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Miscellaneous / Verschiedenes » alt.fan.james-bond » Barb Shoots Down Tabloid Reports
| Barb Shoots Down Tabloid Reports [message #232487] |
Mo, 06 März 2006 00:28 |
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From: www.commanderbond.net
Barbara Broccoli Shoots Down Tabloid Reports
"His teeth are fine, his driving is fine, he doesn't have heat rash and
he's not afraid of the water."
Written by Athena Stamos (05 Mar, 2006, 11:08)
"His teeth are fine, his driving is fine, he doesn't have heat rash and
he's not afraid of the water." That's the word today from Bond producer
Barbara Broccoli as reported in Variety.
Tabloid reports that 007 star Daniel Craig has been taking a beating on
the set of Casino Royale have rained down on the production almost from
the first day of shooting.
"We're aware of it, but it doesn't mean anything to us," says Broccoli,
who adds she's used to being scrutinized by the press and sensitive
fans. "There's always a heightened interest in Bond, and every time we
recast the role there's even more. It's just in keeping with what we've
been experiencing."
The Variety article also sheds light on Eon's new working relationship
with Sony and Columbia Pictures topper Amy Pascal, who is said to be
working with the producers to contemporize the franchise and grow its
audience in a younger direction.
Broccoli says the team has come to "happy agreements" on all Bond
matters, and that "all casting and director decisions were made with
Amy.... The script and everything."
"I'm glad to be working with a woman executive," she says of Pascal.
"It's nice for me."
Sources familiar with the producers' arrangement at MGM say so long as
Broccoli and Wilson stayed within the budget the studio had approved,
they had the right to make all creative decisions, including casting
and script, but that they never invoked that clause, instead opting to
include the studio in the filmmaking process.
As for the producers' financial arrangement, people with knowledge of
the deal say they do not put up money for P&A (prints and advertising),
but receive gross points as well as an upfront fee. Most contract deals
and legal work are done through Eon Productions, costs that are put on
the film's budget and then reimbursed.
Yet Broccoli does admit that, "We're all very strong-minded
individuals," and people close to the film say there have been lively
negotiations. Sources say Broccoli was the most passionate about hiring
Craig (Variety claims Sony initially pushed for Clive Owen), although
Pascal now waxes adoringly over the blue-eyed Layer Cake star and is
said to be looking to cast him in another Sony pic.
And while the studio pushed for A-list leading ladies, such as Angelina
Jolie and Charlize Theron, who turned the role down (not surprisingly,
considering Eon's no gross points rule), the producers insisted on
less- expensive, lesser-known thesps who wouldn't overshadow Bond. A
compromise was reached in Eva Green, a thesp with international cred
(she's French) who starred in the steamy NC-17 Bertolucci pic The
Dreamers
Co-producer Michael G. Wilson characterizes the Sony partnership as
"collegial." "We're all headed in the same direction. The idea that
someone throws down the gauntlet--- it never comes to that."
As on all Bond pics, the production schedule for Casino Royale is
brisk. Shooting began Jan. 30 in Prague and will wrap this summer in
order to have the pic in theaters Nov. 17. Things were unusually close
to the wire on this pic, and Green was cast two weeks into shooting.
The short schedule puts added pressure on Sony marketers, who were in
the Bahamas (where the pic is now shooting) as early as last week
gathering material for a Casino Royale teaser trailer.
Not that raising awareness is a big dilemma when it comes to Bond. "You
have an incredible advantage with the franchise because you know what
it is," Pascal says.
The $100 million-plus Casino Royale, which is the story of Bond's first
mission, is not being touted as a special effects or "gadgets" pic.
"There will still be effects, but they won't be obvious to the
audience," Wilson says. "We have great action sequences, a lot of
things blowing up ... but not space effects or things disappearing or
invisible cars."
Casino Royale is the 21st James Bond film produced by franchise holders
Eon Productions. The MGM/Columbia Pictures production began shooting in
January and is due for release worldwide on 17 November 2006. Starring
Daniel Craig as James Bond, it is currently being filmed in the Czech
Republic, the Bahamas, Italy and the UK.
--- Points of Interest to Note:
"Sources familiar with the producers' arrangement at MGM say so long as
Broccoli and Wilson stayed within the budget the studio had approved,
they had the right to make all creative decisions, including casting
and script, but that they never invoked that clause, instead opting to
include the studio in the filmmaking process."
--- Hmm, sounds like "creative rights" revisited and what I had been
saying all along that everyone was pooh-poohing - EON ultimately has
those rights.
"Sources say Broccoli was the most passionate about hiring Craig
(Variety claims Sony initially pushed for Clive Owen), although Pascal
now waxes adoringly over the blue-eyed Layer Cake star and is said to
be looking to cast him in another Sony pic."
--- EON strikes again with "creative rights" over who is to be cast as
Bond. Pascal has no choice but to "wax adoringly" over Craig.
"And while the studio pushed for A-list leading ladies, such as
Angelina Jolie and Charlize Theron, who turned the role down (not
surprisingly, considering Eon's no gross points rule), the producers
insisted on less- expensive, lesser-known thesps who wouldn't
overshadow Bond. A compromise was reached in Eva Green, a thesp with
international cred (she's French) who starred in the steamy NC-17
Bertolucci pic The Dreamers."
--- What, again EON gets its way? Creative Rights Rules for Everything
Or Nothing! The name says it all.
And in light of all that, I still stick by my prediction that CR won't
see the light of day till February 2007.
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| Re: Barb Shoots Down Tabloid Reports [message #232492 ] |
Mo, 06 März 2006 01:39 |
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WQ wrote:
> And in light of all that, I still stick by my prediction that CR won't
> see the light of day till February 2007.
You've said that several times now, so how's about a gentleman's wager
on this? Seriously. If CR meets its official release date of November
17, you post an apology for having got it wrong, if it doesn't, I do
likewise. Deal?
Best
Phil
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| Re: Barb Shoots Down Tabloid Reports [message #232494 ] |
Mo, 06 März 2006 02:06 |
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phil.gerrard [at] ntlworld.com wrote:
> WQ wrote:
>
> > And in light of all that, I still stick by my prediction that CR won't
> > see the light of day till February 2007.
>
> You've said that several times now, so how's about a gentleman's wager
> on this? Seriously. If CR meets its official release date of November
> 17, you post an apology for having got it wrong, if it doesn't, I do
> likewise. Deal?
--- Fine by me. And like I've said before, if CR turns out to be
better than I expect it will or just plain great, I'll be happier than
a pig in mud and among the first, if not the first, to give it its due
praise.
>
> Best
>
> Phil
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| Re: Barb Shoots Down Tabloid Reports [message #232503 ] |
Mo, 06 März 2006 06:33 |
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>From: www.commanderbond.net
>Barbara Broccoli Shoots Down Tabloid Reports
Don't bother reading the article. There's no real violence.
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