Classic Bond Forum

Sorry Jetters the more I look a the numbers the UK is the only bright spot. Luckily it's big enough to gloss over the details of the smaller picture.

[s]South Korea might be your only hero.[/s] (Nope only added less than 400k in attendance)

China could still be a player.

No Silver Bullet here.

Hey have there been any new stories with a more firm number for the budget?

Four years since the last Bond and no other big films out at the moment. Of course Skyfall was going to do well. I think that anyone could be playing Bond and it would do well! I said all along Skyfall would be massive, despite who is playing 007. Olympics, Adele, Bond 50, glowing reviews. I don't ...

Good riddance.Get the Avengers director for episode 7 it's a surefire hit.Then remake the prequiles without Jar Jar. http://static.wdwnews.com/files/2010/08/George-Lucas-at-Disney-World-235343105-640x476.jpg Avengers 2 is scheduled for 2015, the same as Star Wars 7, so I think that rules Joss Whedo...

Skyfall opened with £20,180,369, slight more that I'd guessed, I thought Sunday would drop more (instead it held very well), a very strong opener and what should be expected from the UK. Just looking at it, I think the usual crowed came out for the opener I'm guessing a little over 3m tickets sold, ...

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Did those lucky chancers Neil Purvis and Robert Wade, this time joined by Star Trek franchise killer John Logan, drop in on a wedding, like Timothy Dalton’s Bond, in the days before getting to work on Skyfall’s screenplay?

Anyone seen first day Box Office numbers yet? Not yet. How's it looking Mazer? No idea yet mate. Most are assuming a third increase. Either right on the money or too optimistic. Its the Uk, its Bond, it's hard to say. Natural to assume a increase but only with the same attendance levels . I got Cra...

Anyone seen first day Box Office numbers yet? Not yet. How's it looking Mazer? No idea yet mate. Most are assuming a third increase. Either right on the money or too optimistic. Its the Uk, its Bond, it's hard to say. Natural to assume a increase but only with the same attendance levels . I got Cra...

Anyone seen first day Box Office numbers yet?

This originated with, you guessed it, Baz Bagigmoye (not sure of spelling) in the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2223251/Skyfall-licence-print-money-plans-start-filming-James-Bond-movie-motion.html It should be noted that Baz (like Sam Mendes) does not lack for self esteem...

A less than complimentary review from the Wokingham Times. Not sure I'd chalk it up as one to us, though, as the reviewer's reasons for not liking the film are not ones that I suspect most of us would agree with (it doesn't "move the franchise on", for example). Blimey, the final conclusion opens t...

Nice that Dalton is getting some love now. The truth is he was never coming back after LTK and everyone knew it. The investors we skittish of putting more money behind him when the public perception of Dalton was he is Box Office poison. Since they sued a tabloid over printing Dalton was done and wo...

I actually think Craig may not age too badly from here, as he was looking old even in CR, and I don't think he will look that much older than he does now in a few years time. The fact that he is keeping trim is helping him. Connery and Moore began to show their age once the weight started piling on...

Here's a kind of mixed review of Skyfall that's quite in-depth: http://emileeid.com/2012/10/25/skyfall-review-bond-is-back-the-old-fashioned-way/ Non-spoiler comment: this is the first review that suggested the much-discussed script isn't that good (while mostly praising the movie). But I thought t...

Essentially yes. Everyone assumes he has a new contract with no real confirmation he does. This is not to say I do not take them at their word, they intend two more with the drastically aging thespian. Babs is weirdly enamored with the man I don't see her letting go if it is in her power to force hi...

http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/Entertainment/gty_daniel_craig_sweating_nt_121024_wblog.jpg "Though it was Craig’s moment to shine, the Bond actor looked out of sorts at one point on the red carpet, patting his forehead with a handkerchief. His wife, actress Rachel Weisz, came to his aid. The bright...

So this is how a franchise dies... with thunderous applause. :twisted: Mate keep a eye out for something for me, I'm looking for any quote from Danno or Babs (or Mickey) about "new contract signed", so far I haven't noticed one. It's been "I have two more", "he'll make two more", no -"Oh god he is j...

Fassbender is to big to bother with all the s**t that goes along with Bond.

He thinks John Cleese a.)unfunny and b.) has a job on the Bond set. He's taking a piss.

There is a line of thought about the wimping out of Bond do to politically correct influences so perhaps he is serious about that part.

BJ come off the ledge.
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