Skyfall (2012) - UK Oct 26th , US Nov 9th [SPOILERS]

Dutch releasse date confirmd for 1 November 2012. This means that Belgium, Germany & France get a release on 31 October 2012.

http://www.nu.nl/film/2568017/rhys-ifans-genoemd-nieuwste-bondfilm.html

With a 1 November 2012 release there have 6 weeks before The hobbit part 1 (LOTR 4) who i expect have a second or third week of release date and 6 weeks after Bourne Legacy (Frst or second week of September 2012). QOS whas with a release date of 6 November 2008 the second movie of 2008 in The Netherlands.

What i think this time you can read. and disc in this one https://bondandbeyond.forumotion.com/t543-bond-23-vs-de-rest-box-office

Another interview with Craig, this time discussing Bond with Jon Favreau:

IMDB LISTS NEW CAST MEMBERS!!!!! I know it's a bit unreliable, but they have characters too and well, I'm excited.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/

:D

Linda Acres? Is there a pun in there?

Looks like a fake list. I mean, Milo Ventimiglia as "Quantum Thug 2"?

I'll wait for official confirmations.

Yes, I think it is. I saw more names and decided to post straight away. That Linda Acres actress looks like she could maybe be a Moneypenny...?

Linda Acres is one of the characters

I can imagine the Purvis/Wade-esque puns.

"How was she, James?"

"She left me with a couple of...*cocks eyebrow*...Achers."

Louis Armstrong wrote:

Linda Acres is one of the characters

I know, but I couldn't be bothered typing out Colleen's surname. She could make a good Moneypenny, but I'm hoping for Rachel Stirling.

Haven't you heard, FM? The role of Moneypenny is now set aside for diverse people only.

Ed Tom Kowalsky wrote:

Haven't you heard, FM? The role of Moneypenny is now set aside for diverse people only.

I'm disappointed to see you're not on NOW's mailing list, Ed. I think you should study their latest missive:

Quote :

You are a woman, you're not white and you're a lesbian. In our society, that's triple jeopardy and it's not a game!

You're making light of a very serious matter.

Jon Favreau: one of the worst directors working today.

Mr. Brown wrote:

Jon Favreau: one of the worst directors working today.

Visually certainly. Or at the very least possessing a limited palette.

Though you could argue the same is true for Nolan...

Talent is elitist. We should celebrate mediocrity.

I think directors like Favreau and Abrams are more concerned with pleasing their idols (and often their executive producers), rather than making anything original.

In other words, cinema's next crop of filmmakers are just carbon copies of the guys who have been poisoning the art form for the past 25 years. That's just me being a film snob, of course.

I'm going to change my college major to telemarketing, I think.

Makeshift Python wrote:

Looks like a fake list. I mean, Milo Ventimiglia as "Quantum Thug 2"?

I'll wait for official confirmations.

And James Badge Dale as Guard #1??? The guy who starred in THE PACIFIC and is now shooting World War Z has been convinced by his agent to play Guard #1? Who's next? Will Smith as Frightened Inmate #3?

Martin Lawrence as Angry Black Man 1.

I'd be angry too if I'd been in 3 Big Momma's House movies.

And depressed, come to think of it.

CJB wrote:

I can imagine the Purvis/Wade-esque puns.

"How was she, James?"

"She left me with a couple of...*cocks eyebrow*...Achers."

Well, this is an interesting rumor:

http://collider.com/james-bond-23-title-plot-information/112167/

It wouldn't surprise me that they'd choose a Jeffrey Deaver 007 novel, as there may be some value in having his novel adapted, but wouldn't that be a major shift in strategy for EON! I somehow doubt this story is true, and it apparently contains spoilers from CARTE BLANCHE (I haven't read it yet), so read carefully.

If true, why hasn't EON ever considered taking on the non-Fleming books until now? I never looked into it. Also I never read any of the non-Fleming titles to be honest.

Makeshift Python wrote:

If true, why hasn't EON ever considered taking on the non-Fleming books until now? I never looked into it. Also I never read any of the non-Fleming titles to be honest.

That's why you have to ask the question. Mostly they're a bit crap. As is this rumour, I reckon.

Is that EON's stance? I never got into those books mostly because I find it hard to believe anyone could easily replicate the way Fleming told his stories. They were very unique and any attempt at copying his method might come off as a parody and from what I hear DEVIL MAY CRY turned out just like that.

Also I read one Raymond Benson novel (or at least however many paragraphs I could stand), non-Bond, it was the most unimaginative writing I have ever read.

Makeshift Python wrote:

Is that EON's stance? I never got into those books mostly because I find it hard to believe anyone could easily replicate the way Fleming told his stories. They were very unique and any attempt at copying his method might come off as a parody and from what I hear DEVIL MAY CRY turned out just like that.

Also I read one Raymond Benson novel (or at least however many paragraphs I could stand), non-Bond, it was the most unimaginative writing I have ever read.

Well, all the writers avoided trying to imitate Fleming, you might say, by picking up the Bond timeline after the one Fleming established. Gardner's Bond is so radically different and older from Fleming's that they might as well have been two different people in two different Bond universes.

Having said that, I have found very good novels in the continuation series, ICEBREAKER being among the best of them. EON's position has long been that they can do better than the continuation novels, that the novels themselves are no longer such a huge part of pop culture that they have a following that demands they be adapted, and they can save money by coming up with totally "original" screenplays all on their own.

I disagree, but....

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

Having said that, I have found very good novels in the continuation series, ICEBREAKER being among the best of them. EON's position has long been that they can do better than the continuation novels, that the novels themselves are no longer such a huge part of pop culture that they have a following that demands they be adapted, and they can save money by coming up with totally "original" screenplays all on their own.

I disagree, but....

I agree that there's definitely some continuation novels that would make for some good films. You already put forward ICEBREAKER, which I agree with, but I'd also put FOR SPECIAL SERVICES on there as well, and while perhaps maybe full fledged adaptations of the following might not be in order, but there are some interesting concepts in some of the other continuation novels, such as the cult angle of SCORPIUS or the health issues Bond is put through in Benson's DOUBLESHOT, that could warrant some use in a future film.