Bond 25 speculation: Into the black

It has been a while since I put out one of these.

So a lot has changed!

First, frequent screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (scribes of all the movies between 1999-2015) were off script duties. And then they were writing a treatment. And then Danny Boyle was in as director, with frequent collaborator John Hodge as screenwriter (Bye Purvis and Wade!).

And then in August, Boyle and Hodge were gone (Hello Purvis and Wade!).

For a moment, it looked like Bond 25 was up in smoke, or in danger of being extremely pedestrian  (Hello Purvis and Wade!).

And then there was a news update: Cary Joji Fukunaga, of True Detective fame, was onboard as director, and the movie's release date had been pushed back to Valentine's Day, 2020.

What does this mean?

I don't know. And I like it.

Here we are suspended between victory and defeat, greatness and Die Another Day.

The real fact is that all the behind-the-scenes, pre-production nonsense does not matter (apart from the people who are employed on the project). What matters is the final product.

So unplug, enjoy your life and come back to this blog in just over a year when you can hear my thoughts on whatever Bond 25 turns out to be.

IN OTHER NEWS....

A new episode of the THE JAMES BOND COCKTAIL HOUR will be dropping on Saturday.

I will also be putting out a Bond-related review at the end of November.

There are more good things inbound, so keep following the blog - there are some very cool things coming.

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What does James Bond mean in 2019 (now 2020)?

Bond reviews
Diamonds Are Forever

The Man With The Golden Gun

Moonraker

For Your Eyes Only

Octopussy

A View To A Kill

The Living Daylights

Licence to Kill

GoldenEye

Tomorrow Never Dies

The World Is Not Enough (2010); (2017)

Die Another Day

Casino Royale

Quantum of Solace

Spectre (2015); (2016)