Tag: Bond 26 Questions
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Baccarat in the cards for Bond 26?
With Texas Hold ’em losing some of its post-Casino Royale sheen, Bond 26 has a timely opportunity to return James Bond to baccarat, the game most closely tied to Ian Fleming’s original vision. And if reports of a twenty-something James… Read More →
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007 as World War II intelligence officer?
Writer Steven Knight revealed in an interview at Cannes Film Festival that he met “special forces and secret services personnel” as part of the process of “immersion” into their world for the upcoming Bond 26. Even more curious, he… Read More →
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No Time To Only Live Twice?
Even with a younger actor stepping into Bond 26, I wouldn’t rule out some sly acknowledgment of Bond’s fate in No Time to Die. An updated spin on You Only Live Twice (implicitly acknowledging the sin of No Time To… Read More →
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Bond 26: Kite dancing in a hurricane?
To borrow Mr. White’s vivid phrasing from Spectre, the state of Bond 26 feels precarious at best. The usual speculation over casting has been amplified by a deeper uncertainty, with Amazon now steering the franchise and the longest gap between… Read More →
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How Young *should* Amazon Make James Bond?
A recently similarly-titled article by Variety poses a great question as to the next James Bond actor rather than who it will actually be. Obviously, Amazon has to consider a myriad of factors when choosing the next actor, namely their… Read More →
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Why not an MI5/MI6/IRA plotline?
The appeal of alternate history is how it slips a hidden narrative into real events, the kind of clever reframing that made Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds so memorable. For James Bond, that same idea could feel even sharper when applied… Read More →
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What if the villain has already won?
It’s a premise the Bond series has never fully embraced, and that alone makes it intriguing. Imagine Goldfinger starting with Fort Knox already irradiated, or Thunderball starting after a nuclear catastrophe. Instead of stopping disaster, Bond is forced to confront… Read More →
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Is there a schedule for Bond 26?
So with all of the rumors and all of the hullaballoo surrounding Bond 26, do we think there is at least some sort of outline schedule for how things should be revealed? Does Denis Villeneuve know that, say, in 3… Read More →
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Will it really be Jacob Elordi?
At this point, it’s hard to imagine the next 007 being anyone other than Jacob Elordi. After weeks of rumors, reports of an audition, and even talk of a potential offer, his casting feels less speculative and more inevitable with… Read More →
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Dare Bond 26 be dialogue heavy?
Trade me interesting dialogue for filler action scenes in Bond 26 any day. At this point, James Bond has skydived, skied, driven, flown, escaped, pursued and participated in a plethora of villain action sequences. What would really impress me in… Read More →