Producer Barbara Broccoli has hinted that the next James Bond movie will complete a Daniel Craig trilogy.
Speaking to Coming Soon, Broccoli said that the 23rd Bond instalment is likely to finish the story started in Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace.
She said: "Hopefully at the end of Quantum Of Solace, we have this 'whole' character. And now we can do what we want.
"I think in some way, he will go after the [Quantum] organisation. So in that sense, it may become a trilogy, but we haven't really structured it that way."
Broccoli noted that the next Bond movie will contain one of the hallmarks of the franchise's earlier films.
"The trouble is, everyone has gadgets," she commented. "We will need to come up with a few that have not been invented by the Sony Corp!"
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QUANTUM OF SOLACE Thread
In a way, that kind of helps in one sense: If you view these movies as "one large film" than it becomes more forgiveable in some sense.
It makes perfect sense that in a direct sequel that literally takes place starting moments after all the events of CR that Bond is basically going to be this cold machine hell bent on methodical vengeance. It isn't fun. It isn't warm. It isn't pretty and frankly, there isn't much room for character development in a situation like that.
I suspect in the third film we'll see all of that come full circle and see it all get rounded out a bit.
It makes perfect sense that in a direct sequel that literally takes place starting moments after all the events of CR that Bond is basically going to be this cold machine hell bent on methodical vengeance. It isn't fun. It isn't warm. It isn't pretty and frankly, there isn't much room for character development in a situation like that.
I suspect in the third film we'll see all of that come full circle and see it all get rounded out a bit.
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This movie is basically Bond for the Playstation generation. Younger viewers who want action, little story, a frenetic pace, violence, not much character development. It does not resemble prior Bond films much at all, which I guess is fine if you don't like Bond movies, but my issue is on its OWN terms, the film is basically just a bunch of action scenes strung together -- some better than others -- and doesn't work by itself.
The girl is an absolute zero (never thought I'd say this but...bring back Denise Richards!) and the villain...I really don't know how to put it into words. They're still casting these unknown European actors and I frankly thought the guy was terrible. And he made the bad guy in CASINO -- who frankly wasn't very good either -- look like Orson Welles by comparison.
Some of the individual set pieces were fun to watch (others were badly directed) but a story, as a standalone piece, it didn't do it for me. As a Bond film, it's unquestionably at the very bottom of the barrel. At least LICENCE TO KILL had some character development behind it (plus two Bond girls who were both immeasurably better than this one). This movie is as strident and violent, but without any redeeming narrative.
From reading Broccoli's comments, I think it's pretty clear they know they probably pushed it TOO far away from the franchise tenants, if you will, with this movie. I'm glad to see they're not going to keep Bond as this cold, mechanical killing machine, because this movie doesn't allow Craig to do much of anything. Much in the same way Brosnan didn't have much to do at times, Craig just stands there and mopes through this entire film. He's capable of more -- and so are the filmmakers.
It also goes back also to the hiring of Marc Forster. This will go down as one of the weirdest, if not THE strangest, directorial decision in the history of the series. You hire a guy who's made these interior domestic dramas and let him direct an ACTION film? Some of the sequences were badly edited and choreographed, and Forster's inexperience shows.
On the whole, it's not AWFUL, but I liked it even less than some of the reviews I've read.
The girl is an absolute zero (never thought I'd say this but...bring back Denise Richards!) and the villain...I really don't know how to put it into words. They're still casting these unknown European actors and I frankly thought the guy was terrible. And he made the bad guy in CASINO -- who frankly wasn't very good either -- look like Orson Welles by comparison.
Some of the individual set pieces were fun to watch (others were badly directed) but a story, as a standalone piece, it didn't do it for me. As a Bond film, it's unquestionably at the very bottom of the barrel. At least LICENCE TO KILL had some character development behind it (plus two Bond girls who were both immeasurably better than this one). This movie is as strident and violent, but without any redeeming narrative.
From reading Broccoli's comments, I think it's pretty clear they know they probably pushed it TOO far away from the franchise tenants, if you will, with this movie. I'm glad to see they're not going to keep Bond as this cold, mechanical killing machine, because this movie doesn't allow Craig to do much of anything. Much in the same way Brosnan didn't have much to do at times, Craig just stands there and mopes through this entire film. He's capable of more -- and so are the filmmakers.
It also goes back also to the hiring of Marc Forster. This will go down as one of the weirdest, if not THE strangest, directorial decision in the history of the series. You hire a guy who's made these interior domestic dramas and let him direct an ACTION film? Some of the sequences were badly edited and choreographed, and Forster's inexperience shows.
On the whole, it's not AWFUL, but I liked it even less than some of the reviews I've read.
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Huge opening -- no surprise there -- of $27 mil Friday night.
At least the critics weren't fooled this time. The movie is rating a dismal 35% on the Tomato Meter, which I generally don't pay attention to but...in this case...I think it shows artistically how much of a disappointment QUANTUM OF SOLACE is on every level if even the bubblegum people who typically like EVERYTHING are down on it.
At least the critics weren't fooled this time. The movie is rating a dismal 35% on the Tomato Meter, which I generally don't pay attention to but...in this case...I think it shows artistically how much of a disappointment QUANTUM OF SOLACE is on every level if even the bubblegum people who typically like EVERYTHING are down on it.
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I enjoyed it. I agree that they need to add some dimenion to Craig's Bond, but I really enjoyed it. It definitely smacks of the BOURNE movies, and I thought Olga was pretty good (certainly better than Brosnan's last two women....Denise Richards and Halle Berry, who was a train wreck in DAD). I do wish they had expanded on some of the plot points and developed characters a bit more. I loved the Night at the Opera sequence and enjoyed the score. Overall, I don't think it's as bad as some in the media have made it out to be. I'm glad I saw it and am interested to see what they'll do with the third film.
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A brand new listing has appeared online at Australian DVD website EzyDVD for a 2-Disc Definitive Edition of Daniel Craig’s Quantum of Solace.
While details are extremely limited at the moment, this new release is due out on 28 July 2010 and will feature lenticular packaging (something that was briefly done for the James Bond DVDs in 2008).
Cover artwork, special features and whether or not this so-called Definitive Edition will also be available on the Blu-ray format remain a mystery for the time being.
CommanderBond.net readers will recall that Quantum director Marc Forster revealed in April 2009 that he was working on a special edition of the film that would include audio commentaries and behind-the-scenes featurettes, among other extras that were omitted from the original release.
At the time, Forster was also debating whether or not to include the original cliffhanger ending to the film as a deleted scene. It was in this one-minute long scene that 007 confronts Mr. White and utters the ‘Bond, James Bond’ line.
‘It wasn’t cut because of that sentence,’ Forster said at the time. ‘It was cut for other reasons. I think it worked but it is still better how it is. It’s not on [the original DVD release] and we are still discussing whether we should put it in the next one. On one hand, I think it would be cool for the audience to see it. On the other hand, I think it would be more interesting to keep it a mystery.’
http://commanderbond.net/10293/quantum- ... nline.html
While details are extremely limited at the moment, this new release is due out on 28 July 2010 and will feature lenticular packaging (something that was briefly done for the James Bond DVDs in 2008).
Cover artwork, special features and whether or not this so-called Definitive Edition will also be available on the Blu-ray format remain a mystery for the time being.
CommanderBond.net readers will recall that Quantum director Marc Forster revealed in April 2009 that he was working on a special edition of the film that would include audio commentaries and behind-the-scenes featurettes, among other extras that were omitted from the original release.
At the time, Forster was also debating whether or not to include the original cliffhanger ending to the film as a deleted scene. It was in this one-minute long scene that 007 confronts Mr. White and utters the ‘Bond, James Bond’ line.
‘It wasn’t cut because of that sentence,’ Forster said at the time. ‘It was cut for other reasons. I think it worked but it is still better how it is. It’s not on [the original DVD release] and we are still discussing whether we should put it in the next one. On one hand, I think it would be cool for the audience to see it. On the other hand, I think it would be more interesting to keep it a mystery.’
http://commanderbond.net/10293/quantum- ... nline.html
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