http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0,1259,---24543,00.html

I hope this isn't old news, but I don't think it is. It seems the director of Goldeneye, the first Pierce Brosnan as James Bond movie, will be directing the next Bond movie, which will be a remake of Casino Royale, which never was made in the movie series of Bond. It was only on TV, I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong.

This is very old news but I like you, so I'll let it be.

Kiwi Martin Campbell is probably the best Brosnan era Bond director. I'm happy he's coming back.

Sorry... it's actually at the top of the news pile on Zap2It, so I figured it was new. Since I've only been concerned with who is going to be Bond, I probably skipped over this. Sorry everyone... I let the team down.

Well the Casino Royale part is new (The confirmation part), but the Martin Campbell part isn't. However, the downer is that Brosnan is now offically gone from the series so he won't be in this movie.


http://www.commanderbond.net/Public/Sto ... 53-1.shtml


And he's the one who really wanted to do this film, right?

Ssssssoooooo...after they told Quentin Tarantino and Pierce Brosnan "NO" to a remake of Casino Royale, they say "YES" to Martin Campbell and an uncasted lead actor?

Ok... :???:

Casino Royale could very well be marketed as Bond Year 1.

There's no Astin Martin, no "Shakin' not Stirred", no Q, no large action sequences (in the novel that is).

It's a pretty standard cloak and dagger story. LeChiffre is an interesting character I guess, he's no Blofeld though. Vesper Lynd will be played by a beauty no doubt.

Interesting.

The novel is quite a bit of talking (and one of the least entertaining of the books), so I don't think that would go over very well with modern Bond audiences who want the action and spectacle that the movies are. Having QT, who's known for his dialogue, would have been the way to go if marketing a talky Bond movie was what they had in mind to do. It's more in line with a movie like The Maltese falcon than it is with anything ever in a Bond film.

STOP THE PRESSES.

MAV AND I AGREE ON SOMETHING.

I really would be surprised if the producers didn't rework Casino Royale into a Bond Year 1 storyline, first assignment and all.

That would mean that we're looking at someone being casted as 007 who is quite young.

Greenleaf. Legolas Greenleaf.

The other option would be to use Casino Royale in name only, which wouldn't be a first and use a pre-existing Purvis and Wade script.

Not Orlie... #-o

If they do market the year one angle, then they can pick my choice for Bond, Ioan Gruffudd, but they'll have to be a little liberal with the adaption, and add some action to it, or the movie fans will have a cow.

If they just use the name, it would be cool too. Some of the movies have done that before, as Moonraker is 100% different than the book. The book is good and the movie sucks. ( You heard me right, I actually said a Bond movie sucks out loud :-$ )

I like Ioan. He's a rare actor that has worked in both the DC and Marvel universes (voice work on the best animated show on television Justice League Unlimited and of course, Fantastic Four).

As long as Martin Campbell doesn't hire Eric Serra to do the score I'm happy with whatever decision he makes

I like David Arnold.

I would prefer a UK band to do the theme song. Be it Blur, U2, Travis, Robbie Williams, Pulp, Radiohead, Oasis, Clinic, Coldplay, Super Furry Animals, or even my favorite spy band, Portishead (are they even still together).

Madonna was awful.

I can dream about what would ahve been with QT and Brosnan *sigh*

*shudder*

please not the bland and wooden Bloom.

Ioan is a much beter choice, seeing as he actually can act, and do mreo then stare with "I'm so very pretty look."

Portishead has a new record coming out.

I KNOW! You like them too, that's fantastic, was listening to their self-titled just last night.

U2 did a song already... Bono and The Edge wrote Goldeneye, you can totally tell if you think about it.

I love the theme song to Goldeneye. I was just saying I wanted U2 to perform the song, though I think Tina was incredible.

When does that the new Portishead album come out? Sour Times is the best non James Bond Bond song ever written.

Radiohead is my favorite band, but I don't think a James Bond theme song by them probably wouldn't be well-received by the audiences.

Sheryl Crowe wasn't well-received either, so much for logic. The KD Lang song originally planned for the title sequence that was pushed to the end credits was much better.

Garbage and Madonna may have been in rotation for a week at MTV so I don't think they were all that well-received either.