| Rumours about Bond 22 - director mentioned [message #274620] |
Fr, 26 Mai 2006 13:55 |
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>From the Daily Mail.
Licence to be a cleverclogs
' Playwright Tom Stoppard is in talks to write the 2007 007 follow - up
to Daniel Craig's first outing as James Bond.
So will 007 be spouting theories on favourite Stoppard topics such as
quantum physics and discussing Chekhov with Judi Dench's M ?
Don't bet on it. Stoppard is no stranger to the world of espionage.
He's been writing The Bourne Ultimatum ( with script writer Tony Gilroy
) for director Paul Greengrass and many of his other projects - plays
such as Hapgood, the TV movie drama Professional Foul and movie
adaptations of John Le Carre's The Russia House and Graham Greene's the
Human factor - are all set in that murky millieu.
Bond producer Barbara Broccoli is said to have felt that Craig's acting
sensibility suited Stoppard's verbal dexterity and so she wanted to
work with a different writer on the next Bond film, which is a
continuation of the Casino Royale film thats shooting now.
The 22nd Bond film will shoot quickly, possibly beginning as early as
January, for release next year. ' They don't want to miss the
opportunity of releasing a 007 film in 2007. Thats a date made for
them,' an executive connected with one of the studios behind the Bond
franchise told me in Cannes.
Notting Hill director Roger Mitchell is in negotiations to direct the
new 007 picture. He worked with Daniel on Enduring Love and the actor,
I'm reliably informed, has been pushing to get Michell on board Bond.
'Daniels having a great time playing James Bond and he could do three,
four or more Bond movies in the future,' my studio man told me.
'But he doesn't want 007 to be stuck in the same groove, so he wants to
work with a director who'll bring a different feel and Roger's his man.
They work well together and Roger knows how to have fun - plus he can
develop Bond's psyche.
'Barbara's got a team who know the action side of it back to front and
Roger can come in and pull it all together.' "
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I doubt Craig will be in Bond 22! But let's wait and see...
MMS
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| Re: Rumours about Bond 22 - director mentioned [message #274641 ] |
Sa, 27 Mai 2006 15:27 |
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It's long been known that Stoppard's wanted to write a Bond film.
Whether they let him write a STOPPARDIAN Bond film is another question
altogether.
Roger MICHELL (for some reason mispelled Mitchell, here) worked on
Enduring Love, of course, Ian McEwan's film. Id' be interested to know
if anyone saw it and liked it...
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| Re: Rumours about Bond 22 - director mentioned [message #274643 ] |
Sa, 27 Mai 2006 15:38 |
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Jeremy Kareken wrote:
> It's long been known that Stoppard's wanted to write a Bond film.
> Whether they let him write a STOPPARDIAN Bond film is another question
> altogether.
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> Roger MICHELL (for some reason mispelled Mitchell, here) worked on
> Enduring Love, of course, Ian McEwan's film. Id' be interested to
> know if anyone saw it and liked it...
I found it an interesting look at obsession, changed a bit from the
novel though. Good performances. Michell has made a couple of
films with Daniel Craig (the girls can get a look at Craig's lad in
this film as he stands around Islington High Street naked...).
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-- Mac
"James Bond. You appear with the tedious inevitability
of a wimpy character in GREY'S ANATOMY."
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