007: Spectre ($838,318,661)

Sony Emails Reveal New Bond Movie SPECTRE Is Way Over Budget

When hackers broke into Sony's computer system, they stole a ton of information including emails from MGM president Jonathan Glickman, as MGM is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Those internal memos contain some juicy information regarding the next James Bond film, Spectre. Most alarming, Glickman is worried about the film's immense budget. He says it currently "sits in the mid $300Ms," and wants the producers to cut it down to $250 million. CNN came across these emails and has this bit of additional info, "The shooting period already costs $50 million more than the previous film, Skyfall."

Glickman provided some suggestions to bring down the budget:

• Villa in Rome? It's a nighttime scene, so try doing it in London instead.
  
• There's fighting on a train! Again! But use fewer carriages -- three instead of four.
  
• Forget the dramatic finale in the rain. It'll lower the cost of visual/special effects.
  
• Earn an extra $6 million by showing "the more modern aspects" of Mexico to maximize "the Mexican incentive." (The makers of Spectre are getting paid to film there.)
  

Glickman comes off fairly sensible as he recognizes that fans of the series expect a big-budget spectacular, but he has to do what he can to reign in the spending. "This is not about 'nickel and diming' the production," Glickman wrote to producer Barbara Broccoli. She wrote back, "cannot find the cemetery or villa in the UK," and she refused to back down on 4 train carraiges.Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal jumped into the discussion with, "It's insane and you know with no script this movie is gonna go overbudget."

Rusty Cunt wrote:... and hasn't the last few Bond films been partially paid for by advertising products?

The last bond flick was abysmal, save for the cinematography. I'd love to see them stick to a $20mil budget.

ForeverBlu wrote:Wait a minute , there's no script?  

UltimateMarvel wrote:Batista was in the teaser? I must have missed it. Great teaser though! Doesn't reveal too much, I've no clue what it's about. Very intrigued on this new enemy, seems like they're a very large group.

Is Damien Lewis the Next James Bond?

Today’s James Bond news comes not from actors, directors, or producers involved in the franchise, nor intrepid reporters calling in favors and digging for leads, but rather from bookmakers in the UK. Seemingly out of nowhere, Homeland star Damien Lewis’ 007 stock has risen from a long-shot to a second-place favorite behind Idris Elba. While I had no idea that people placed bets on such things, it’s a curious cultural phenomenon and an interesting possibility going forward.

As THR reports, Lewis was previously at 25/1 odds to fill the shoes of the super-spy but has jumped up to a 3/1 shot, placing him ahead of Tom Hardy (4/1), Henry Cavill (5/1) and Michael Fassbender (7/1). As far as I know, this all amounts to little more than financially backed wish-listing, but we know Lewis would be interested in the part since back in 2013 he joked that the “Scottish heritage outlined in Skyfall had ‘paved the way perfectly for a red-headed Bond.’” But is the door even open for a new Bond since Daniel Craig has become the face of the franchise’s recent resurgence?

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Well now perhaps that’s the more interesting question. Though Ian Fleming’s Bond property has enjoyed a cinematic run of more than 50 years, it was only recently that MGM and Sony partnered up, starting with the successful revisit to Casino Royale. Craig shook his martinis in the follow-up films Quantum of Solace and Skyfall, and will appear in Sam Mendes’ Spectre this November. However, the 24th Bond film marks the end of the studios’ partnership, which has resulted in a bidding war among contenders for the lucrative property. Mendes was looking likely to helm the 25th film, just as likely as Craig was to return as Bond, but with the property rights up in the air at the moment, nothing is certain.

ForeverBlu wrote:So we could get a Ginger or Black Bond, Hmmmmmm.


I'm intrigued.

UltimateMarvel wrote:This is looking good. Could this actually be better than Casino Royale?

There’s been endless headlines speculating about who could play the next James Bond, and now the current famous superspy has stepped forward with his thoughts on the role.

In an interview with TimeOut, Daniel Craig spoke candidly about the role and its future.

“Look, I don’t give a f—. Good luck to them,” Craig said when asked if he cared who played Bond next. “All I care about is that if I stop doing these things we’ve left it in a good place and people pick it up and make it better.”

Right now, the blue-eyed Bond, who appears next in “Spectre,” can’t fathom doing another 007 film.

“Now? I’d rather break this glass and slash my wrists,” Craig said. “No, not at the moment. Not at all. That’s fine. I’m over it at the moment. We’re done. All I want to do is move on.”

Craig went on to say that if he were to decide to go ahead with another Bond movie that “it would only be for the money.”

Whenever he does choose to hang up the Aston Martin keys, Craig did say that he would have one bit of advice for his successor.

“Don’t be s—,” Craig said. “You’ve got to step up. People do not make movies like this any more. This is really rare now. So don’t be s—.”

UltimateMarvel wrote:I can't believe it. This is a great role that he should be honored to play. I'm kind of disappointed to hear him say that since he's my favorite Bond yet. WHHHHYYYY Daniel?!

I'd understand if it was time for him to move on but he could have maybe said it better. "slash my wrists" Geez! Is it the context? Maybe he was joking during the interview? Feels like the guy went full psycho in that article.

Anyway, still looking forward to watching this and hopefully it's comes close to Casino Royale if not a close second.

UltimateMarvel wrote:WHAT?! People kept saying this would NOT be one of the movies because it's an action flick and it made sense. I can't believe this. Been looking forward to watching this one. Best present ever! SANTA IS REAL PEOPLE!

WyldeMan wrote:I bet they still have some huge titles to drop because I believe they've still got another 30 titles to release and they promised a lot of bombshell titles. Mockingjay Part 2 will probably be up soon and I'm hoping for Force Awakens.

UltimateMarvel wrote:I thought Bellucci would have a bigger role, her screen time was very small. Lea Seydoux did shine though and the most interesting role I've seen her in, saw her in MI: Ghost Protocol the last time I think. She was so sexy and elegant in this as a Bond girl.

I think what disappointed me the most was Christoph Waltz's character. I thought he'd be a much more complicated character and villain. Maybe I had too high expectations going in.

ForeverBlu wrote:Watching this now.

Is it just me or Spectre is boring as hell?

Rusty Cunt wrote:I agree with Wylde though. Waltz should hire Tarantino as his personal dialogue writer for each non-Tarantino film he's in. Tarantino-dialogue or bust should be in all his contracts.