaliation”), and Will Patton (TNT’s “Falling Skies”) also star. The film, which is based on the seventh novel in a series of books by author Bill Granger, marks the second time Brosnan and Donaldson have worked together and the first since 1997’s “Dante’s Peak.”

“It was a great pleasure working with Pierce again,” Donaldson said. “He’s a very talented actor, a great friend, and he really brought a lot to this film.”

Brosnan’s production company Irish DreamTime, which he co-founded with partner Beau St. Clair, first considered making an espionage film in 2008. However, the two of them were hesitant to do so at risk of retreading previous material. When Executive Producer Dino Conte brought the Granger’s series to St. Clair, she optioned the rights to the seventh novel in the series. Screenwriters Michael Finch (2010’s “Predators”) and Karl Gajdusek (2013’s “Oblivion”) were brought on, and after nearly five years, the script was finished. It was then that Brosnan recommended Donaldson for the job.

“It’s an absolute honor to have been recommended by Pierce,” Donaldson said. “When I read the script, I knew that it would be great fun making the film.”

After reading the script, which was originally set to take place in Berlin, producers decided that Belgrade, Serbia would be a better shooting location. Donaldson said that the change was one for the better and that shooting there in fact made the film stronger.

“There’s so much rich history and landscapes there that I really wanted to bring out and explore,” Donaldson said. “And I’m really proud of the way it turned out. The color and landscape of the city was quite fun to explore, and I love that it allowed the city to speak for itself a little bit and sort of become a character in the film in its own right.”

No spy film is complete without its share of high-paced action sequences, and “The November Man” is no exception. Donaldson says that to him, the most important part of filming those things was making them feel authentic but still fun.

“I really wanted audiences to sit on the edge of their seats and be completely indulges in what’s happening on screen, but at the same time, I wanted things to feel real. When you see a shot from a drone’s perspective, we really shot that with a drone so it would be believable. We have shots where the cameraman was on the back of a speeding motorbike,” Donaldson said.

He’s also a believer in practical effects.

“Sure, you can add cars crashing and exploding digitally,” Donaldson said, “But I think that takes away from the authenticity of it. When you see a van explode on screen, we really blew-up a van.”

Adding to the authenticity, Donaldson says, is Brosnan’s outstanding ability to multi-task.

“A lot of actors have a hard time driving and acting,” Donaldson said. “But Pierce is incredible at it. I can’t remember the last time I saw an actor do that and it really made working with him in those scenes quite simple.”

Despite the fact that any spy role Brosnan takes on will surely be compared to his days as 007, Donaldson says that he is confident this film will allow the actor to put a new stamp on the genre.

“Devereaux is quite different than Bond,” Donaldson said. “He’s smart and isn’t trying to stop world devastation. He’s been around and is really trying to protect who he has to. He’s a spy for the modern age. “

“The November Man” opens Aug. 27.

[eaz35173]

filmreviewonline.com/2014/08/23/the-november-man-pierce-brosnan-a-spy-but-not-bond/

After twelve years Pierce Brosnan has gone back into the spy business, but his character, Peter Devereaux, in the new, intense thriller The November Man is far from the suave James Bond, who he portrayed in four movies, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day.

Brosnan first came to prominence in America with his TV series Remington Steele and went on to do such successful films as The Tailor of Panama, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Mrs Doubtfire and Mamma Mia!

In 1996, along with is co-partner Beau St. Clair, he formed the production company Irish DreamTime, which has produced 10 movies including The Thomas Crown Affair, The Matador and The November Man.

In the film, Peter Devereaux (Pierce Brosnan), code name ‘The November Man,’ a highly trained ex-CIA agent, is lured out of retirement to protect a valuable witness, Alice Fournier (Olga Kurylenko), who could expose the truth behind an old conspiracy. He soon discovers he is the target of his former friend and CIA protégé, David Mason (Luke Bracey). The film opens on Wednesday, August 27th for the Labor Day weekend.

I spoke with Pierce Brosnan at the press day for the movie about his life and career.

Were you attracted to the fact that The November Man would take you back into the spy genre?
After my four outings as James Bond there seemed to be unfinished business. The way Bond finished in my life, and the demise of Bond going off stage-left into the night, seemed like there was a certain void there.

So Beau came to me with the idea. We’ve made numerous films, Thomas Crown and The Matador, so we had a good friendship and understanding of each other lives.

Bond was so big and mighty in my career and it is the gift that just keeps giving. I wouldn’t be here today if it hadn’t been for James Bond, so there was a desire and need to make The November Man.

I love the title, it has a sensuality and a mystique to it. The writings of Bill Granger (who wrote the novels) had a complexity of character and a punch and grit to it which gave me the opportunity to really take the gloves off and be hard-as-nails and be ambivalent in my moral values as a character.

Were you worried doing another spy film that many of your fans are going to think you’ll be playing a James Bond-type, when this character is totally unlike him?
Good heavens no, that never entered into the equation.

I was contracted for four movies, I saved the world four times and there was supposed to be a fifth but it was never meant to be, so I think that was grist for the mill, to go out there and find a piece like The November Man to do it my way, cue song!

And Beau wanted this for me, she wanted me to go back into this game and pick up the gun. I was watching it the other night at the Mann’s Chinese Theatre, and I thought I should have picked up the gun sooner.

But then you wouldn’t have done all the diverse roles you’ve been doing in the last few years. You’ve had a great post-Bond career with comedy, and even a musical with Mamma Mia!
Thank you. I knew there was work to be done, I was trained as an actor to play many roles. I was led to believe that I had some versatility, some talent, some sense of performance.

Going into James Bond I knew that if I got it right, and there’s only one way to do it and that’s get it right, because I’d seen men go before me in the role and I had great admiration for them all, so I knew that I was going to have maybe a hard row to hoe coming out the other end, of trying to define myself as an actor, as an artist, as a performer.

What was it like shooting The November Man in Serbia?
It [was] a joy. I knew Belgrade, I was there before the war, and after the war I did a miniseries, Around the World in 80 Days. I shot two movies there, so I knew the landscape, the people and the climate, and the great trauma that had befallen the Balkans.

The book was set in Berlin, but we didn’t have the money to go to Berlin. This film was made for a really conservative amount of money, so to make it we [needed] to get as big a bang for your buck as you see on the screen.

We were trying to find a landscape that hadn’t been used, and Roger (Donaldson, the movie’s director), fell in love with it. The Serbian actors and crew just embraced us, and likewise.

It was hard work, down and dirty, but exhilarating. Belgrade and Montenegro [are] beautiful. It’s wonderful to go to far flung places to make movies, it gives you so much insightfulness into the character.

There are thirteen ‘November Man‘ books, are you hoping to do a sequel? Would you like to play the character again?
That’s what we hope. That was Beau’s and my wishes and desires, so we’ll see. Also, to pass the mantle on, to find someone as wonderful, fresh and exhilarating, and diamond- in-the-rough as Luke Bracey is.

Audio Links ... 
Fight Scene - filmreviewonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Pierce-Brosnan-fight.mp3
On becoming an American citizen - filmreviewonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Pierce-Brosnan-American.mp3