Continuing the Broke Bond story, er, IĀ meanĀ the Budget Cut story from last week thisĀ itemĀ from the BBC seems to addĀ credenceĀ to the earlierĀ story. It appears Team EON onceĀ againĀ were flirtingĀ withĀ local leaders to getĀ favorsĀ andĀ permission grantedĀ only to walk away at theĀ lastĀ moment. This has happening often enough in Spyfall toĀ raiseĀ more than fewĀ questionsĀ aboutĀ theĀ production. A movie production firm has pulled out…
Month: January 2012
Bond faces criticism over ācynicalā funeral scenes
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• •Some understandable criticism for Bond 23’s mimicking of a real life funeral ceremony has erupted. Not to treat this situation too lightly, we do not know how it will appear in the movie, and after this public drubbing it may well never see the light of day. Discuss this in our forum: Bond faces criticism…
Fans shocked over Sean Connery snub in Bond extravaganza
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• •New controversy has fans upset with the 50th anniversary Blu-ray advisement, namely the lack of Sean Connery who defined the role of James Bond 007. To answer your question first, yes we did notice the lack of Connery the other Bonds in the advert when we first posted the Blu-ray set news. However as…
Burt Reynolds on his shot at Bond & Criag
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• •Movie icon Burt Reynolds weights in on James Bond. Once considered by the studio & Guy Hamilton as a replacement for Sean Connery. Burt talks to GQ about Cubby Broccoli approaching him for the role, his refusal and later regret. In Bond lore there is another legend about Cubby resisting the studio’s pressure to hire…
Bond on a budget: Skyfall producers scrapping plans to head for six different exotic countries?
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• •‘Highly places sources’ are telling The Mirror Bond 23 (AKA Spyfail) is facing major budgets cuts, so much so they’re canceling all location shoots except for Turkey.Ā Remember all the talk of exotic locals like India, South Africa, China, Bail? Well not so much, if the Mirror is to beĀ believed Turkey is it. It appears…
50th Anniversary Bond Blu-ray Set Coming October 2012
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• •As reported earlier MGM/FOX will be release an anniversary set containing all 22 of the EON Bond series. So far only the complete set has come up for pre-order on Amazon.com ($199) and Amazon.co.uk (Ā£89.99 ) The UK release data according to Amazon.UK is October 1st. Presumably information about the single movies release will…
Thomas Newman Might Score The Next Bond Movie
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• •New Rumour is that David Arnold is out for Bond 23 composer (AKA Spyfail š ) , Thomas Newman is rumoured to be Arnold’s replacement. We had wondered how Arnold would balance his duties at the 2012 Olympics with his previous commitment to Bond, apparently he can not, or was not asked back. Discuss this…