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[Ryck]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=sto...fplifestylefilmbritainbondpeople_050406114945


He looks kinda old.....I thought they were going for a younger Bond? (Owen)

 

[DMczaf]

WTF?!

 

[soundwave05]

Uh ... yikes.

I don't think this new Bond will go over well, not in North America anyway.

At least its not Orlando Bloom though.

 

[strikeselect]

Is this the part where I wake up from the bad dream?

 

[soundwave05]

Is this official "offical" though?

A lot of the press had been duped into jumping the gun before (Owen is Bond, Pierce is coming back, etc.).

 

[milanbaros]

Good choice if true. This guy was fantastic in Layer Cake.

 

[Matrix]

Good actor,shitty looking Bond....but its the acting that counts,right guys?

 

[DMczaf]

Good actor,shitty looking Bond....but its the acting that counts,right guys?

This is a Bond movie, the last place for good actors! Just check out Halle Berry in Die Another Day...

 

[whytemyke]

You know who else would be a good Bond?


Tony Danza. "Ey yo, Sam, wazzamattawitcha?! Monas gonna yell atchaaa!!! Hey, get this, the names Bond, James Bond... WOW!"

 

[soundwave05]

Well, no the Bond girls are just there for window dressing so it doesn't matter if they can't act a lick, but it is very important that the Bond character himself look/act the way the audience approves of.

Its going to be tough to follow Pierce, since a whole new generation really grew up on Pierce being "their Bond".

 

[Dan]

All of this is just based on what the UK's Sun paper reported yesterday. It's not official yet.

That said, I suspect they're right on the money. It sure as hell isn't going to be Brosnan.

 

[chinch]

late april fools

NO WAY mgm/sony is THAT STUPID

 

[soundwave05]

Its strange though because just a few days ago IMDB.com was saying Pierce was coming back as Bond, because that's what Amy Pascal (head of Sony Pictures) wanted, and that the whole thing with him being off/on on a new Bond was just a bargaining tactic.

Its weird all the twists and turns this Bond movie has taken ...

Initially I think it was supposed to be Brosnan with Bollywood vixen Aishwaryi Rai as the Bond girl.

Then there was a phase where Britney Spears was to be involved and possibly a younger Bond ala Orlando Bloom.

Then the Clive Owen rumors.

Then the Tarantino/Casino Royale R-rated Bond reports with Pierce back again.

Now this.

 

[DarienA]

Ugliest Bond Evar!

 

[Matrix]

This is a Bond movie, the last place for good actors! Just check out Halle Berry in Die Another Day...

Hey,but the actors who play Bond usually can act.The girls are eye candy for us,im sorry your Bond eye candy looks like that.

Nah really I cant imagine this guy as Bond at all

 

[CrawfishPete]

can you say fucking disaster. i bet this is a story that has gotten out of hand.

clive owen is the only actor who can pick up the mantle.

gerard butler is the next best thing to owen.

craig looks like he has aids.

 

[soundwave05]

Yeah, basically the only acting requirement for a Bond girl is to be able to spread her legs, really :lol

However, audiences can be brutal when it comes to the Bond character himself. If the actor isn't on point, it gets ugly (see poor George Lazenby).

 

[heavy liquid]

This is a Bond movie, the last place for good actors! Just check out Halle Berry in Die Another Day...

Or Denise Richards as a nuclear scientist... My suspension of belief can only go so far.

 

[DMczaf]

Or Denise Richards as a nuclear scientist... My suspension of belief can only go so far.

She also had the worst Bond Girl name

CHRISTMAS JONES!

Christmas is a Nuclear Scientist!

...

*blows brain out*

 

[heavy liquid]

hahaha! You just reminded me of the cheesiest line of the movie: "I thought Christmas only comes once a year".

*also blows brain out*

 

[Dan]

hahaha! You just reminded me of the cheesiest line of the movie: "I thought Christmas only comes once a year".

The collective groan of everyone in the theater was almost worth it.

 

[Incognito]

really, the only actor that should be up for consideration on playing james bond is benceio del torro.

 

[DMczaf]

really, the only actor that should be up for consideration on playing james bond is benceio del torro.

He already died in License to Kill.

 

[Iceman]

There are probably a thousand actors that could play the role. They probably want somebody recognizeable. But this guy really ain't IMO.

 

[Incognito]

He already died in License to Kill.

u fucking serious? i dont remember him in a bond movie.

 

[DMczaf]

u fucking serious? i dont remember him in a bond movie.

He was a bad guy in License to Kill, was shot by the good Bond Girl close to the end.

 

[soundwave05]

:lol The funniest thing about Christmas Jones is they had her decked out in a total Lara Croft outfit.

Bond needs to bang two girls at once in the next film.

 

[Incognito]

He was a bad guy in License to Kill, was shot by the good Bond Girl close to the end.

bullshit... *fires up imdb*

omgwtf. 1989??? i don't think anyone would remember...

 

[temp]

Daniel Craig? Awesome to the max!

 

[GaimeGuy]

hahaha! You just reminded me of the cheesiest line of the movie: "I thought Christmas only comes once a year".

*also blows brain out*

Man is there any theater audience that didn't let out a big groan at that line? :lol

*also blows brain out*

 

[Templar Wizard]

i do believe the groans came when bond first said:

"i always wanted to have christmas in turkey"

and THEN

'i thought christmas only came once a year'

i didnt think i could sink deeper into my chair.
i could

 

[ohamsie]

What happened to Pierce Brosnan? Wasn't there a recent thread that he actually was being considered? SHIT

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

You know who else would be a good Bond?


Tony Danza. "Ey yo, Sam, wazzamattawitcha?! Monas gonna yell atchaaa!!! Hey, get this, the names Bond, Tony Bond... WOW!"

Fixed.

 

[temp]

I hope this is true. I can't wait to see what this guy's like as Bond; he's been class in everything I've seen him in.

 

[gigapower]

He must have given Barbara Broccoli the ol' meat sausage real good.

 

[Dan]

What happened to Pierce Brosnan? Wasn't there a recent thread that he actually was being considered? SHIT

If you believed that, then you'd also have to believe that the director and producers have been lying about the next film's plot. Fact is, the next movie goes back in time to when Bond first became a 00 agent. I don't think using Pierce Brosnan for that would be very appropriate.

 

[Ash Housewares]

Well, no the Bond girls are just there for window dressing so it doesn't matter if they can't act a lick, but it is very important that the Bond character himself look/act the way the audience approves of.

I don't approve

and of course Benicio is dead, we all knew that right?

let's just bring back Connery

 

[nitewulf]

He was a bad guy in License to Kill, was shot by the good Bond Girl close to the end.

nah, i think he got sliced up by a giant meat grinder, well some sort of a grinder as i recall. he was really young yet recognizable when i caught licensed to kill a while ago. point of note, timothy dalton is actually my fav bond, he did smouldering generic rage before it existed, without the generic part.

 

[RonaldoSan]

James Bond is dead!

 

[Ristamar]

I'll miss Brosnan. He was an awesome Bond trapped in shitty Bond movies, save for Goldeneye.

 

[The Faceless Master]

i do believe the groans came when bond first said:

"i always wanted to have christmas in turkey"

and THEN

'i thought christmas only came once a year'

i didnt think i could sink deeper into my chair.
i could

don't forget:

Bond - "I need to know who's in charge here."
Jones - "That would be me, Dr. Christmas Jones and don't make any jokes, I've heard 'em all."
Bond - "I don't know any doctor jokes"

:lol :lol :lol

 

[Drensch]

Bond needs to bang two girls at once in the next film.

Based on the casting, I think they're giving up on the "Bond gets the ladies"angle.

 

[DMczaf]

nah, i think he got sliced up by a giant meat grinder, well some sort of a grinder as i recall. he was really young yet recognizable when i caught licensed to kill a while ago. point of note, timothy dalton is actually my fav bond, he did smouldering generic rage before it existed, without the generic part.

I think we're both right. She shot him to stop him from killing Bond, and then Bond pulled him into the grinder.

And I really think Dalton's Bond movies are so underrated.

 

[Ash Housewares]

i do believe the groans came when bond first said:

"i always wanted to have christmas in turkey"

and THEN

'i thought christmas only came once a year'

i didnt think i could sink deeper into my chair.
i could

I was watching it on a plane, I had to be sedated and restrained, along with most of the passengers, after that line

 

[soundwave05]

Based on the casting, I think they're giving up on the "Bond gets the ladies"angle.

Wouldn't that sort of be like, I dunno, doing a Batman movie without the Bat costume?

 

[Ash Housewares]

Wouldn't that sort of be like, I dunno, doing a Batman movie without the Bat costume?

maybe like making a movie without film, or cameras

 

[Rorschach]

Christmas Jones ruined that movie for me. Jesus...

 

[Crow]

Daniel Craig isn't the next Bond

British actor Daniel Craig has said he was not going to be the next James Bond, following a flurry of stories today claiming he had won the part reports The Statesman.

The Sun today claimed that Craig had been offered a three-film deal by producer Barbara Broccoli starting with the upcoming "Casino Royale". A spokeswoman for the star denied the reports but wouldn't comment further. Eon Productions, which makes the Bond movies, also refused to comment.

BBC News has been fed up with all the speculation and spoke with Eon directly, asking when in the world they will comment on this latest talk. Their official response - "We're waiting for our director [Martin Campbell] to finish the film he's currently working on [The Lgend of Zorro]. Then I'm sure we'll be commenting a lot on all sorts of things" said a spokesperson.

Thanks to 'Eric' & 'Paul'.

 

[Shinobi]

craig looks like he has aids.

With all the chicks Bonds has bedded, that'd probably be an accurate look. :lol

If you believed that, then you'd also have to believe that the director and producers have been lying about the next film's plot. Fact is, the next movie goes back in time to when Bond first became a 00 agent. I don't think using Pierce Brosnan for that would be very appropriate.

But using someone that looks 30 years older would be appropriate? God, at this rate Orlando Bloom is looking like a solid choice.

Anyway, the publicity for this looks like a big scam to me...someone's stoking the flames on purpose to keep the Bond name out in the spotlight. Don't think the Sean Connery/Russia with Love game news that many mainstream outlets reported this week is a coincidence either.

 

[Alcibiades]

nasty... please no!